Collectors lending out VHS tapes for free
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- Two collectors are loaning out VHS tapes for free, using the template of the little free library, but for videos instead of books. More than 200 of the so-called free Blockbusters have popped up across the country, but the owner of the actual Blockbuster brand isn't pleased with the name. Itay Hod has the story.
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Go to your local library...tons of old movies
I've been getting free movies from the library for years now. They have films that you don't realize you need to watch until you stumble upon them. There's something special about holding the dvd, flipping it over and reading the back.
On VHS?
Most libraries in this country have homeless covered in and out
@@victorhardin2186It’s truly scary to go into one nowadays
@@victorhardin2186 so?
Definitely a sign that Blockbuster needs to make a comeback
Yes, especially streaming services are communist concept. You pay for buy or rental however never own it.
For liberal hipsters DB
@@BigDogHDSPBbruh everyone likes Blockbuster
@@BigDogHDSPB nah
No they shouldn’t. If they open a store it’ll go out of business in 3 weeks.
Why do whoever owns the Blockbuster rights care, they aren't doing anything with it.
Liability, some1 could lose a finger or anything
Basically a library without late fees.
Nostalgia basically outlives a corporation.
Except libraries can track who rented their books. This looks like on a complete honor system.
@@ONI1013. No, they can only see the last person who rented the item due to patron privacy
I loved the Blockbuster and chill weekends. Pickup tapes, popcorn and candy for the weekend. Even had a fast rewinder.
Exactly, I remember in the early 2000s when me and my parents would rent VHS tapes from Block Buster. But before returning them you had to rewind the VHS tape because if you didnt, you would get charged a fee. I think if my memory serves me correctly it was $0.25 per tape that was not rewinded back!
There value is very lol, literally 25pence in the charity shops, I just now collect the movies I originally torrented back in the day. There are several share walls nearby books and dvds are free.
Lol so did we!
I love movies so much. Vhs, dvds, and blu-rays, love them all. They are my treasure. I have the ones I bought, and I buy the ones I want. Some, I got for free. Movies, it's a once in a while thing and sometimes brings back moments and memories, especially nostalgia.
Ew quiet
Sometimes I still see them for sale at Target and Walgreens.
Bax & 3d & 4k dvd hd
mark my words no one will be even slightly nostalgic for movies after 2015
I wish I lived somewhere this was possible.
your local library probably has tons
Make it possible in your area
@@jeremygalloway1348I think he lives in the hood, it’s the only place it won’t last
Around blacks, never relax.
@@Scrantonicity2Oh that explains it
Dude, this is awesome.
Thanks to Itay Hod for showcasing our Free Blockbuster and Traveling Museum!
Also: seeing lots of comments about how the box is going to get trashed... it's been a couple months and the community has shown nothing but respect for it without any issues!
as a VHS collector, I thank you.
I was thinking, if possible, to contact local libraries to have a small blockbuster-style section. I mean, this caters towards millennials, and if they have kids they can bring them there to pick out some books
@@ray.gene.bowner our local libraries still have large movie sections and are a great place to discover new movies!
@@ray.gene.bowner Libraries already are free blockbusters. I like the idea of making movie rental store themed displays and sections, but for real, your local library already has a dank selection that literally no one appreciates
I love this so much! How do you keep the tapes from frying inside? I'm guessing the boxes are on the shaded side of the building?
VHS allowed free recording of live tv and skipping of commercials. With all of today's technologies, no can do, you must pay pay pay.
What? you can still record live TV.
And that’s by design. Thank piracy for that.
@@reh3884ikr
@@slowpoke96Z28i hate bootlegs
We still have a VCR, and some tapes. And some new ones that we can tape on. That'd be neat to go there!
There places that sell vhs n rent
I love physical media. I have heard these stories of cassettes, vinyl, even CDs, etc. still being used just like the players. People collect those things and sometimes still use them. I’m a 30-something year old millennial and I grew up with some of that stuff. VHS and DVD are good things to have for whenever you want to watch them. Like some people here said, I miss Blockbuster. There are so many reasons for this revival and I support it. I refuse to have a streaming service because I don’t like spending so much money a month or a year on that stuff. I like to buy DVDs and the players so I can have them and use them. The age that we live in of all digital junk is not good for so many of us. I wish we could all be like our childhood selves and go back to when our parents and grandparents did everything when it came to owning physical media. It’s nice to remember things we did several decades ago when we were really young. The nostalgia factor is kicking in now.
I can’t remember when I last used a VHS tape and I don’t even have a dvd player any more. Pretty soon all the Redbox kiosks will be gone too. Seems kinda sad to see so many things become outdated.
Living outside used to be normal, now it's outdated. But it seems to be making a come back in the last couple years.
That’s how your masters want you to be, you’re easier to control that way
We just purchased a DVD/CD players recently.
