Rip my VHS tapes, or download? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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So I own over 500 vhs tapes. And dvds, but those are easy to rip. I am trying to archive all my tapes before they go bad. However, that takes a lot of time. Should I just try to find all the movies I can for tapes I own?

I've been out of the game for a few years now. How vast are the resources for 90s movies and such ?

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[-] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

And even with a perfect capture of a tape that somehow hasn't aged, VHS quality is still crap compared to even DVD, let alone HD formats.

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

And it will probably take 40 years to accomplish versus a few days of downloading. This isn't even a question worth considering for me but I understand that some people have reservations about piracy, though there's an argument that this isn't it since they're just digitizing what they already own.