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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by kay29000(m): 2:10pm On Oct 26, 2018
I remember the day my dad bought the Toshiba mutli system VHS player back in the early 90s. That was the shiit back then...super sharp quality. And we used to get our movies from Samaco in Yaba. When Cash n Carry on Broad Street used to sell movies for N50/N70, my Dad used to get the super sharp clarity VHS tapes at Samaco for N300. Chai! It was like DVD quality before DVD. Men!

My dad loved anything entertainment back then. We had all the latest movies...Some of my favorite movies back then were Above the Law (Yeun Baio), Dark Angel/I Come in Piece (Dolph Lundgren), Universal Soldiers (Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren), anything with Jacky Jan, all Roger Moore and Sean Connery James Bond movies, Lethal Weapon movie series (Mel Gibson and Danny Glover), Basic Instict (Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone)...etc

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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by chuckjonesbaba(m): 2:11pm On Oct 26, 2018
Sleekfingers:
The way our national video player heavy...no be small.....

Back then we have two....one for betamax video cassettes and the other for vhs....

Na for up you go slot the cassettes....back then it was fun....but not every home get am....na luxury....

My dad put them in his room...but we duplicate his keys....no be small thing ...

Exactly. My dad had ours in his room too.
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Viruscod3d: 2:12pm On Oct 26, 2018
kay29000:


Were you living in Surulere at the time? I remember back in the 90s getting to watch movies my neighbor sent out through video sender. The first day I got the signal, it was like I was in the future. I can't describe the feeling. I love technology.
this reminds of those days when our tv normally catch our neighbours blue film. We will tune the tv and if he is watching his blue film which he always watch, We will be in our palour watching it live.

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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by kay29000(m): 2:14pm On Oct 26, 2018
Viruscod3d:
this reminds of those days when our tv normally catch our neighbours blue film. We will tune the tv and if he is watching his blue film which he always watch, We will be in our palour watching it live.

lol!
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by ericmor: 2:20pm On Oct 26, 2018
oshe11:
Lol....


We all have that Video Cassette that acts as "Head Cleaner" whenever the Video player is "Dirty"




Mine was DELTA FORCEcheesy






We also have Hand/Manual Rewinder
I damage some video cassettes with this reminded o cus I won’t know the thing has reach the end and I will still be rewinding with force

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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by digitsolution: 2:23pm On Oct 26, 2018
Explorers:
Head cleaner.

One can also uncover the player and clean with cotton wool/spirit.

You can also use the tip of the nail while still playing.

U sabi this thing die. Your write up giving me memories
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Nobody: 2:37pm On Oct 26, 2018
I enjoyed it for like 2 years before it was overwhelmed by CD players. grin ,
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by mtngloetiartel: 2:41pm On Oct 26, 2018
Wiserock:
Na old guys full nairaland.
i tell u
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by IamHansomE: 2:42pm On Oct 26, 2018
Explorers:


Lol.......Nothing like lens bro, we call it head.

Video play head.

Lalasticlala




My guy.... Where I fit download those old naija moviEs
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Nobody: 2:53pm On Oct 26, 2018
How time flies, God remember me o
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by AleksAndria: 3:04pm On Oct 26, 2018
kay29000:


Ahh! A whole Showdown in Little Tokyo. Dolph Lundgreen and Brandon Lee. Chai! You just took me down memory lane.



Not only that one... even 'ARMAGEDDON' . I broke the Disc.

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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by haryorbarmie83(m): 3:14pm On Oct 26, 2018
Gone are those days. It can never returned again.
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Nobody: 3:15pm On Oct 26, 2018
OMW...chai it is well! Thank You Explorers for taking us back to Dem good ol'days
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by kay29000(m): 3:20pm On Oct 26, 2018
AleksAndria:




Not only that one... even 'ARMAGEDDON' . I broke the Disc.

shocked
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by tete7000(m): 3:23pm On Oct 26, 2018
Only constant thing in life is change, nothing lasts forever. The reason man cannot put his mind on material things but on God in who there is no shadow or alteration of change.
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Sammyimpostor: 3:44pm On Oct 26, 2018
Nothing lasts forever
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by spiralwedge(m): 3:52pm On Oct 26, 2018
Explorers:
Do you remember this?

I still have this. Its called SCART
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by spiralwedge(m): 3:59pm On Oct 26, 2018
That video sender was way before its time.

I bet it would still make sense with my gotv, because using a cable to loop to other room is so backward mhenn

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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Antina(f): 5:03pm On Oct 26, 2018
emmanuelrabb:
Who else here didn't have the opportunity to use those Video players






Signify

Let's know ourselves

I still have the manual rewinder at home as I am talking to you. Yellow colour though!!
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by duality(m): 5:04pm On Oct 26, 2018
These are for the rich folks.

We had them, but it took some time.

We used black and white for a long time sef before buying colour TV.

That's why people should not chase vanity.

Suddenly it's old school... These days people no longer buy LCD TV again.

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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by rhemilous: 5:13pm On Oct 26, 2018
We still have all this electronics
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by eodavids(m): 5:28pm On Oct 26, 2018
Explorers:
Some movies we saw on vhs.

My guy, I remove my hat for you.

You were an action lover like us.

