I have a set-up to convert VHS images to mp4 files with a VHS-to-PC hookup and software, but that's really a pain, so I only ever converted a few tapes. I just finally threw them out last year - filled up two large garbage bins! I kept a couple of dozen of the rarer stuff that I knew I couldn't find digital copies of. Over the years I ended up buying a ton of (then) VHS tapes and eventually CDs. When VCRs came out I bought a Beta machine (LOL, yeah!) and my first actual gay porn was a beta copy of Brother Load with 'brothers' Paul and Bobby Madison. I still lived at home, so was extra discreet and tried to always catch the UPS man when he came.

A mail-order magazine and comic book place I bought from had Playboy and Playgirl magazines in the back of their catalog.

Just curious? I started back in the late 70s before the interwebs and PCs by getting Playgirl Magazine.