The only reason I stopped using Rebox is because they stopped offering game rentals sometime during 2018 or so. They were the last physical way to rent games, now the only way to rent physical games is through GameFly.
I know I was very sad to see my telegraph machine go.
Easy way to avoid a lawsuit: change the label on the box from "free Blockbuster" to "Free Video Store".
I doubt they care. Blockbuster probably supports this like the one and only blockbuster that’s still open.
Or Blockblister. It's better.
Lawsuit from a company that's practically out of business?
@@TheNamesRyan You don’t get the reference?
Hilarious, I'm literally making one for our area right now. I'm using an old 4 drawer metal filing cabinet. I have it almost all painted up, and I might make a little roof for it so water doesn't collect on top. It looks like it'll be the only one in southern Oregon. I'm going through my old DVDs and finding the ones I have upgraded, which is a lot of them. For those doing the same, watch out, not all DVD special features are ported over to blu ray/4k.
I'm all for nostalgia, but I was glad to leave VHS in the past. I'll use it to watch things that otherwise don't exist elsewhere, but that's it.
Hollywood and Blockbuster is or was a BIG part of California, those classical Free Blockbuster boxes are totally is a good fit here.
Used to go to silverlake one by vons- just one name then. Lol.❤
If they create video library boxes such as Hollywood Express, West Coast Video, and Hollywood Video?
I really can’t trust that some idiot won’t abuse this honor system and just take all these movies and keep them.
It won’t happens if they’re not in the hood.
People steal every where not just in the hood.
Hence NOTHING is ever in da hood.
There's greedy people everywhere who don't steal out of necessity but for the rush. Just look at how many people who aren't in the hood steal Amazon boxes and whatnot
Wouldn't it get too hot in the box especially for the VHS tapes?
My question too, along with the humidity. Summer is almost here. I remember many years ago leaving a record in my car on a hot day. When I came back it was nearly in the shape of a taco shell.
That's a good point 🤔
Just sitting in a basement, the tapes here are deteriorating. You shake them and black tape dust comes out. They're already over 20-30 or more years old. Yes being out in a little green house isn't going to help either.
Here in Miami Florida, they would take one or more and NOT leave one. So this would not work here in South Florida. 😕😕
Feel like that's true for most big cities. In NYC I bet this works for a little while and then one person comes and empties the box.
Some of these people said they don't care if you bring them back or not.
Thanks the Trump supporters logic. Free free free take
I wonder how many Gen Z and Alphas are watching going “WTF IS THAT THING?” 😂
Most of gen z grew up with VHS/Blockbuster 😂
Lies again? Ford Mustang Free Meals
As a Gen Z, we need to bring physical media back XD
I'm an older Gen Z and I grew up with VHS tapes.
You mean the tape or the box? Rental boxes like Redbox certainly exist.
I have a ton of old VHS tapes: Purchased movies, ones I've recorded, various screeners, and so on, piled in a closet. I do have some VHS tapes players too, including a couple still unopened in the box, because they got so cheap. The things is, I haven't looked at these tapes in years and years, and many never. With VHS tapes, they do degrade, especially ones you recorded yourself. Another problem. It may be nostalgic, but I'm unsure how long that will last.
I remember how awful the resolution of those tapes were. Ehhh..
I gave away all my VHS years ago, but you'll get my DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K UHDs when you pry them from my cold, dead hands.
Those of us who grew up in the 80's & 90's know how much video chains like Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Movie Gallery, etc meant to us! It's crazy to think that Blockbuster has been reduced to a small newspaper bin now 😂. Unfortunately nothing lasts forever 😔.
My family used to go down to Turkey Hill every week and rent a movie, the came in those clear cases. I miss the 90’s.
Albertsons grocery store rented movies too 🤗!
I think most of those were video return bins?
Blockbuster: Don't use our trademark!
Me: No wonder you went bust!
“Copywrite is for losers” -Banksy
Don’t worry Dish is on its last legs….they will not be a problem…..last I checked Dish is going into Hospice Care 👍
Since Family video closed near me, We don't watch anywhere close to the amount of movies we used to, and I have all the streaming services, just liked to walk and look, pick something new, or old. Or weird I didn't know was out there.
Even Netflix will charge a lot for renting a movie .
Because they’re a greedy corporation
@@jendrizzyyeach straining trying make a buck but people still paying it
Excellent Mindset!! Giving Mindset!
I still have a dvd/vcr and have few VCR tapes and they still work
It’s all fun and games until you come across a tape from someone’s “private” camcorder collection
I donated my VHS collection to a Senior Center just before I relocated from my then house into an apartment. I had lots of classic films on my old DVR that I’d saved from Turner Classic Movies that I then transferred to VHS. They too had a system where you could borrow one but you had to leave one. The disclaimer said, paraphrasing: Use the honor system. Return rewound movies. However, there is NO guarantee that a film lent out will be returned. Management cannot resolve issues regarding unreturned films.
