DVD-Man
Distinguished Member
Hi All,
Lat night there was VHS talk in the movies section and it got me thinking about the times I remember visiting 'The Video Shop' as a kid.
This was late 80's early nineties when the Hollywood Trend was towards adults than kids, 12 cert was never even thought of!!!
So I'll share my experience of a time that is never to be seen again given this online digital age we currently live in.
So I started going to Video Shops with my Dad, he was a big film buff ala VHS to my DVD. I thought they were magical places, full of posters some shaped into concertinas and placards everywhere advertising the available and coming soon delights!!
I can remember a few of the names they had, all independant (well maybe not one) stores now Blockbusters here!
Star Video
Video West
Armchair Video
Dom Tek
AZAD Video (sure this was a chain)
The Bot
Scott Video
That's all I can remember just now, as infuriating as only having two or so copies of each film I though this added to the excitement upon entering the shop and still seeing the case of the one you really wanted!!!
I remember asking for old posters to put on my bedroom walls and given my Dads good custom we got a lot of freebies like soundtracks and videos that weren't out yet (not pirates, test copies with a timestamp on them) to a young kid this was all great fun, getting 4 or 5 movies on a saturday and watching them marathon like till Sunday!
My Dad let me watch anything he was watching so I seen Robocop etc when I wasn't even 10 but it didn't do me any harm.
I watched nearly all the local places shut down firstly as VHS novelty wore off, films were released to buy at the same time as renting, DVD came along, BlockBuster and Global bought them all out.
All I've got now is rose tinted, nostalic memories of 'The Video Shop' and a small collection of VHS's to remind me.
So what are others memories then?
Liam
Lat night there was VHS talk in the movies section and it got me thinking about the times I remember visiting 'The Video Shop' as a kid.
This was late 80's early nineties when the Hollywood Trend was towards adults than kids, 12 cert was never even thought of!!!
So I'll share my experience of a time that is never to be seen again given this online digital age we currently live in.
So I started going to Video Shops with my Dad, he was a big film buff ala VHS to my DVD. I thought they were magical places, full of posters some shaped into concertinas and placards everywhere advertising the available and coming soon delights!!
I can remember a few of the names they had, all independant (well maybe not one) stores now Blockbusters here!
Star Video
Video West
Armchair Video
Dom Tek
AZAD Video (sure this was a chain)
The Bot
Scott Video
That's all I can remember just now, as infuriating as only having two or so copies of each film I though this added to the excitement upon entering the shop and still seeing the case of the one you really wanted!!!
I remember asking for old posters to put on my bedroom walls and given my Dads good custom we got a lot of freebies like soundtracks and videos that weren't out yet (not pirates, test copies with a timestamp on them) to a young kid this was all great fun, getting 4 or 5 movies on a saturday and watching them marathon like till Sunday!
My Dad let me watch anything he was watching so I seen Robocop etc when I wasn't even 10 but it didn't do me any harm.
I watched nearly all the local places shut down firstly as VHS novelty wore off, films were released to buy at the same time as renting, DVD came along, BlockBuster and Global bought them all out.
All I've got now is rose tinted, nostalic memories of 'The Video Shop' and a small collection of VHS's to remind me.
So what are others memories then?
Liam