Rewind: VHS & Disc Collection

Photograph a shelf of tapes or discs at the thrift store and find out which ones are worth grabbing. The app identifies every title in your photos, then five reviewers judge each one at once: YES, MAYBE, or NO, each with reasoning you can actually read. No barcodes needed. VHS never had them anyway.

The rest of the hobby lives here too: a want list for what you're hunting, a directory of stores worth the drive, weekly picks to chase, and a collection that remembers what you own and what you thought of it.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Take up to five photos of spines, covers, or stacks
2. Five reviewers judge every title at once, each looking for something different
3. Every title gets a clear verdict with written reasoning
4. Add the ones you want to your collection or want list
5. The app catches titles you already own and flags ones from your want list automatically.

FIVE REVIEWERS One cares about action. Another cares about horror. A third is looking for SOV and bootlegged tapes. They don't always agree, and even when they do, the reasons are different. That's the point.

Bruiser: Action movies with stunts, fights, and explosions. The louder, the better. Sicko: Anything that belongs on the horror shelf. Slashers, creature features, banned and censored stuff. Chrome: Robots, hackers, virtual reality, dystopian tech. Futures imagined before the internet existed. Zealot: Movies with obsessive followings that the mainstream ignored. Devotion over quality. Weirdo: SOV, outsider media, subcultural tapes. Made by weirdos for weirdos. Bloodsport gets a YES from Bruiser ("peak Cannon Films action, tournament structure, Van Damme doing the splits"), a YES from Zealot ("endlessly quotable, massive following"), and a MAYBE from Sicko ("not horror, but the tournament has slasher energy").

ADD YOUR OWN The five reviewers work out of the box, no setup needed. Want one that thinks like you? Pick some favorite movies from a poster grid, skip genres you don't care about, and the app builds a custom reviewer based on what you pick, with its own name and five weekly picks. Wrong call? Change it. Your reviewer learns.

KNOW WHERE TO HUNT More than 37,000 thrift stores across the US, mapped. Save your regular spots, vouch for the good ones, and check events near you. Stop guessing which Goodwill is worth the drive.

OVER 247,000 TITLES, EVERY FORMAT VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, LaserDisc, even Betamax. Posters, descriptions, release years, genres, rarity info. If it came out on physical media, it's probably in here.

YOUR COLLECTION Track what you own and what you're hunting for. Mark what you've watched, rate it, and your picks get sharper. No more buying something you already have. Your collection and want list stay on your phone, even in a basement with no signal.

TWENTY-FIVE PICKS EVERY MONDAY Each reviewer picks five titles every week. Stuff you'd walk right past on your own. One tap adds any pick to your want list. Add your own custom reviewer and it picks five more each week. When you need a place to start, browse guides built from each reviewer's obsessions.

NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Open the app and scan. No login, no sign-up, no configuration. Queue up scans and keep browsing. Results are ready when you are. Sign in later if you want your collection, want list, and watch history synced across your devices and the web.

Free to use. Optional Special Edition subscription unlocks unlimited scanning, your custom reviewer, and its weekly picks ($2.99/mo or $24.99/yr). Built by a collector who got tired of Googling every tape at Goodwill.

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