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who remembers video rental 'clubs' before blockbuster?
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:19 pm
I'm talking the crazy ones that you had to pay to be a member of and they rented these giant tapes of movies as well as vhs. I forget what those giant sized vhs tapes were called.
We had one Monroe behind that creepy motel on Louisville and it was crazy. I think you had to pay like $15 as well s the $75 sign up fee to bring home a tape for a day or 2.
All tapes were in generic black containers and kept behind the counter.
Felt like cutting edge.. Must have been late 1970s..
We had one Monroe behind that creepy motel on Louisville and it was crazy. I think you had to pay like $15 as well s the $75 sign up fee to bring home a tape for a day or 2.
All tapes were in generic black containers and kept behind the counter.
Felt like cutting edge.. Must have been late 1970s..
This post was edited on 10/11/13 at 1:30 pm
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Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:24 pm to CAD703X
I think there was a video place like that on Williams in Kenner. ZM Video or something like that.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:24 pm to CAD703X
Alfalfa and Video Visions (I think it was called) were awesome.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:26 pm to CAD703X
Video Visions on Jefferson.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:27 pm to Tactical1
Paramount Video in Marrero!!!
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:27 pm to Freauxzen
Major Video
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:27 pm to CAD703X
I remember the Beta Max days. I was like 5 or 6. You had the option of VHS or the massive Beta Max tape that was the size of an encyclopedia.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:30 pm to 12
That's it!! Beta max 
Eta if Zach Morris carried around a videotape it would look like beta max
Eta if Zach Morris carried around a videotape it would look like beta max
This post was edited on 10/11/13 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:30 pm to CAD703X
That was National Video I think. We had Action Video, Curtis Mathis Video, and Babers too.
Edit- yeah that was Beta Max, I was wrong
Edit- yeah that was Beta Max, I was wrong
This post was edited on 10/11/13 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:42 pm to Chuck U Farley
Cormies in Lake Charles off Country Club Rd use to have a video store in the early 90s
use to ride my bike down there
use to ride my bike down there
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:43 pm to CAD703X
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I'm talking the crazy ones that you had to pay to be a member of and they rented these giant tapes of movies as well as vhs. I forget what those giant sized vhs tapes were called.
I think VHS are the big ones - you're thinking of the (Sony) Beta versus VHS war?
Or perhaps 3/4", which were quite rare (mainly military data recorders and professional video cameras for many years)?
(The big one, back left.)
Posted on 10/11/13 at 2:00 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 10/11/13 at 2:03 pm to CAD703X
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That's it.. Umatic?
Yeah, commonly called 3/4" now - Sony had the high end market sewn up - VHS got them on wide availability, rather than quality.
Ironically, Sony took what they learned in winning the Blu-ray versus HD-DVD format war, only to find that plastic discs are obsolete.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 2:03 pm to CAD703X
I had ET and some He-Man cartoons on Betamax. That was awesome.
Too bad the porn industry decided to go with VHS.
Too bad the porn industry decided to go with VHS.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 2:14 pm to dallastiger55
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Cormies in Lake Charles off Country Club Rd use to have a video store in the early 90s
use to ride my bike down there
Remember Katz video too.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 2:15 pm to boxcarbarney
They had a zm video on the west bank. Also video plus had multiple locations and major video was great as well.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 2:16 pm to CAD703X
I remember hearing about them when I was a kid but we couldn't afford membership or a VCR
Around that same time I remember seeing a videodisc (Spielberg's 1941) being played in a store -- totally blew my mind!
Around that same time I remember seeing a videodisc (Spielberg's 1941) being played in a store -- totally blew my mind!
Posted on 10/11/13 at 2:19 pm to CAD703X
y umatic tho?
Posted on 10/11/13 at 2:21 pm to Kafka
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Around that same time I remember seeing a videodisc (Spielberg's 1941) being played in a store -- totally blew my mind!
I still have a functioning Pioneer laserdic player.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 3:03 pm to Ace Midnight
Holy crap I just remembered we rented the videotape player *and* the take at the same time.
I was wracking my brain there trying to remember how we could have afforded the player too..
Sheesh.. talk about Way back machine..
I was wracking my brain there trying to remember how we could have afforded the player too..
Sheesh.. talk about Way back machine..
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