These Scotch video tapes are very good. They still play well on my VCR decades after been recorded from another machine. Also back in the early 1990's I had a faulty tape and Scotch replaced it with a new one, so they did what the advert says.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I had a Betamax tape that packed in & Scotch sent me two complimentary replacements.
@TheRetroManRandySavage2 жыл бұрын
So they really do re-record, not fade away? 😂
@davidjones64702 жыл бұрын
Dixions!!!! Blockbuster!!! So many disappeared!!! Excellent as always Steve 👌
@mrpositronia2 жыл бұрын
Dixons still exist, they are in airports now. Dixons Group own Currys and PC World.
@topdawg57662 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing these vintage ads - they set me adrift on memory bliss.
@1985SJW Жыл бұрын
Awesome compilation that Scotch advert with the skeleton used to scare the shit out of me as a kid 🤣🤣
@thefrecklepuny2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how many of those electronic devices can be replicated and held in your hand as your smartphone!
@centrevezgaming48622 жыл бұрын
It’s rather funny that how an old advert Projects the future of 2021 .
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I thought the same. Curious coincidence.
@DavidPaulMorgan2 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten "Hello Tosh, got a Toshiba". Also, I used to bulk-buy my Scotch VHS tapes from an ad in the back of What Video magazine. They were my go-to brand, without a doubt. used my dot-matrix printer to print the labels too.
@museonfilm89192 жыл бұрын
Cathy & Heathcliff - ha ha, I remember that one!
@DJGillman2 жыл бұрын
I Love the Blockbusters ads. So miss that store.
@michailokeefeMooMoo2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video
@SabretoothBarnacle2 жыл бұрын
I would have also fallen off my chair is that 2021 footage was a news clip about a pandemic instead!
@rovingenglishman2 жыл бұрын
My Dad used to get the 'under the counter' tapes from our local video store. The funny thing is he was a police officer. Lots of horror flicks and 'video nasties' you'd never see at Blockbusters. We also had a Grundig 22 inch. It had special touch sensitive buttons. If you blew warm air on the buttons it made the Tv go crazy 😄 My older brother would make me change the channels - the world before remote controls!
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
We used to hire our TVs from a rental store. I curiously used a ruler to push in all the channel buttons at once to see what would happen. Broke the TV! Got in a lot of trouble with my parents & received some stern looks from the shop repair man.
@El-Ritmo Жыл бұрын
I just don't remember seeing Blockbuster ads when I was younger, and I'm sure there were none near me until well into the 90s, perhaps even the end of the 90s. Instead, the big chain video shop for us was Global Video, though I suspect there was little between them in style or offerings. But everywhere seemed to do video rentals at some point - the corner shop at the bottom of my road had a handful, there was an independent one about 10-15 minutes walk from my home in one direction, and another about the same distance in the other (and I lived in a small village), plus the Global Video in town. And the local library - one of my earliest memories is my dad taking me to the library to rent Return of the Jedi on VHS. Good times 😄
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
Had one in our town, but my local was an independent video shop called K Video Center. The wife of the bloke who owned it knocked me off my bike in her car. Fun fact.
@El-Ritmo Жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK A fact, I’ll grant, but can’t say it sounds like an awful lot of fun 😜 Hope you at least got some free rentals.
@johnfogarty912 жыл бұрын
Another great compilation RetroSteve
@mrpositronia2 жыл бұрын
Scotch. Well, they predicted one thing correct for 2021, the screen on the wall! :)
@Matty112uk2 жыл бұрын
The 'Stellavison' video store in Cradley Heath lasted until the early part of the century. I opened up a rental account with them when I bought a DVD player in 1999. 😀
@dominewimbury20392 жыл бұрын
Me and my parents always used to go to Welling Blockbuster Video. Every time I borrowed Faerie Tale Theater's Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Nothing else lol. It was a huge store. Sadly it's now a motorbike showroom
@jwb52z92 жыл бұрын
Shelley Duvall will always be a beloved international actor because of those Fairytale Theater videos. :)
@dragondaveltd19929 ай бұрын
0:21 We all definitely need to bring Blockbuster Video back, Crypto LTD, you better bring it back in the UK!
@HuntersMoon782 жыл бұрын
Got my first colour TV from Granada.
@InAMinMaths2 жыл бұрын
I want that Sony Walkman
@BenPanced2 жыл бұрын
I used to live about half a mile from a Blockbuster. About four blocks from that was an independent rental place that carried the oddball stuff Blockbuster wouldn't even sneeze at.
@shaphocane54432 жыл бұрын
I used to rent videos from Blockbuster but that place has turned into a grocery store
@stevedickson58532 жыл бұрын
Used to love going to the video store with my mates to look at the new titles that were out, many a time we would watch horror films etc we were probably to young to watch.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I used to be fascinated by the horror section in our local video shop but was never allowed to rent them. Films like Chud and Scanners with those cool-looking covers on the big box VHS tapes.
