We all enjoy talking owning & keeping the laserdisc format running. I was just wondering are there similar groups as passionate as we are on laserdiscs for Beta,VHS,or even 8mm collectors?

VHS collecting is picking up a bit. You can see the price of some VHS releases that were rental releases going to big prices on ebay. Especially big box releases like Thriller Video, Wizard Video, etc.

I'm not much into it though.

I collect early VHS and Beta tapes - stuff like the very first Magnetic Video releases when they still made prerecorded Beta tapes available in the X1 (Beta I) speed. That phase of Mag Vids history lasted only about a year or so, and then only as special orders at $20 higher than Beta II releases cost since an extra tape was required. Also the rental stuff from Warner, Fox and MGM is fun to collect, especially MGM and Warner since they took the tapes back from shops when the rental programs were quickly abandoned, so they are much more rare to find. Fotomat and Time had their own tape programs in the late 70's/early 80's and licensed from Paramount and others - you can find movies like Saturday Night Fever and Halloween on the Fotomat and Time Home Video labels. Like MCA DiscoVision, Fotomat had Paramount films available before Paramount even had their own video label - unlike DiscoVision, however, Fotomat tapes were for rental only. Paramount also released some titles on Super VHS and a company called SuperSource licensed titles from Orion and others for Super VHS release too. As far as I know there were no full Super Beta or ED Beta programs released in the US.

Yeah, we brought up Super Source in the D-VHS forum here when talking about pre-recorded S-VHS tapes. Unfortunately, I've never come across any of these titles. I'd like to find them purely out of curiosity to see what kind of quality these S-VHS releases are.

Didn't know they released titles on Beta in X-1 speed. They would have to actually release them on two tapes (since you only got 1 hour of recording time per tape)? I figured they would somehow spool more tape into a cassette to extend the recording time, but I guess they didn't have the tech to do that on those early VCRs back then just yet?

i collect transformers vhs's thats about it lol

I bought myself at the fleamarket a copy of MANDINGO (3 parts) on 8mm. I thought it´sworth something and it looked quite cool. Unfortunately this movie is kinda banned here, so I could´t sell it that easy. I still have it and I wodner soemtimes if I shouldn´t g et an 8mm projector. Alot of movies were released in this format and it seems somehow cool. What I don´t like is the "film-format", it´s not made to last forever..but, hey, we have laserrrot, HD-DVD has also rotting problems, so what? Sure there are other forums where insane people discuss extinct formats.

I also collect original 35MM movie trailers Also owning jurassic park on complete 35mm film

anyone else colloection this stuff?

im not concerned about laser rot, i dont think its affected much more than 5% of all the LD's out there, and if it hasnt happened yet it probably wont

i found some real to real audio tapes at savers recently, i dont know anything about that market so i didnt pick any of them up, lol hope i didnt pass up an oppertunity to make some money

Blank still sealed reel to reel tapes are definitely worth picking up.

There are forums on most everything these days.

For a while I was reading lots of threads on another forum dedicated solely to Spaghetti Westerns!
I used the information to get me up to speed on what was out there, best movies etc.
I've since started collecting these on laserdisc and also DVD. I have about 60 or so movies so far.

It is a good way to learn from others who have seen what is available and can offer guidance.

We are on facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/273743659320866/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/217949941599336/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/2399039197/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/211729332222849/

Funny......I'm already part of....ALL OF THOSE

I consider the LDDB forum the home for all things laserdisc related.
Easier to search and find past threads and also link to the database.

I have Rodan and Plan 9 From Outer Space on 8mm, would love to buy more if i had the money. VHS i only buy these days if its a film I can't find on either DVD or Laserdisc.