Retailers Phasing Out VHS Movies !!!! - Movie-List Forum

trailergod · #1 06-21-2002, 06:46 PM

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well this is in USA, so what happens there usually the whole World follows, but i noticed that since last year, here in Germany DVD movies have a bigger area in video shops and VHS are getting a smaller area in the shop....

<blockquote>quote:<hr /> RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Some national retailers, including Circuit City and Borders, are phasing out sales of VHS movies in a nod to the growing popularity of DVDs.

"The people who are buying movie titles these days want to buy them on DVD," Circuit City spokesman Jim Babb said Friday. "People have embraced the technology in a big way, and we're responding to that by increasing the space given to DVD titles."

Some of the Richmond-based electronics chain's stores already have cleared their shelves of all VHS movies. The company will continue to sell VHS movies on its Web site and stock blank tapes and video cassette recorders in its more than 600 stores, Babb said.

Borders is largely phasing out VHS tapes except for sports and exercise videos, said Ann Binkley, a spokeswoman for the book and music seller.

"For a big title, like Harry Potter ( news - web sites), we'll bring a limited amount of VHS along with the DVD," Binkley said.

Charles Van Horn, president of the International Recording Media Association, a trade association based in Princeton, N.J., said the move to phase out VHS is premature. He noted that about 90 percent of U.S. households have at least one VCR, while only about 30 percent have a DVD player.

"Circuit City will disappoint the 60 percent of consumers who have a VCR but no DVD," Van Horn said.

He said that while the DVD player is "the fastest growing video product ever," it will take time to catch up with the VCRs. And even after it does, the two products will coexist in most homes for years to come, he said.

Van Horn said other retailers are trimming their VHS movie inventory to make room for more DVDs, just as music stores cut back on cassettes to expand their CD selection. However, he does not expect other retailers to phase out VHS tapes any time soon.

Circuit City has no timetable for eliminating VHS tapes from all of its stores, Babb said.

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Movie Wizard · #2 06-21-2002, 07:57 PM

Well at least here in Hawaii that hasent happend yet. Most of the video stores are kinda old and they still are REALY big on DVD's, but when you think about it, why dont everyone buy a DVD player? They are now $100 or less.

Kn'thrak · #3 06-21-2002, 10:03 PM

Of course DVD is taking over. All shops I go to tapes are being sold for AUD$10 or AUD$15 now with DVDs @ AUD$35 & AUD$30. The cheaper the better. Its probabl better to buy a video tape than to hire on now

Mischa · #4 06-22-2002, 02:33 PM

Kinda funny thing is, that I NEVER bought a film on VHS, I just rented the flicks or watched them in the theatre. But since the introduction of the DVD format, I've heavily changed my behaviour. In the end my whole relationship to movies has changed. I'm into movies since a long time, but now with DVDs, I just love movies ... I'm a movie addict.

So I don't care if VHS will be killed off.

ZUBi · #5 06-22-2002, 06:19 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Mischa:
So I don't care if VHS will be killed off.<hr /></blockquote>& IMO it should be (!). i hope this will be in 5 years time...

Marcus · #6 06-22-2002, 07:43 PM

Good. On to digital, enough with magnetic tape. But I am going to have to hold onto my VCR and VHS collection for quite a while. I don't have the money to change everything over and it'll be a relic to scare grand kids with

We didn't HAVE scene selection or fancy extra features. Well, until I was about 15. Then we got rid of all that per-historic magnetic tape crap.

Ok not the story I hoped for, but it'll have to do....

Tony · #7 06-23-2002, 08:39 AM

I went to Future Shop 3 months ago to get a VHS for my friend's birthday and they told me they weren't selling VHS anymore.

aS!Dz · #8 08-28-2004, 06:07 AM

Die VHS die!! mwuaah haa haa!
i also neva use to buy any VHS... but watching movies on dvd is soo much more simpler n fun!! wid VHS... when i wanna re-watch summat.. i always feel as if i hav to watch thru the whole movie... I

dvds!

in my local videoshop.. majority of the section tht still holds VHS is da cheap porn section

Matt · #9 08-28-2004, 07:15 AM

I haven't seen any stores stop stocking VHS yet. Only 30% of the USA have a DVD player? That figure sounds quite low I think considering DVD has been there for several years.

Gaumont · #10 08-28-2004, 08:27 AM

VHS movies is really cheap here now, the second hand market is dying. DVDs are taking over at full speed. I dont think i know anyone who has bought a VHS movie in the last
3-4 years.

Jake · #11 08-28-2004, 09:40 AM

30%? I don't think so. Even if the numbers are right it's probably something like there are the number of DVD players purchsed and if you're a family of 4 you're gonna have 1 not 4 players. DVD players go for as low as $30-40 now. Tapes are useless, they are big, have bad quality, degrade with time and use, have no special features, no scene selection, usually no widescreen. I don't even see tapes at all in stores anymore, it's just like tapes and CDs. The faster the phaseout the better.