@stevedickson58532 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK It was always someone older who would get the 18 rates stuff, especially for our youth club 12-25 year olds , I would crap my self knowing when I had to use the toilet when a zombie film was on or something..🤣
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
@@stevedickson5853 I would have had to watch them in the family living room, so no chance to watch on the quiet. I really need to get round to watching Chud - always been curious about that film. 🤣
@jwb52z92 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK Don't watch it at night or in the dark!
@stacydraper10012 жыл бұрын
Awesome! 👏👏👏👏👏
@Finaldisaster2 жыл бұрын
There used to be a blockbuster 10 minutes from me. I'd be renting games all the time. Ahh good times loved it there as I got a discount because they knew me so well lol
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Renting games was amazing back then.
@somethingelse48782 жыл бұрын
Rumblelows and rediffusion I remember my mum renting a betamax in 83 The first film we watched was silver Streak The guy at our local rumberlows went through a bad splitup with his wife and went a bit nuts as they say He gave all the stock away for £1 each I missed the sale of the century lol He went on holiday for a few months paid for by the government He was a hero lol
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
My mum got me a second-hand Betamax for my bedroom TV. I set about making copies of of the VHS tapes from our local video rental shop. Had a nice little collection of movies for that machine. Betamax was actually really good quality.
@k20aa2 жыл бұрын
Right im off to Stella vision 3 films for a pound 😂😂😂😂😂
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to return the tapes the next day or you'll be charged an extra day!
@museonfilm89192 жыл бұрын
That was a great deal - try getting any amusement for a pound in 2022 (let alone THREE movies!)
@West.Ham19642 жыл бұрын
He was right when he said 'Ordinary video stores don't even come close to Blockbuster video'. Yep, locally run small video shops just couldn't compete. I used to visit one quite often and went there one evening to find it had closed down not long after a new Blockbuster opened nearby, sad really. I went and joined up with the masses, renting average films as all the big ones were usually out 🤣
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Spot on! 🤣 You'd go out for the latest film and all eight copies they had were sold out, so you'd come back with some random duff you'd hope was good and watch it regardless because you'd paid the money.
@TheRetroManRandySavage2 жыл бұрын
Block busters was great, but as a kid I always preferred my small local video rental store. Although it helped that it had a small arcade room in the back. That always worked for me. Plus blockbusters didn't open here until 1989 and I'd been enjoying my local since the mid 80s when my dad first took me in there to rent poltergeist and the terminator. Gave me nightmares for months. 😂
@TheChipmunk2008 Жыл бұрын
Blockbuster never opened up near us, our local independent stayed in business because of that, they were awesome,but often only had one copy of the latest hits
@edwardgwatterson1618 Жыл бұрын
I have a good version of the seiko watch it was my dad's before still going strong
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
Some of that old tech was really built to last. I think these days a lot of stuff is built to break and be replaced.
@Sjmby95 Жыл бұрын
There were 2 Blockbusters near hear. They were renamed to choices
@ivanharriman2418 Жыл бұрын
Don't know why but when the PC world advert came on I stated singing do you wanna be in my gang my gang my gang😬
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
Oops
@ThermionicValve2 жыл бұрын
Wish I hadn't purchased a Tiny PC in 2003 with service cover. In 2005 it gone bust along with its parent company Granville Technology Group.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Well that sucks. 😤
@thesteveus2 жыл бұрын
We had around 10,000 tapes in the store I worked in. Wasn't a Blockbuster though.
@jwb52z92 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the Blockbuster Video ads weren't redone with British actors. It's weird seeing the acter who played the grandfather character in "Upstart Crow" as a young man. I wonder what Scotch would do now if you tried to get that deal on the new tape since they're all but defunct now. I mean using video tapes, not Scotch.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember at the time, being like America was a big selling point.
@MorrisseysMonkey2 жыл бұрын
The Duracell bloke looks like Tom Kerridge the chef. Dunno if he's been inside tho!
@jeniferallan66932 жыл бұрын
I used to love going to blockbuster
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Same here. Going back the next day to return the videos, not so much. It was a five mile cycle ride to my nearest Blockbuster.
@somethingelse48782 жыл бұрын
Would like to see amiga and c64 ads
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Those are being saved up for a computers/consoles compilation. Once I have enough a compilation will go up. 👍
@AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын
12:35That looks like Weymouth
@MIKandJEAN2 жыл бұрын
Let's hope one of these featured companies become outraged by the fact their 1980's commercials are being framed by a 1970's peasent style wooden TV and request it be removed. Plastic was king in the 80's and so were Sony and Toshiba. 😁
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I love the smell of outrage in the morning.
@MorgoUK2 жыл бұрын
Funny thing - if I view this on my whizzy all-singing, all dancing 55” screen (full size) it looks just like the 25” DeccaColour I lusted after in my teens. I haven’t measured the viewing area but the proportions seem spot on! Nice one RetroSteve!!
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
@@MorgoUK Cool! 🤓👍
@1960dave19602 жыл бұрын
Blockbuster video were awful shops, my local had about one copy of each title, always forgot to return them on time too…..
