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VHS tapes!

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  • 02-05-2017 1:39pm
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    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭


    A friend of mine has a few large boxes of movies on VHS and is looking to get rid of them.

    He was hoping to donate them to a nursing home or similar where they'd be of use to somebody.

    Anybody got any ideas?


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    Whats a VHS tape ????







    Joking..bin them. very unlikely to get somewhere with a player


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    endacl
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    They won't be of any use to anybody anywhere.


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    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MysticMonk


    endacl wrote: »
    They won't be of any use to anybody anywhere.


    What if somebody has a VHS player?


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    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,250 ✭✭✭ongarite


    MysticMonk wrote: »
    What if somebody has a VHS player?
    Tell them it's not the 1990s anymore!


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    Burzum
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    ongarite wrote: »
    Tell them it's not the 1990s anymore!

    Alot of people still use VHS players.
    How many tapes has he and would he consider shipping them with parcel motel at all?


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    DavyD_83
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    Nice idea, but don't know if anywhere would genuinely appreciate it these days.
    I'd imagine DVD's are readily available, and easier to store.


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    Samuel T. Cogley
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    Bummer1234
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    Don't want to hijack your Thread op but its kinda on the same topic, Any idea where in Dublin i can get a VHS transferred to DVD/USB stick.

    Want to get the parents Wedding tape transferred to DVD for the anniversary.


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    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MysticMonk


    Bummer1234 wrote: »
    Don't want to hijack your Thread op but its kinda on the same topic, Any idea where in Dublin i can get a VHS transferred to DVD/USB stick.

    Want to get the parents Wedding tape transferred to DVD for the anniversary.

    http://www.dvdcentre.ie/transfer-video-dvd-service.php


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    Atlantic Dawn
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    Bummer1234 wrote: »
    Don't want to hijack your Thread op but its kinda on the same topic, Any idea where in Dublin i can get a VHS transferred to DVD/USB stick.

    Want to get the parents Wedding tape transferred to DVD for the anniversary.

    I know the Fuji place in Clarehall Shopping Centre on the first floor does, no idea on price.
    http://www.clarehall.ie/ysstores/fuji-digital-centre/


    Lidl do a USB convertor with software every few months for about ?20, downside is you would need a video player to convert from, here's the German ad for it..
    https://www.lidl.de/de/silvercrest-usb-video-grabber-2-0-svg-2-0-a3/p203384


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    F1ngers
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    Bummer1234 wrote: »
    Don't want to hijack your Thread op but its kinda on the same topic, Any idea where in Dublin i can get a VHS transferred to DVD/USB stick.

    Want to get the parents Wedding tape transferred to DVD for the anniversary.

    Googled "vhs to dvd": http://www.dvdcentre.ie/transfer-video-dvd-service.php


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    MysticMonk
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    Burzum wrote: »
    Alot of people still use VHS players.
    How many tapes has he and would he consider shipping them with parcel motel at all?

    he has 50-60 vids so would be expensive enough to ship.


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    endacl
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    MysticMonk wrote: »
    What if somebody has a VHS player?

    I have two. They're somewhere at the back of the shed because I haven't got around to chucking them yet.


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    prinzeugen
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    MysticMonk wrote: »
    A friend of mine has a few large boxes of movies on VHS and is looking to get rid of them.

    He was hoping to donate them to a nursing home or similar where they'd be of use to somebody.

    Anybody got any ideas?

    Alzheimer's home? Old things do wonders I believe. Read about a home in the UK that is all 60's inside as it helps the patients.


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    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MysticMonk


    sugarman wrote: »
    Stick them up for free adverts.ie, someone might want them for their parents or grandparents who still use them.

    Somebody will take them off you.


    Good plan!


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