Collectors lending out VHS tapes for free

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15 күн бұрын

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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@VampCove 12 күн бұрын

Definitely a sign that Blockbuster needs to make a comeback

@stillgrieves1015 10 күн бұрын

Yes, especially streaming services are communist concept. You pay for buy or rental however never own it.

@BigDogHDSPB 9 күн бұрын

For liberal hipsters DB

@mart5610 9 күн бұрын

@@BigDogHDSPBbruh everyone likes Blockbuster

@crazywarp36 8 күн бұрын

@@BigDogHDSPB nah

@c0mputer 8 күн бұрын

No they shouldn’t. If they open a store it’ll go out of business in 3 weeks.

@Turd-hq5cn 12 күн бұрын

Go to your local library...tons of old movies

@Josh-yr7gd 2 күн бұрын

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.

@9852323 12 сағат бұрын

On VHS?

@victorhardin2186 Сағат бұрын

Most libraries in this country have homeless covered in and out

@abrahamlincolnkickss5822 13 күн бұрын

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.

@jetrifle4209 5 күн бұрын

Ew quiet

@philoctetes_wordsworth 13 күн бұрын

I wish I lived somewhere this was possible.

@rancher12121 4 күн бұрын

your local library probably has tons

@jeremygalloway1348 Күн бұрын

Make it possible in your area

@Scrantonicity2 8 сағат бұрын

@@jeremygalloway1348I think he lives in the hood, it’s the only place it won’t last

@ShartReacts 3 сағат бұрын

Around blacks, never relax.

@cil20002000 13 күн бұрын

I loved the Blockbuster and chill weekends. Pickup tapes, popcorn and candy for the weekend. Even had a fast rewinder.

@coreturkoane5570 Күн бұрын

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!

@tonyrodriguez2943 13 күн бұрын

Dude, this is awesome.

@TravelingMuseumProductions 13 күн бұрын

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!

@JenXOfficialEDM 12 күн бұрын

as a VHS collector, I thank you.

@ray.gene.bowner 12 күн бұрын

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

@TravelingMuseumProductions 12 күн бұрын

@@ray.gene.bowner our local libraries still have large movie sections and are a great place to discover new movies!

@stephanieyvonne9436 13 күн бұрын

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.

@joshuapaul349 12 күн бұрын

Living outside used to be normal, now it's outdated. But it seems to be making a come back in the last couple years.

@jendrizzyy 12 сағат бұрын

That’s how your masters want you to be, you’re easier to control that way

@L.Spencer 13 күн бұрын

We still have a VCR, and some tapes. And some new ones that we can tape on. That'd be neat to go there!

@Rest65432 6 күн бұрын

Even Netflix will charge a lot for renting a movie .

@jendrizzyy 12 сағат бұрын

Because they’re a greedy corporation

@FlyBoyMT 13 күн бұрын

I wonder how many Gen Z and Alphas are watching going “WTF IS THAT THING?” 😂

@lumajon 13 күн бұрын

Most of gen z grew up with VHS/Blockbuster 😂

@NazriB 13 күн бұрын

Lies again? Ford Mustang Free Meals

@TNTkeynine 13 күн бұрын

As a Gen Z, we need to bring physical media back XD

@davidochoa774 13 күн бұрын

I'm an older Gen Z and I grew up with VHS tapes.

@3DJapan 13 күн бұрын

You mean the tape or the box? Rental boxes like Redbox certainly exist.

@papagen00 13 күн бұрын

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.

@reh3884 10 күн бұрын

What? you can still record live TV.

@YakkoWarnerTower 13 күн бұрын

Hollywood and Blockbuster is or was a BIG part of California, those classical Free Blockbuster boxes are totally is a good fit here.

@DavidMiller-kf1ss 12 күн бұрын

Used to go to silverlake one by vons- just one name then. Lol.❤

@mmandmcb14 12 күн бұрын

If they create video library boxes such as Hollywood Express, West Coast Video, and Hollywood Video?

@Chainsawhappy 12 күн бұрын

Easy way to avoid a lawsuit: change the label on the box from "free Blockbuster" to "Free Video Store".

@mart5610 9 күн бұрын

I doubt they care. Blockbuster probably supports this like the one and only blockbuster that’s still open.

@spacecowboycantthinkofahandle 8 күн бұрын

Or Blockblister. It's better.

@TheNamesRyan 5 күн бұрын

Lawsuit from a company that's practically out of business?

@spacecowboycantthinkofahandle 5 күн бұрын

@@TheNamesRyan You don’t get the reference?

@SamuelHendrix-kb8nn 13 күн бұрын

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 😔.

@smorris281 13 күн бұрын

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.

@SamuelHendrix-kb8nn 13 күн бұрын

Albertsons grocery store rented movies too 🤗!