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I know we reminisce about those old video shops, but I can't deny what we have now is infinitely better.
@AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын
Anyone spot the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference in the Tiny PC ad (7:15)?
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
The Whale? I didn't get that, myself.
@AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын
Did Alexei Sayle get royalties from Toshiba?
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
Probably.
@mr.y.mysterious.video12 жыл бұрын
How can I apply for the 12% interest rate account? Lol
@ravern1000 Жыл бұрын
it would be cool if you could put the dates on the time stamps .
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
I originally intended to include the years of broadcast on the TV display, but the research was taking way too long (time I just don't have to spare), so I decided to go with presenting them as-is.
@garethbramley12 жыл бұрын
I wonder how many of my 000s of pre-recorded VHS tapes will now play. Some of the earlier blank tapes I played earlier this year (recorded from 1984 onwards) play fine - but others from the late 90s and early 00s have deteriorated. It can only be down to cheap quality mass-produced tapes (a lot were Maxell). Earlier Scotch / TDK / BASF / Kodak seem ok. Great collection - so let's go: I know that bald chap in the Duracell ad but can't recall his name. IBM sounds like Anton Rodgers. Toshiba - Ian Drruy (without his Blockheads) - the ad was titled 'EFT' and first aired in 1984 and through to 1985. The lyrics were adapted from Alexei Sayle's novelty single 'Ullo John, Gotta New Motor?' My first VCR was a Philips and it was a cracker - only recorded one programme though. Can't be certain as my hearing's way down 9to one ear) right now but sounds a bit like Richard Briers doing the Grundig ad. I recall I had a Polaroid camera but don't recall taking more than a couple of pictures - maybe too expensive? Richard Branson like a right **** in that suit. 9:33 - Toshiba 'Digital Video' from 1987 / 1988 - and I think the last in this series of commercials. The Radio Rentals ad is from 1984 and titled 'Love Scene' and was directed by Barry Myers. Voiceover appears to be by Roy Kinnear. I remember the BT Phone card ad - 'Bare Essentials' from 1984. This is another ad directed by Myers. Not much use now are they? Best ad here is the final one from Scotch - an unforgettable series. This ad ('Skeleton') first aired in 1983. This is the 1984 version as identified by the opening sentence. Anyone remember the Rediffusion shops?
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure I remember Rediffusion as a brand name on TVs.
@garethbramley12 жыл бұрын
They had city centre shops too - selling TVs and records. I remember we had one here in Nottingham in the 70s and they had some discounted records downstairs. Those were the days. of course, Rediffusion was also a TV channel in the early days. This from Wiki: Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion, was the British ITV franchise holder for London and parts of the surrounding counties, on weekdays between 22 September 1955 and 29 July 1968. It was the first ITA franchisee to go on air, and one of the "Big Four" companies that between them produced the majority of ITV networked programmes during this period. Rediffusion lost its franchise in 1968, but merged with another franchisee to form Thames Television, which continued to hold the London weekday franchise for another 24 years. And here's the shop - think it must have closed down sometimes in the late 80s? www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/rediffusion-nottingham.html
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
@@garethbramley1 Nice link. Lovely little piece of history.
@garethbramley12 жыл бұрын
Yes - lovely history - there's a link online which i looked at a few years back detailing record shops in most areas of the UK - also pictured some of the range bags and the odd shop frontage. In Nottingham we had: Fox's Music Centre / Bradley's Records / Rediffusion / Co-Operative Store / Boots / Woolworths and at least 2 (I think I just saw there were three but don't recall this) Selectadisc shops - now there's a story in itself. There were also some other independents like Arcade Records / Music Inn plus the usual megastores - HMV (2 stores!) - and this was before Virgin came on the scene. I think those *astards drove many of the others away. This doesn't include the second-hand record stores! Right now I can only recall two of those and one is still there.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
@@garethbramley1 Used to be a lovely little record shop in our town - Oven Ready Records. It went under after HMV opened up in the town. 😑
@MorrisseysMonkey2 жыл бұрын
TINY PC, yes but can it run 'Crysis'! 😂
@Hellwyck2 жыл бұрын
Nothing could.
@Sjmby95 Жыл бұрын
There were more cpus Amd cyex and Intel In my heyday I built PCs
@RIXRADvidz2 жыл бұрын
VHS the Future of Video. Phillips Video 2000 with 2 tape decks and 16 day programmable, ironically, VHS was almost completely dead by 2000, DVD took over LOL Intel Pentium 2 ..... Pentium. Windows, Vista .. what's your OS? Dell Amstrad? LOL Derby 2021 ????
@Sjmby95 Жыл бұрын
Who remembers max headroom? And Europe trash?
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
I loved Max Headroom.
@Ian-zx9rp Жыл бұрын
I bought my first PC from Tiny computers for £1700 in 1997. Built my own ever since good riddance to Tiny computers. 🤬