Kudos!
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by folake4u(f): 5:40pm On Oct 26, 2018
Wow!shocked.
Thank God I wasn't in that era, I would have been mortified.
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by RandomVic(m): 5:49pm On Oct 26, 2018
Damn this took me down memory lanes... Feeling all nostalgic and all. Back then we were the only ones who had a video player and colored TV in my neighborhood thus was treated like king by all the other kids lol
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by staggerman(m): 6:06pm On Oct 26, 2018
Kai..


Seems like yesterday.

Watching:
Commando
Rambo
Cyborg
Hard way the only way
Delta force
In the line of duty
No retreat no surrender
King of the kick boxer
Equalizer 2000
Expendables
7 lucky kids
The good, the bad and the ugly
Hammer house of horror
Man with the golden teeth (007)

Drunken master
Snake in the monkey shadow
Tiger claw
7 commandments of kungfu
Shaolin master
One armed boxer

Snake girl
Mad
Sunita

Living in bondage
Rattle snake
Love without language
Jagua
Willi willi
New masquerade
Tales by moonlight
Story time

Voltron
Duck tales
Super ted
Pinocchio
Block man

Super mario
King Kong (Gameboy)
Street fighter
Pac man
Contra
Mortal kombat
International super star soccer deluxe

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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by opportunities12: 6:23pm On Oct 26, 2018
staggerman:
Kai..


Seems like yesterday.

Watching:
Commando
Rambo
Cyborg
Hard way the only way
Delta force
In the line of duty
No retreat no surrender
King of the kick boxer
Equalizer 2000
Expendables
7 lucky kids
The good, the bad and the ugly
Hammer house of horror
Man with the golden teeth (007)

Drunken master
Snake in the monkey shadow
Tiger claw
7 commandments of kungfu
Shaolin master
One armed boxer

Snake girl
Mad
Sunita

Living in bondage
Rattle snake
Love without language
Jagua
Willi willi
New masquerade
Tales by moonlight
Story time

Voltron
Duck tales
Super ted
Pinocchio
Block man

Super mario
King Kong (Gameboy)
Street fighter
Pac man
Contra
Mortal kombat
International super star soccer deluxe

Well done bro, the list continues

Raid on Entebbe
The Great Escape
The burning train
Mard
Najin
The man with the golden gun
Romancing the Stone
The Red Scorpion
Jango
The Jango kills
Hard Target
Showdown in little Tokyo
First Blood I, II and Rambo III
Death wish 1,2,3,4
Red Heat
Code of silence
BEVERLY HILLS COPS
A view to a kill

Those are days that you are a king among your friend if you have a vhs system at home.. cheesy grin cheesy grin

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Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Pumpido75(m): 6:59pm On Oct 26, 2018
Explorers:
Upper loaders.

The heaviest of them all.
indeed, gone are those days. Even the smaller vhs was called bettermax. Tracking to the next street to watch video movies. Childhood of the 80's and early 90's was real fun. Thanks for sharing.
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Mbediogu(m): 7:14pm On Oct 26, 2018
How the world changes. Our first video machine was for films recorded on NTSC signals. The result was that we could watch a lot of American films and few local film which were mainly recorded in PAL. We had to buy another more advance machine that could pick the three common recording signals of the time. God is wonderful!
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by DEIFIED(m): 8:04pm On Oct 26, 2018
Those where the days. the nostalgic feeling is something else right now.
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by emmanuelpopson(m): 8:31pm On Oct 26, 2018
mikron:
CHAI PERSON DON OLD O. i passed through this era, the era of rambo, commando, nagin the snake girl, bruce lee. voltron, superted, tales by moonlight, samanja, ripples, after the storm, wili wili, mortal combat
choi..........
what a gbelu gbelu grin grin grin grin
good old memories

our house was the assembly for all kids then whenever we put on our Sony color TV watching some of these movies.. nagin,toofan, most Bruce Lee films, Chuck Norris etc ,commando, Rambo etc...I just reminisce those days bro..
robin Hood, Dr WHO. those memories linger on... I cant say much...I was reading comments and I was laughing with ecstasy that I enjoyed my childhood.. unlike these indomie generation...
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by ikennamadu1(m): 9:22pm On Oct 26, 2018
my Papa no gree buy VHS for us.. the man go still get mind dey warn us make we no dey go people house go watch film... the only time him buy na.. scrab Wen him hear say them dey convert am to decoder... ;Dmy Papa no gree buy VHS for us.. the man go still get mind dey warn us make we no dey go people house go watch film... the only time him buy na.. scrab Wen him hear say them dey convert am to decoder...
Re: Throwback: Seeing Movies, What It Looked Like Decades Ago (Photos) by Shugah(f): 12:08am On Oct 27, 2018
Kaycee7:
Ah! Explorers be taking us on a trip down nostalgia lane. You have not known frustration and rage until you use spoon, yes spoon, to rewind a video cassette. Only to come back and discover your siblings have watched the movie and left the cassette like that. At that moment, nothing is more painful.


BTW, if you had a room like the one below as a young man, you were the real MVP





I can still remember that red multi-purpose Rechargeable latern/radio with places to put those mini music cassette of tony tetuila(you don hit my car) and the likes. Chai! Time flies sha!

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