VanderBurgh, Jennifer2020-08-242020-08-242019-10-27https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/15747VCRs were once prized for their ability to allow amateurs to create material records of ephemeral television broadcasts. But what value do amateur video-recordings of television have at their late stage of obsolescence? This article outlines some of the discursive parameters surrounding the perceived use-value of amateur video-recordings of television, drawing on case studies of video collection projects that are divided on the question of whether amateur television video-recordings continue to have merit. It argues that both advocates and detractors of videocassette recordings of television tend to rely on place-based heritage discourses in order to value or vilify them.engCreative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 GenericFernsehenVCRrecordingamateurheritagevideoTelevision07079110.18146/2213-0969.2019.jethc16510.25969/mediarep/147662213-0969