It's funny that the millennials haven't figured out yet that putting videotapes in an enclosed metal box isn't going to work during the summer.
Blockbuster should embrace these guys and keep the brand alive!! People want that nostalgia might as well give it to them.
That is awesome indeed but I do wonder how the quality of the tapes and DVDS will be from the heat inside those boxes
I love the idea, but I don't have enough faith in humanity to believe no one's gonna steal it in a few weeks.
I would be more concerned about the heat, humidity, and the like, destroying the tapes. I doubt there will be much stealing. There's boxes around my neighborhood where people can add and borrow books. Nobody takes the books.
Little Free Libraries seem to do just fine in most of the places they exist (even in North Philadelphia where I currently live, which can become very sketchy at times).
This is really sweet but it will probably be abused eventually. The neighborhood My Little Library eventually got taken over by cans of food to feed the homeless bc nobody would replace it with books. Great idea but idk if we are in the right place economically for it yet.
Digital isn't always better
Digital is always better. I can make a thousands copies of a digital files with 0 degradation.
@@reh3884pretty sure op is talking about drm protected or online only digital media and streaming. Of course dvds blu rays and cds are also digital but are either already cracked or had no drm to begin with for cds.
Enjoying it is
Physical media > Streaming
Much greater. What's funny is my friends will pick on me for my huge DVD/Blu-ray collection, then come wanting to borrow something when what they want to see isn't available to stream. I say, sorry, but I don't loan out my collection.
Both
@@reh3884who cares ? It's something anyone can enjoy regardless what it is
@@reh3884they watch it illegal bc free is better and I hate that crap
@@reh3884 I hear ya. In the early 2000's, a female friend of my brother came over, saw my dvd collection, borrowed something, NEVER gave it back. Lesson learned.
We miss this! All good memories. Thank you. Blockbuster you need to make a comeback
It is like a streaming & there one blockbuster on Netflix the last blockbuster
I literally have my collection in my closet.I was watching toy story on vhs yesterday lmao
I'm literally surrounded by my 5,000 disc DVD/Blu-ray collection as I write this (wall-to-wall shelves, vaulted ceilings).
love it @@reh3884
If blockbuster wants to make some cash from this, my idea is to add an somekind of "Coin Lock" thingy.
Everytime you want an movie, toss in a coin which unlocks the door then locks it back again when its closed.
Either it can be regular cash coin OR somekind of custom made from Blockbuster itself which can be, either bought or received by signing an membership card or something.
I'm not American, just tossing an wild idea straight from Europe.
We had one of these in town. People started donating old DVD’s, BluRays, and even a few video games. Then the tweakers and meth heads ruined it for everyone and would empty it out every night so now it’s gone.
...barcode society, coming soon...
Thank you for the fun news story 😊
I bought a vcr from a thrift store and i love the sound when the vhs goes in and starts playing
VCR's really need to be made again at an affordable price.
Where are people still getting vcr
Thrift stores. That's where my daughter picked up her Standard Def TV and separate DVD/VCR combo unit.
She's largely gone old school when it comes to entertainment tech.
Vinyl records and cassette tapes for music.
VHS and DVD for video.
She'll still stream stuff on her laptop, but practically everything else is from retro Standard Definition media on an analog monitor.
online, thrift stores, etc
I still have three vcr's and over 2000 vhs full of movies, tv shows and documentaries that can no longer be found anywhere. Glad I kept all this stuff. So much that tv channels and streaming lacks to show.
You might want to back them up. Tape isn't exactly known for it's longevity, 15-25 years if you store them correctly (not in sunlight and with AC) You might even already see/hear some imperfections on some of your older VHS tapes if you play them.
check the tapes look through the clear plastic at the reels for white dots, that will be mold and if they have that they are junk!
Good use of those old paper bins too. I dig it.
I love it. Too bad when I moved I got rid of all my old tech. I think I still have boxes of old VHS and memories of from the past.
Anyone old enough to remember the slogan? 😂
“Blockbuster Video, Wow! What a difference!”
I remember about 10 years ago, there was a Blockbuster vending machine where you can rent DVDs from. It was essentially a knockoff version of Redbox. I only saw one of them in my area.
Using the Blockbuster Name is not something to be taken lightly, they’re not playing if they told him to stop using their name some legal ramifications.
Just crazy how a way of life has changed man
it's a whole miracle this is in California and it's NOT stolen but maybe no one steels them cause they can't sell them but knowing how ppl are there it's still a miracle it's not smashed to pieces
I still use my Samsung and Sony VCR combos to watch my old Airshow tapes from the 80s and 90s.
Watch some A-Team, Airwolf, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazard for me.
