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I thought I'd start a thread about VHS tapes.
It seems like early VHS releases were more collector-friendly. For example, it seems like until the early 1990s video releases of classic animated shorts had more of the best-known shorts, while afterwards they seemed to be aimed more at kids, with more random/odd choices, or more double-dipping. Though oddly enough, it seems like the first major video releases of WB and Disney shorts (The Looney Tunes Video Show and whatever the first collection of Disney videos was... forget the series title) had more random shorts, and their respective second collections of shorts (The Looney Tunes Golden Jubilee and Disney's Limited Gold Collection) had the more important a and b-list shorts.
When did videos start having previews? Seems many early releases didn't, or had previews after the programs ended. Seems many of the Looney Tunes releases ended with a listing of other Looney Tunes videos, as opposed to any kinds of previews.
Most releases came in either clamshell or cardboard boxes. It seems like some early VHS releases came in big cardboard boxes, which opened from the front. I've also some releases where the front cover opened, like a flap, but the videos still came out from the bottom. I've seen this on some of the Spot videos from the 1990s. Was this also common on videos from Playhouse Video? I know it occured on the Muppet videos, and lately I've been wondering if Playhouse did that for most releases. I recently went to a flea market and inspected boxes for any Playhouse Videos the flea market had, and while most releases were in normal boxes, I could tell that Playhouse Video's releases of Fairie Tale Theater videos had opening flaps as well (for some reas there was tape on the flaps).
Seems like many early video releases that had previews only had previews for related content, if the videos were for a franchise. The Muppet videos from Playhouse Video only had a promo for those videos, and Playhouse Video's collection of Dr. Seuss specials only had a promo for video releases of other Dr. Seuss specials... and for some reason I'm thinking some of those releases had the promo after the program, others didn't.
Another example would come if you compare the Jim Henson Video releases with the Jim Henson Home Entertainment releases. Most of the Jim Henson Video releases only had previews for other Henson releases (some exceptions include MCC, MCT, and the sing-along videos, but those pretty much only had one non-Muppet promo each... though the last JHV release, Muppet Treasure Island, only had promos for Disney videos), while the Jim Henson Home Entertainment releases had just as many non-Henson videos as Henson videos, and too many promos at that.
It seems like early VHS releases were more collector-friendly. For example, it seems like until the early 1990s video releases of classic animated shorts had more of the best-known shorts, while afterwards they seemed to be aimed more at kids, with more random/odd choices, or more double-dipping. Though oddly enough, it seems like the first major video releases of WB and Disney shorts (The Looney Tunes Video Show and whatever the first collection of Disney videos was... forget the series title) had more random shorts, and their respective second collections of shorts (The Looney Tunes Golden Jubilee and Disney's Limited Gold Collection) had the more important a and b-list shorts.
When did videos start having previews? Seems many early releases didn't, or had previews after the programs ended. Seems many of the Looney Tunes releases ended with a listing of other Looney Tunes videos, as opposed to any kinds of previews.
Most releases came in either clamshell or cardboard boxes. It seems like some early VHS releases came in big cardboard boxes, which opened from the front. I've also some releases where the front cover opened, like a flap, but the videos still came out from the bottom. I've seen this on some of the Spot videos from the 1990s. Was this also common on videos from Playhouse Video? I know it occured on the Muppet videos, and lately I've been wondering if Playhouse did that for most releases. I recently went to a flea market and inspected boxes for any Playhouse Videos the flea market had, and while most releases were in normal boxes, I could tell that Playhouse Video's releases of Fairie Tale Theater videos had opening flaps as well (for some reas there was tape on the flaps).
Seems like many early video releases that had previews only had previews for related content, if the videos were for a franchise. The Muppet videos from Playhouse Video only had a promo for those videos, and Playhouse Video's collection of Dr. Seuss specials only had a promo for video releases of other Dr. Seuss specials... and for some reason I'm thinking some of those releases had the promo after the program, others didn't.
Another example would come if you compare the Jim Henson Video releases with the Jim Henson Home Entertainment releases. Most of the Jim Henson Video releases only had previews for other Henson releases (some exceptions include MCC, MCT, and the sing-along videos, but those pretty much only had one non-Muppet promo each... though the last JHV release, Muppet Treasure Island, only had promos for Disney videos), while the Jim Henson Home Entertainment releases had just as many non-Henson videos as Henson videos, and too many promos at that.