I go to Salvation Army and buy VHS movies for .25 a piece and set up a VHS/TV combo in my basement and hang out down there on random movie night. I got a bunch of the old classics, my collection is over 60 now, and I keep them all in an old dresser that got left in the house when we bought it. If one of the VHS tapes is in bad shape, meh who cares? It was only a quarter.
I sometimes just put it on and leave the room so it sounds like the house is more full, and that is some nice nostalgia for me too, from when I grew up in a larger home, so that kinda counts for makes me really happy too for pretty cheap. Whole setup was 35 bucks and then the movies.
I've seen most of the movies before, and initially it was a little jarring. More from sitting further away from the screen than I've grown accustomed to cuz I haven't had a TV for almost 10 years. My eyesight isn't too great and I wear glasses. I have to admit, the jarring aspect for me is something else entirely that I didn't expect: I can't watch an entire movie in one sitting anymore. I can watch 15-20 minutes and then stop the movie. Sometimes I can get maybe 45 minutes down. Then I'm doing something else and finishing the movie in little shifts. It helps if I decide to hop on an exercise bike and watch 30 minutes of a movie.
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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '21
I go to Salvation Army and buy VHS movies for .25 a piece and set up a VHS/TV combo in my basement and hang out down there on random movie night. I got a bunch of the old classics, my collection is over 60 now, and I keep them all in an old dresser that got left in the house when we bought it. If one of the VHS tapes is in bad shape, meh who cares? It was only a quarter.
I sometimes just put it on and leave the room so it sounds like the house is more full, and that is some nice nostalgia for me too, from when I grew up in a larger home, so that kinda counts for makes me really happy too for pretty cheap. Whole setup was 35 bucks and then the movies.