Ya they do take up alot but I tell ya Mate,if the tape was taken care of,you can enjoy something you might not be able to otherwise....
The movie ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
That movie was destroyed quite early.... I had a MEDIA 1985 release and it had aweful looking colours,not natural looking at all..... Then I found an earlier release: MEDIA 1981 -- Looked horrible..... Then I found the original 1978 MEDA release (They changed to MEDIA in 1979) and it is goregous,like I was watching it on analogue TV
Alot of tapes do not make it from that early IN GOOD SHAPE because people didnt take care of them.....Rental tapes were treated the worst,I do not like getting a ex-rental tape unless I cant help it.......
Back to the future 2 (1989) and 3 (1990) were ruined on thier official 'MCA Universal' tapes,they looked like flattend out garbage..... I thankfully found a rental of both 2 and 3 that are goregous!! (They didnt ruin the rentals,hoping people would then buy it..)
This happend mostly in the states...... I got a PAL to NTSC copy of "SONG OF THE SOUTH" (1946) from the UK thats beautiful......
So there def is an advantage of VHS