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I have been set a near impossible task, Dad's VHS player has finally given up the ghost, leaving him with a pretty good collection of tapes and no player....has anyone seen a VHS player (or combo device) that is available to purchase (hopefully new). Thankfully we moved him over to DVD a few years ago so it is only the legacy stuff that he has in VHS.

So far I have only found:
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/tv-lcd-led-plasma/media-players/lg/dvd-recorder-vhs-combo-sku-67760/
also available at Bing Lee, Target and possibly Hardly Normal at the same/similar price.

One suggestion might be the LG RC689D. This is a VHS/DVD Recorder so it would serve 2 purposes. I also believe that you would be able to transfer the VHS tapes to DVD with this unit (has to be confirmed). A little pricey but for what it is capable of it’s the ants pants lol

Dick Smith sells it brand new for $349

I've got a VHS player in the shed I'm not using if you want it

sirhc55 wrote:One suggestion might be the LG RC689D. This is a VHS/DVD Recorder so it would serve 2 purposes. I also believe that you would be able to transfer the VHS tapes to DVD with this unit (has to be confirmed). A little pricey but for what it is capable of it’s the ants pants lol

Dick Smith sells it brand new for $349

That is the same model I have linked...

sirhc55 wrote:One suggestion might be the LG RC689D. This is a VHS/DVD Recorder so it would serve 2 purposes. I also believe that you would be able to transfer the VHS tapes to DVD with this unit (has to be confirmed). A little pricey but for what it is capable of it’s the ants pants lol

Dick Smith sells it brand new for $349

It's also about the only VHS player that's currently on sale.

I needed to buy one myself, after (1) discarding all of my old VHS recorders/players and then (2) realising that I still had a lot of content on tape.

gstark wrote:It's also about the only VHS player that's currently on sale.

I needed to buy one myself, after (1) discarding all of my old VHS recorders/players and then (2) realising that I still had a lot of content on tape.

I'm finding that as well

Also, this may be a good time for him to think about transferring them to more modern media.

surenj wrote:Also, this may be a good time for him to think about transferring them to more modern media.

The above unit seems to allow for that as well.....hmmmm am i up to the task of showing him how?

sirhc55 wrote:One suggestion might be the LG RC689D. This is a VHS/DVD Recorder so it would serve 2 purposes. I also believe that you would be able to transfer the VHS tapes to DVD with this unit (has to be confirmed). A little pricey but for what it is capable of it’s the ants pants lol

Dick Smith sells it brand new for $349

I picked up one of those 2nd hand off ebay for $60 The heads on the vhs side were not too good but the dvd side was perfect so I used a second vhs player connected to the lg to transfer tapes to dvd. A brand new one would make the transfer job really easy.

aim54x wrote:The above unit seems to allow for that as well.....hmmmm am i up to the task of showing him how?

Perhaps get him to skip the DVD. Perhaps harddrive.

surenj wrote:

aim54x wrote:The above unit seems to allow for that as well.....hmmmm am i up to the task of showing him how?

Perhaps get him to skip the DVD. Perhaps harddrive.

That would require more hardware......but yes that is an idea

Remorhaz wrote:I've got a VHS player in the shed I'm not using if you want it

Ditto

Thanks for the offers guys, after consulting my sister we have decided to do the silly thing and get Dad the LG unit for the commercial holiday.