@roachtoasties 13 күн бұрын

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.

@yvonneplant9434 13 күн бұрын

I remember how awful the resolution of those tapes were. Ehhh..

@Wolfman12395 10 күн бұрын

They need to start making VCR's again!!!! I guarantee you there's still a market out there for when people need to view and/or convert older tapes that they might find down the road when they are cleaning up where they live.

@kartiersupremewhite330 13 күн бұрын

Excellent Mindset!! Giving Mindset!

@sgtpepper1138 13 күн бұрын

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.

@eyeseer1 10 күн бұрын

Basically a library without late fees. Nostalgia basically outlives a corporation.

@ONI1013. 2 күн бұрын

Except libraries can track who rented their books. This looks like on a complete honor system.

@eddie_alabama7997 13 күн бұрын

Don’t worry Dish is on its last legs….they will not be a problem…..last I checked Dish is going into Hospice Care 👍

@ONI1013. 2 күн бұрын

I really can’t trust that some idiot won’t abuse this honor system and just take all these movies and keep them.

@Spike-ej4st 13 күн бұрын

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.

@fdouglas5172 13 күн бұрын

Wouldn't it get too hot in the box especially for the VHS tapes?

@roachtoasties 13 күн бұрын

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.

@Network126 13 күн бұрын

That's a good point 🤔

@alterbr33d 9 күн бұрын

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.

@LordDoof 13 күн бұрын

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.

@INFINITY-oe4is 4 күн бұрын

Blockbuster: Don't use our trademark! Me: No wonder you went bust!

@jameskukunas2824 9 күн бұрын

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.

@tonycollazorappo 13 күн бұрын

Here in Miami Florida, they would take one or more and NOT leave one. So this would not work here in South Florida. 😕😕

@nybiggs 13 күн бұрын

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.

@reh3884 10 күн бұрын

Some of these people said they don't care if you bring them back or not.

@PhukTrump2024 Күн бұрын

Thanks the Trump supporters logic. Free free free take

@GarretGrayCamera 10 күн бұрын

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.

@AP-hn8wd 8 күн бұрын

Anyone old enough to remember the slogan? 😂 “Blockbuster Video, Wow! What a difference!”

@Manskilz 7 сағат бұрын

One day they will do this with DVDs.

@josephschauster6277 13 күн бұрын

I still have a dvd/vcr and have few VCR tapes and they still work

@wingmantx 13 күн бұрын

Physical media > Streaming

@reh3884 10 күн бұрын

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.

@nordiccombatant2167 4 күн бұрын

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.

@freedomchannel3656 10 күн бұрын

Digital isn't always better

@reh3884 10 күн бұрын

Digital is always better. I can make a thousands copies of a digital files with 0 degradation.

@MysticMike 3 күн бұрын

That is awesome indeed but I do wonder how the quality of the tapes and DVDS will be from the heat inside those boxes

@PAVEL-JAKL 13 күн бұрын

I miss blockbuster..

@simonstevenson6686 13 күн бұрын

We all do

@SamuelHendrix-kb8nn 13 күн бұрын

@reh3884 10 күн бұрын

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.

@aavvcc 13 күн бұрын

Thank you for the fun news story 😊

@stanford-nf4jk 13 күн бұрын

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.

@beanbon666 13 күн бұрын

I literally have my collection in my closet.I was watching toy story on vhs yesterday lmao

@reh3884 10 күн бұрын

I'm literally surrounded by my 5,000 disc DVD/Blu-ray collection as I write this (wall-to-wall shelves, vaulted ceilings).

@pasadenacatpink 13 күн бұрын

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. 👏🏾😊👍🏾

@johnnyc.5979 6 сағат бұрын

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.

@Phlegethon 13 күн бұрын

Where are people still getting vcr

@dngillikin 12 күн бұрын

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.

@user-jv6hn1wy1s 10 күн бұрын

VCR's really need to be made again at an affordable price.

@trevor972m4 12 күн бұрын

The pain of watching vids in 440p.. You have to pay me to do it.

@reh3884 10 күн бұрын

You poor, spoiled child.

@smorris281 13 күн бұрын

I was just seriously thinking about buying a used VCR! Plus, recording on a VCR is way more convenient sometimes than using a DVR, you can record on the spot!

@davidellis5141 13 күн бұрын

VHS 📼 or DVD 📀 ?

@erich1070 13 күн бұрын

DVD. For sure.

@MaRmalade920 13 күн бұрын

Both!

@Mechjeb661 13 күн бұрын

Blu-ray

@reh3884 10 күн бұрын

Whatever's available. There are some movies on VHS that were never released on DVD or Blu-ray.

@KentPetersonmoney 53 минут бұрын

I haven't owned a VHS since 2010.

@philipzamora4259 8 күн бұрын

And, how exactly, do they keep people from stealing the tapes and DVDs?

