We'll take a look at this.
There was a time when watching a movie at home
required you to drive to a store and rent a
VHS tape.
But after the introduction of DVD delivery and streaming video,
the number of US video rental stores nearly disappeared.
But Dina Demetria says a growing number of people are
rewinding to the VHS days.
It's tangible. It's in your hands.
Welcome back to the future.
It's the return of the VHS tape.
In the beginning, I was going to thrift stores.
I was going to estate sales.
I was going, you know,
scouring Craigslist and OfferUp. This is like the kind of
funny horror section.
Cinematographer Matthew Renoir eventually collected enough tapes to open Be
Kind video in 2022.
It's like horror tapes or 80s and 90s kind of
action sci-fi stuff.
That's the stuff that's like the most popular.
Renoir is riding the wave of old media popularity,
like the resurgence of vinyl records.
VHS tapes are more than a bit of nostalgia for
customers like Erin Thorell.
People love that sound of the hiss,
right? It just gives this.
Different vibe, this different feel.
VHS has been winning followers on social media with many
fans referring to themselves as tape heads.
For Rich Summer, it's a new way to share memories
with his 13 year old son Patrick,
who loves horror movies and old cartoons on tape.
Because the cartoons, when you watch them on VHS like
the color really pops and it's just like a new
way to enjoy them.
Of course today you can get a movie much faster
connecting to a streaming service,
but fans say a store like this one offers a
human connection.
Be Kind Video holds regular movie nights where customers can
come together.
Connor Holt says the events provide a sense of community.
I believe it matters as a subculture.
It matters as people care about it and want to
preserve it,
and they want to kind of enjoy that kind of
camaraderie.
So I believe it'll continue.
Seems VHS isn't dead yet and no one is putting
these babies in the corner anymore.
Dina Demetrius, CBS News, Burbank,
CA.