European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse American video shops throughout Europe a a booming business. A customer left checks out Lopes at a Heidelberg slate. Family watching below ii big. The retrial tapes fit in for mrs Sig to programs. Membership Lee plus one extra a month " in the United Stales. Var sales Are astonishingly High. This past december according to n report in the new York news the machines sold it a Rale of 60,000 a Day the forecast is that hey will sell at a rate of More than a million a month this year. Bringing total ownership to 40 percent of the population. This Means Hinl Vars Are catching on lamer than color television it look 11 years Lor it to sell no thai Rale Only six Lor vcr5 to hit the Mark Relle cling this popularity cafes Europe reports it Uncle s6 million no us rental shops during the pa1, Calendar Yea altogether As in Iho United Delales its video Ron Lii business has been mushrooming. The Lour rental outlets i began with in 1982 were or de by 21 More by the end old a year. There Are now a local of 85 although in is said that video viewing is making a big Impact on Liles Lyle in the United states where around 901 million laps Are rented out a year no one interviewed at european rental shops Felt in was doing so overseas. We watched the same things on Cable to in the United says Tel sgt Thomas Evans of Wiesbaden with video we Are Able to gel first run movies old capt. Dennis Nix and his Wile Deborah do not believe that video watching could possibly change family living patterns. They scoff at the idea i a i people a night be More Inlo fail Lood because of video viewing those kind of pallens were formed Long ago says Dennir the Nix family us joined a video rental club at Mainz Kastel Germany and say they Check out from one to Ivoa Day. During the Day i turn on a children s june 6, 1986 program around noon Lor our she is 27 months old and. According to her parent1, wild about the cuppels ind the Elf inc company. Sho knows All the character1 by name it Isih couple second Turol Germany and fwd Var. They got i heir first when they wore in Europe in 1980. Joe Regan n Salesman at a Heidelberg video out i l. Says that despite what hi1customers perceive. Video Delmi Tely changes their Regan in his White. Smock Rind Lell hat is a pro at the video rental businr.1wailing on Long lines Tif curl criers is done in a series of synchronized movements disc from shelf flip pack open Check disc Click closed on to next order during the fast handwork Rind writing out of paperwork there is always time to Exchange a pleasant word and talk about a film. The customers Are regulars. Yul to know Thorn there have been marriage by couples who have met hero. We hear about family deaths separations Regan and his fellow workers also have been witness to customer tights in the store. Video can become a real passion. Ii someone believes his reserved film has been grabbed by someone else tempers can gel hot. The same happens just alter closing when the sales clocks Are Smi around trying to close up. We be had people practically Hammer Down the door Wilh their lists we tried once to Reserve the last 15 minutes Lor Only turn ins and getting our bookkeeping done ii did nol work. People got very according to records at this Heidelberg shop there Linda w spahk1 Aro live thai specialize in american video in town. Horror til rns Are the top favorite. Noel in order come comedy drama crime action science fiction Western War and family viewing. K Dvid programming for children Alro Rales High in popularity. He says thai from what he has observed video Menns people just Don t get out of the House As they might otherwise. He thinks they also lend to Stop Silling Down in dining rooms for Lull family meals instead. They got into last Lood mat can be rushed into the living room and munched in front of the to Sel. He says new customers Soltow a pattern. At Fust they Are in every Day. Then. They slow Down to a couple of Limus i week then every couple of weeks. Next they Are right Back whore they snarled in every Day again on i he average. Regan says his customers Check out six to seven videos at a time for one to iwo Days. Many says ref Jan. Put All their Elia Money Inlo films. Though it is illegal to is sure Hal most of the customers copy the lil rns that they Lake out. Avo can t watch what they do with them after they leave the shop. We have no i d guess he cays thai among our customers Only about three just watch the lims they Lake out without recording them Dwayne a held who also works at the store. Has sympathy for those who turn into real video junkies. He says he used to be a video nut himself. I watched in a lot before coming Here to work. Thai was All i did Wilh my Iree Lime. I just sat inside and a filched one film alter another. Finally i burned Mysel Isi Dlf Rrt a div Edehl fld Anna Maria la this the stars and stripes Page 15 i
