Were VHS £100 back in the 80s?

Hi Guys I wanted to discuss with you guys about VHS being 100 pound back in the 80s. Is this true? Also when did they stopped making VHS?

Not sure if they were £100, but I certainly recall seeing adverts in old magazines stating prices of around £50.

And the rest. They were several hundred quid in the early 80s. I doubt even the cheapest got as low as £100 until late in the decade.

Didn't someone put a 1980s Argos catalogue up online recently? Find that and see the prices.

Maybe on here somewhere. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lavalampmuseum/sets/72157619081815831/

I'm sure this is Wolf from Gladiators. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lavalampmuseum/3590157067/in/set-72157619081815831

Tapes or machines?

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ September 12 2013, 11:11 PM BST

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That's what I was going to ask.

I certainly paid well into the hundreds for a Sony C7 (betamax - better than VHS by a mile).

Surely no one would think a video tape was £100!

I was thinking he meant tape.

I remember that renting films was £5 a night with a £40 deposit.

Derann Dudley.

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I can remember VHS tapes costing £69.99 each to buy and a blank 120 costing £19.99. Why do you think we rented the f**kers.

And Laser Discs. They never caught on. But you could rent them.

Quote: Badge @ September 12 2013, 10:43 PM BST

And the rest. They were several hundred quid in the early 80s. I doubt even the cheapest got as low as £100 until late in the decade.

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This.

The last VHS tapes commercially released (i.e. films and TV shows for sale) in the UK were in, I think, 2004.

VCRs for consumers stopped being produced in about 2008, although you can still buy combined VCR/DVD/Blu-ray units, and USB-connected players for digitisation. Blank VHS tapes are still available, but no longer widely so.

Are you lot talking about the 1880s? 70 quid for a tape???

They still sell blank VHS tapes in Poundland. It cheers me right up to see them.

Quote: zooo @ September 13 2013, 12:20 AM BST

Are you lot talking about the 1880s? 70 quid for a tape???

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We're talking about your mum.