What to do with a VHS video player

[Renenet]

It's Panasonic, 12 years old, still works perfectly - and sits there doing nothing.

Is there any chance someone would find it useful? Is it even worth 99 cents? Can I recycle it? Or should it die in some ignominious yet spectacular fashion?

Replies of a serious and not-so-serious nature welcome.

 

[MathewB]

You could set it on fire, that's always fun

 

[Wally]

Put some heating elements in it and cook your toast by remote control.

 

[Renenet]

Put some heating elements in it and cook your toast by remote control.

Hmm, interesting. I don't have a toaster. Though if I tried that I might end up with MathewB's suggestion. :?

 

[pharskie]

if you set it on fire by spraying metho inside it, they make bangs and crackles like a bunch of fire works, just no colorful lights

 

[Wally]

I may have watched the Young Ones too much.

 

[mad_at_arms]

Buy a pine corner TV unit off ebay and instead of making it into a enclosure......

 

[GeckoJosh]

Whats a VHS video player?

 

[Gibblore]

Whats a VHS video player?

pmsl, I found my old one doing a spring clean got a old tv for 99c of ebay and set it up in my daugther's room and look out for kids videos at the markets she's wrapped only 3 years old so easy pleased and leaves my dvd's alone now joy

 

[Reptile_Lover]

use it for a target and have some fun shooting at it, always fun to shoot stuff you don't want, my brother had a old phone he didn't want so i put it to good use as me him and his mates shot the hell out of it, was good old fun.

 

[prettypython]

Grow strawberries in it.

 

[MathewB]

When I was 12 my CD player broke, I went to my Dad to see if he could fix it. He handed me a sledge hammer...best thing I ever did with that CD player. So you could use an axe or a chainsaw.....

 

[Fantazmic]

if it is really bothering you...you can freecycle it...that way your trash becomes somebody elses treasure...

I love freecycle anything you dont want...and you'd be surprised what people will take...i had one guy turn up and he and his partner were building a house and 'everything' all their materials had come from freecycle...they were going to write a book/documentary when they finished proving you could actually build a house for nothing....he said his job was to stay in the freecycle group watching and buzzing people as soon as he saw anything that might work for them !! Still boring as that would be probably worth it to them!!


I love Gibblores idea...you can get really cheap videos at the op shop nobody wants and it is a great way for your three year old to learn respect for electronic equipment and if she makes a mistake it doesnt matter !!

 

[Renenet]

Whats a VHS video player?

Well, kiddies, once upon a time, waaaay back in the Mesozoic era ...

My little brother, who's just turned 11, gets confused when I talk about "taping" things. Makes me feel old.

I love freecycle anything you dont want...and you'd be surprised what people will take...i had one guy turn up and he and his partner were building a house and 'everything' all their materials had come from freecycle...they were going to write a book/documentary when they finished proving you could actually build a house for nothing

That's a book I'd like to read.

Gumtree doesn't even have a category for VHS players. Freecycle or a 99 cent eBay auction might be the go.

 

[timantula]

if it is working fine ill be kean on it as im going to try and copy some old vids onto dvd..

 

[SouthernKnights]

I have been saving for one as my beta is playing up. Does it come with one of those fancy cordless remotes?

 

[Spider178]

Maybe turn it into a hide.

 

[camspeed]

I think the title of this thread should be "what to do with rubbish" and the answer is put it in the bin

 

[vampstorso]

I think giving it to your daughter could be cool,

there's been a few occasions where I've gone looking for ours before remembering...oh! we don't have it anymore!



...damn...I'm gonna have to go to an opshop and try that metho idea now.

 

[Andie]

Um, am I the only one who still sets up the VHS to tape stuff of TV to watch later? Sunday nights are a PITA because there are 3 things we want to watch and the set top box only records free-to air. So we watch ABC, Hard Drive record 7 and tape foxtel.

We still watch tapes. I still have The Little Mermaid on VHS that I got for my 7th birthday (I'm 26 now).

We are oldschool.