Each tape only $127.43 in today's money!

Thank the Lord for digital piracy

VHS or Beta!

Cheaper now on ebay

They were priced like this because they knew the tape traders would buy 1, copy it 25 times and sell each copy for $5>>18316004

>>18316087
Probably part of it but even blanks were over $5 around the mid 80s and movies could be $80. People mostly rented so prices were aimed at rental stores and diehard collectors. They later figured out they could make more by lowering the price and selling more volume.

https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-much-did-vhs-tapes-cost-in-the-80s/

>>18313486 (OP)
That's why you rent them and copy them

Each tape is one hour, hahaha Bill Apter

>>18316157
Yeah true. I only said that because my uncle was a big time tape trader, and would usually charge the price of the blank plus whatever little shipping cost (or just trade for other tapes). He passed away and his entire massive tape library is just sitting rotting away in his basement, and my cunt aunt won't let me near it so I can get it archived digitally and get it on the internet...fuckin bitch.

>>18316174
one hour, meaning they were recorded in the best quality possible. At least he didn't record in extended or super long play mode or something.