Label and organize my videotapes

I’ve been making some headway with my videotapes. Every now and then I’ll be looking for a blank tape and I’ll find something that I can erase. Like “Mr. Show”, since I have the whole series on DVD now. What I’m thinking that I’ll value on older videotapes is the ephemera and ads that are preserved. It’s very cool to look at the old ads, interstitials and logos to get a sense of the zeigeist of the time. While labeling is a good start, in the back of my head I’m always thinking that I should be cataloguing them. At least I catalogue my DVDs, which is good.

I have a lot of videotapes. While I don’t have a PVR, I’m not taping as much as I did. A few years ago I taped a lot of tv and I have many tapes without labels. I think that I have about 2 boxes filled with unlabeled tapes. So out of probably around 300 tapes (maybe more), about a quarter of them don’t have labels. They are mostly in boxes, but I should get them organized and catalogued on shelves.
Many of the tv shows that I taped (such as Mr. Show) are out on DVD now and I own them, so they can be recycled. I haven’t transferred anything over to a digital format yet, but I may some day. What is fascinating about looking at older videotapes are the ads that give you a bit of a sense of the zeitgeist of the time. Sometimes I look at tapes and think, “Why did I tape that?”