{"id":2976,"date":"2012-02-17T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2012-02-17T19:16:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T19:16:03","slug":"80s-video-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/80s-video-shops\/","title":{"rendered":"80s Video Shops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now if there is a memory from the late 80&#8217;s that oozes nostalgia it has to be the Video Rental Shops. Remember visiting Blockbuster Video shops with there numerous walls of \u00a0VHS and Betamax tapes.<\/p>\n<p>Video Shops were in every shopping Mall and high street in the 80s<br \/>\nTake a look at these awesome memories before the DVD and Blu-ray were conceived<\/p>\n<h2>80s Video Shops &#8211;\u00a0Promotion for Blockbuster<\/h2>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"480\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ng8QjYt9wls?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"640\" height=\"480\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ng8QjYt9wls?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Also movies were often\u00a0recorded off laserdisc in the back. Some shops had a Betamax section next to the Phillips video 2000 tapes. Can you remember the double sided video tapes as well.<\/p>\n<p>Another memory in 80s Video Shops were the basket of\u00a0ex-rental VHS\u00a0videos. \u00a0Normally next to the massive pop corn and chocolate bars stood the basket along with a new stack of cheaper ex-rental tapes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2981\" title=\"vhs-video-shops\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops.jpg\" alt=\"80s Video Shops\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the early independent shops were clearly pirating the tapes.\u00a0With cheap, beige photocopied inserts and badly printed shop logos.<\/p>\n<p>When you did rent a tape from the 80s Video Shops they were\u00a0filled with trailers &amp; commercials for upcoming VHS releases. Each video also featured several tacky &#8220;Blockbuster Video&#8221; promotions.<\/p>\n<p>So do you remember your local\u00a080s Video Shops in your street?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/80s-video-shops\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"80s Video Shops\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vhs-video-shops.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Now if there is a memory from the late 80&#8217;s that oozes nostalgia it has to be the Video Rental Shops. 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