@Symbeline, really? What’s missing? I recorded the movie from tv. I watched the movie LOTS of years ago on vhs, but I can’t think of what’s different. I recorded it mostly because AC/DC did the soundtrack. Now that my daughter is old enough to get through it and be okay, we keep it to watch for halloween. I have movies or shorts specials for every holiday except Purim and Kwanza, that I know of.
I have tons of vhs which haven’t yet been converted to dvd. I know a few people who got so sick of high costs of cable, satellite, and upgrading they just stick to network tv and tapes. As I finish recording some off I give some to them, put some in my yard sales. They can be used for security tapes. Store boughts can too, if you just tape over the little hole. I have no special equipment for recording store boughts, but I decided on a low grade solution when I had some I wanted to copy. I used a vhs video recorder set to exactly film my tv screen. I played the movie, and recorded the movie as it appeared onscreen. I had to turn the volume way up, so when I did it, I set everything to go, then left the house until it was over. Big pain, and not worth it. I just kind of got a kick that I didn’t have to pay for the same movie twice. I’m funny like that.