VHS Style Blu-ray Packaging

Funny, I was recently questioning how my local HMV still exists and why I would ever go in there. I suppose this answers my question. I shall pick some of these up. Thanks for the extra video!

Are there any warnings on the packaging stating that no actual VHS tapes are contained within?

I love that you did a little look at these. As HMVs have completely bit the bust o'er here, it is nice to see they're making some fun exclusive products o'er there. I wonder if the difference in run time between the Blu-ray and DVD is due to the former running at 23.976fps (or 24fps) and the latter being PAL formatted and sped up to 25?

Interesting concept, but I'd never collect. One of the things I liked about blu-ray when it first came out was that the jewel cases were smaller then DVD cases. I want smaller cases to be able to fit more movies in my bookcase! :-) I also sometimes get a UK blu-ray here in the States (sometimes movies and boxed sets on Amazon are cheaper with the UK import). I even find it a bit irksome that UK BD cases are a bit bigger than North American ones.

Another great video!

There's some pretty great people on Instagram who make custom VHS boxes complete with real tapes of modern films. Some will even do custom commissions. This guy is particularly good: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vcrworld/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/vcrworld/</a>

I'm gonna get them right now! Find out their not in the u.s. Aw man!

I have no idea what any of those stores are and am now jealous I would have to import them.

Thanks for the video. It was fun, but I was disappointed that you didn't put the box next to a real VHS. I was also curious if a real VHS would fit into the sleeve. Still, I enjoyed the video. Looking forward to the next one.

Saw these a month or so back on pre-order. It's a cool idea done better with the Criterion Videodrome, apart from the CIC looking cover art. I will get the thing for the VHS art alone

The HMV VHS Range titles are available as buy-it-now items on eBay in the US. Imported from the UK at a price of $39 each, plus $13 shipping. Matt, your UK seller offers a better price, provided he exports.

That's a great bit of packaging! Now how about some SACDs packed in 7" reel-to-reel tape boxes? Perhaps remasters of late 1960s - early 1970s music?

Still have these movies on VHS, but I think it´s a fun idea. I did´nt know this existed before i watched this video. Thanks. :-)

Do as many of these short reviews as you'd like, they're just as enjoyable as the longer reviews but more appropriate for products that don't need a whole lot of time dedicated to them. Still have a few VHS tapes and a player sealed up in a box, will pass on to the grandkids, who will probably bin them. :(

The person who thought this up, I wonder how old they were.... a younger hipster thinking retro or some GenX person waxing nostalgic.

Stranger Things did this too in their US release for Target.

Regarding the size, the diameter of a Blu-ray at 120mm is bigger than the width (or is it the height?) of a VHS tape (103mm), so they've probably scaled the box up a bit to fit the discs

Mm.. I had two huge cardboard boxes full of VHS tapes in the 90s all the way up to about 2002 when I started getting my movies and series on DVD (and downloads at the university I studied at). Tried to give them away to the local library, but they could not be used for library purposes since they were store bought. :P I can't say I really miss the age of scan lines and tape problem though.. just the nostalgia of it. :D

Think there might be 12 cards or however many of these they made?

I've enjoyed these short-format videos, good for watching in those "in-between" moments of doing "important" things or while waiting for somebody to show up. Looking forward to the next regularly-scheduled episode though. :)