I don’t go as far as VHS, I would just digitize it an and put it on my Jellyfin server. I did that with my DVDs and Bluray so I’m good if my Bluray drive dies. Likewise with emulators for older consoles.
But I’m not replacing something just because the port is dumb.
I’ll probably buy a Framework laptop next once my Thinkpad dies, because carrying a dongle is dumb when I could swap a port.
Honestly digitizing VHS isn’t the easiest, I just torrented copies for non-vcr use lol. I still enjoy the VCR though, something about just popping the movie in instead of navigating through directories on an external drive just hits different.
Also just tbf, you’d still have to carry the expansion cartridge to swap them, but they’re easy to carry in a laptop bag, and it’s still a much more elegant solution to use than floppy dongles everywhere like I’m running firefox on a plate of spaghetti. I still think it’s the absolute best solution to our current port problem, even with still carrying the cartridges (which feels like a GBC and hits the nostalgia too, so honestly I like having to carry them lol).
I don’t go as far as VHS, I would just digitize it an and put it on my Jellyfin server. I did that with my DVDs and Bluray so I’m good if my Bluray drive dies. Likewise with emulators for older consoles.
But I’m not replacing something just because the port is dumb.
I’ll probably buy a Framework laptop next once my Thinkpad dies, because carrying a dongle is dumb when I could swap a port.
Honestly digitizing VHS isn’t the easiest, I just torrented copies for non-vcr use lol. I still enjoy the VCR though, something about just popping the movie in instead of navigating through directories on an external drive just hits different.
Also just tbf, you’d still have to carry the expansion cartridge to swap them, but they’re easy to carry in a laptop bag, and it’s still a much more elegant solution to use than floppy dongles everywhere like I’m running firefox on a plate of spaghetti. I still think it’s the absolute best solution to our current port problem, even with still carrying the cartridges (which feels like a GBC and hits the nostalgia too, so honestly I like having to carry them lol).