tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post7649323238460202009..comments2024-03-25T10:43:22.482-01:00Comments on 80s Actual: The 1980s: Coming To Your Home - A VCR! But Should It Be Betamax, Video 2000 or VHS?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-50639936267514467892011-05-23T09:30:42.480-01:002011-05-23T09:30:42.480-01:00We had our first VCR in 1982 or 1983, a Ferguson V...We had our first VCR in 1982 or 1983, a Ferguson Videostar and one three hour cassette at they were costly back then, think the tape cost something like £7.99 and lasted until the late 80s.Frank Chickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145742604293866595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-10067958216359396372011-03-10T23:35:00.364-01:002011-03-10T23:35:00.364-01:00We had our first VCR in 1985 - it specialised in e...We had our first VCR in 1985 - it specialised in eating tapes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-60150060545575671502011-02-05T22:14:56.861-01:002011-02-05T22:14:56.861-01:00Wow, yes forgot all about the battle of the video ...Wow, yes forgot all about the battle of the video formats! My dad brought a betamax - and proudly said it was the best out there - our video shop did both formats but slowly started stocking less beta's as VHS won over. It was an exciting day when they got rid of all the old beta tapes in a big sale, but of course used video's weren't the same as used DVD's and they invariably had that snowy picture on when they got too old.Mad about the 80'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849515372179299597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13265393.post-26917479550955830002010-03-22T09:46:47.077-01:002010-03-22T09:46:47.077-01:00I first rented a video recorder in 1984. They were...I first rented a video recorder in 1984. They were still not very common where I lived.Nickynoreply@blogger.com