Following on from the book vs film thread, let’s have some video rental chat for those old enough to remember it.
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Were you the first or last in your street to get a video? Did you have to go round a mate’s house to watch films you were too young to see at the cinema?
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What were your best memories of seeing films for the first time on home video?
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Were you (like us) recommended Betamax by a family member only for it to immediately become obsolete?
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Did you (like me) go down to the video shop with a letter from your mum saying she was fine with you renting 18-rated films?
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Did you (like me) watch a pirate copy of A Clockwork Orange with Swedish subtitles while it was unavailable to see in this country?
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Did you sit with your finger carefully hovering over the pause button so you could edit out the adverts of films you wanted to keep?
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Did you get caught / get away with recording naughty films late on Channel Four?
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Did you rewind films before you took them back, or are you an absolute monster?
For those under 30, video recorders were a very low quality way of watching films in the 80’s. You could only rent them as they were too expensive to buy, and even then you had to wait until about 18 months after the film came out. If you were too young to see a film at the cinema and didn’t have a video you had to wait until it was on TV about three years later.
All video related chat below.