@nova8585 13 күн бұрын

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.

@roachtoasties 13 күн бұрын

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.

@VanSisean 11 күн бұрын

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).

@Noa15Lv Күн бұрын

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.

@joshuapowell1868 7 күн бұрын

People like myself are buying VCR players cleaning tapes vhs movies everything else off eBay and Amazon now days how hard finding is that

@BKDDY 3 күн бұрын

I notice a lot of teens and early 20's are into VHS nowadays.

@r.morris5589 9 күн бұрын

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.

@HoomanPlays 8 күн бұрын

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.

@MEQUPWER 7 күн бұрын

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!

@alterbr33d 9 күн бұрын

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.

@SpecialB1985 5 күн бұрын

I would like for blockbuster to make a comeback

@jeremygalloway1348 Күн бұрын

Blockbuster 2 - the return

@SlipperySoap 11 күн бұрын

Wow, it's so awesome!

@muffs55mercury61 13 күн бұрын

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.

@RememberThatThing 4 күн бұрын

As a vhs and dvd collector, I’m hoping one comes to my town!

@JL-vv4ut 3 күн бұрын

I've gotta return some video tapes...American Psycho quote...lol very much appreciated

@moe47988 12 күн бұрын

how long before one person cleans all of these out?

@DalainaRenee 5 күн бұрын

I own a vcr still 😅

@sentertainment3934 11 күн бұрын

Wish Texas can have it in Austin

@mrquenya 11 күн бұрын

isn’t Blockbuster still a federal trademark i would of named it “Free Videos”

@ianwparedes 19 сағат бұрын

this is a good idea and it brings people together.

@spamanator666 4 күн бұрын

"Today just one remains, and it's in Organ." Ermm.. do you Ore-E-gone?

@joesmith201212 21 сағат бұрын

So thats why i saw a homelessness dude carrying a huge bag of old movies going into the pawn shop

@milfordcivic6755 12 күн бұрын

You can have all of mine. I repurchased everything on DVD and BluRay

@richardjohnson9543 13 күн бұрын

I still have a VCR and some tapes, but even the best ones look pretty bad on a 4K screen

@joshuapowell1868 7 күн бұрын

Start making more VCR players now

@brandonkashinsky9222 8 күн бұрын

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

@JesseVenturaHat 2 күн бұрын

You're not the only one. I recorded tv shows on VHS tapes until about 2021

@c0mputer 8 күн бұрын

I want to see Mission Impossible Fallout on VHS.

@gilliamjf 12 күн бұрын

Considering the renewed interest in Vinyl Records, it may be a matter of time before hipsters are buying new VHS or DVDs

@quentin1326 13 күн бұрын

I would have sworn I was the last person in the world who owns a VHS player.

@joshuapowell1868 7 күн бұрын

Vhs tapes more healthy than Disney plus

@Juann-je8gq 13 күн бұрын

That's so cool, i want some

@dennismorris7573 13 күн бұрын

Cool.

@deanfaw 13 күн бұрын

Looking forward to it and looks like a new lease on vhs tapes

@loganq Сағат бұрын

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.

@3DJapan 13 күн бұрын

Change the graphic to West Coast Video and you should be OK.

@mmandmcb14 12 күн бұрын

If they create video library boxes such as Hollywood Express, West Coast Video, and Hollywood Video? 😊

@joshuapowell1868 7 күн бұрын

VCR players out doing everything now days

@mh23hm 8 күн бұрын

eventually people will just start stealing all the movies to sell online... we can't have nice things like this, unfortunately.

@IVR02 11 күн бұрын

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.

@bendez8285 4 күн бұрын

Change the Blockbuster logo to the Hollywood video store logo. Problem solved 😅

@user-kg1xt9mk6s 6 күн бұрын

Wouldn't the heat ruin them?

@afriend9428 13 күн бұрын

*the nicest fing in the world! But you will have to return the DVDs and tapes left?* ❤

@erock736 5 күн бұрын

Love the Mars Attacks shirt.

@DavidMiller-kf1ss 12 күн бұрын

Cool! Thanks!❤ still have card. Trust!❤

@Dexter649 13 күн бұрын

I am Gen Z and i grew up with VHS tapes. I love LaserDiscs better than VHS tapes.

@gregorypetka8799 Күн бұрын

just rename it LackLuster same color, we all know..haha

@JaylenPotts-zs2qw 12 күн бұрын

They are antiques what a great idea.

@heroknaderi 10 күн бұрын

Very cool 😎

@adultmoshifan87 11 күн бұрын

I live in the UK but if I lived in the US, I’d put a Japanese Blu Ray of Moomins on The Riviera in one of these! It’s Region A, same region the US uses, and has an English audio option! (Subtitles are only in Japanese though)