People like myself are buying VCR players cleaning tapes vhs movies everything else off eBay and Amazon now days how hard finding is that
Thanks for the video. I will always have physical media for movies and music. Never done streaming (except maybe these short videos here on YT) and never will. DVD players are cheap and I've stockpiled some. Streaming companies often don't have uncommon movies and Netflix has been pulling a lot from their playlists. Not paying five cents for something I don't own or is not in my hand.
Blockbuster should have it's own streaming platform like Netflix people would switch just for the nostalgia
This looks like an excellent idea! They should do this in all 50 states! If they are successful, they can possibly go international! Hopefully we get one in Shreveport, Louisiana one day. 👏🏾😊👍🏾
Every time I hear “you’ve got Mail” I can’t help but think of the movie “Dictator”
“You’ve got Mailbomb”
isn’t Blockbuster still a federal trademark i would of named it “Free Videos”
"be kind, rewind"
IP owners of Blockbuster: eff you stop
Considering the renewed interest in Vinyl Records, it may be a matter of time before hipsters are buying new VHS or DVDs
That Asian lady reporter has an Americanized voice. She doesn’t have a foreign Asian accent.
That's with any race. Ever hear a white french/german person speaking english? They have their own unique english accent. Asian that lived in the USA, that speaks english fluently, will slowly lose the accent over time. I & my 4 siblings don't even have an accent, while our parents does. Same for any race that doesn't speak english fluently, like hispanics.
Memory 80's
Imagine infringing on a copyright and not caring.
Won't work in Arizona. It's 110 degrees in the Summer, so those tapes would melt, along with its casing. Would be great for the Winter though.
Does anyone know if there's one of these boxes in a city in the Inland Empire/Riverside County (California)? I have over 1,000 DVD's and I have a lot of doubles. I would love to leave some DVD's and get some others that I don't have.
Oh! We should do that with garbage bins too! You take the garbage out of the bin in front of a store, put your garbage in and take the new garbage home!
Oh... wait. Maybe not.
I still have a VCR and some tapes, but even the best ones look pretty bad on a 4K screen
As a vhs and dvd collector, I’m hoping one comes to my town!
What did he say at the end?? Also I have that same vhs/dvd player combo they showed! It only half works though…it was like the second or third one I had too. How come awesome combo stuff never works very long?
The combo ones are late models that were made cheaper
I notice a lot of teens and early 20's are into VHS nowadays.
I’m still VHS for life
Wow, it's so awesome!
I made one of these but it only had Sherk and The Bee Movie
VHS 📼 or DVD 📀 ?
DVD. For sure.
Both!
Blu-ray
Whatever's available. There are some movies on VHS that were never released on DVD or Blu-ray.
4k
So, it's okay to trade movies IRL, but over the internet is considered illegal? 🤦🏻♂
I was born in 1999 and I grew up with vhs tapes believe it or not. I did have a VCR that played both vhs tapes and DVD’s
You're not the only one. I recorded tv shows on VHS tapes until about 2021
The pain of watching vids in 440p.. You have to pay me to do it.
You poor, spoiled child.
The only dislike is from Dish.
I would like for blockbuster to make a comeback
But, why? VHS quality is objectively worst than what you can get from streaming
Blockbuster 2 - the return
I love that he says it takes him back to being 5 or 6 yrs old again. Takes me back to being 20 or 25 lol
Human are forgetting other big part of BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO is renting video games
I miss video stores 😢
Smart. Leave old media in a tin box out baking in the hot sun.
I honestly love the idea. Its a good way to keep people interested in physical media, it gives people a way to find a second life for tapes they don't want instead of just throwing them out, and it may help some people discover movies they would've overlooked otherwise. And I think it's pretty scummy for Dish to give them trademark trouble, considering Dish hasn't exactly done much with the Blockbuster name.
How can this go wrong? They’ll end up empty with these movies on Facebook marketplace soon.
If they create video library boxes such as Hollywood Express, West Coast Video, and Hollywood Video? 😊
Cool.
"I have to return some videotapes"
how long before one person cleans all of these out?
1:08 "Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner"? Great movie, it is like a David Lynch film made by Inuit.
I am surprised the movie studios are not calling this out as illegal, if you read the copyright at the start of most DVD, Blu Rays discs it states that lending is prohibited (that REALLY peeved me off when I read that as it means you can't lend it to a friend to watch after you have, you need to go watch it with them or have them come & watch it with you, you can't swap movies at work & return them the next day) & I am sure they would claim the same for VHS tapes as they want people to pay to watch their products (even as they remove them from streaming services you have paid for) instead of swapping an old movie people have seen for an old movie they haven't seen.
Nothing is being sold so…
@@LeesReviews69 But it is breaching the 'No Lending' of copyright law. I agree it show be allowed but the law say no.
My local bar has had one for year's
I own a vcr still 😅
You can have all of mine. I repurchased everything on DVD and BluRay