Yes, you can purchase a vhs recorder at a major electronics store.
There are a multitude of websites that sell cheap VHS players such as EBay, Craigslist, and Amazon. Several retailers also have websites that sell cheap VHS players.
You can purchase a DVD/VHS recorder combo that will allow you to make your own copies at home.
It does not appear, from the Best Buy website, that they carry portable vhs players. http://www.bestbuy.com/
Yes, you can get them on Ebay and Amazon. They have the cards and the cookbooks and even the VHS videos!
You can always find a "vintage" VHS player at a pawn shop or second-hand store, but there are always great deals at Wal-Mart or Best Buy for DVD/VHS players. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Blu-ray-DVD-Players/DVD-VCR-Combos/abcat0102007.c?id=abcat0102007
If the VHS portion of a VHS/DVD unit breaks the DVD portion will still work. It should not be much of an issue depending on how often the VHS is used.
A VHS to DVD converter is useful if you do not wish to purchase previously purchased VHS tapes on DVD. The only expense you need to make is for blank DVDs.
Considering the novelty of VHS tapes and their considerable Hipster appeal, the best place to purchase black VHS tapes is from a thrift store. However, sites such as EBay and Amazon provide secondary options for the less discerning hipster.
Basicly nothing. VHS machines are a dying breed.
One can not purchase the Fox Network series, "American Dad" on VHS. In order to purchase episodes of "American Dad" someone must either buy it as a digital download or as a DVD.
* Yes, they will always make VHS Movies, because Family Video, Hastings, & Menard's sells VHS Movies still.