Recent Acquisitions.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by urgeok
i've kind of had it with VHS ..

i'm sick of the audio quality of the tapes that dont track well and drop in and out of stereo.

Kind of took it for granted .. but now that i've had all this exposure to laser and DVD ...it drives me nuts

Send it all over to me then!!! I still really like VHS maybe just for sentimental value..... (I think its just about will be fazed out over here by the end of the year) I prefer the versions of a lot of horror movies that are over here on VHS compared to DVD (especially because if its on DVD we get the heavily edited UK versions) sometimes DVD is just that little bit too slick. I think I'm gonna be one of the last people to get into DVD. I keep putting off getting a player but its about time I got one. I also like how I can get 10 really rare movies on VHS for about half the price of a DVD.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
Send it all over to me then!!! I still really like VHS maybe just for sentimental value..... (I think its just about will be fazed out over here by the end of the year) I prefer the versions of a lot of horror movies that are over here on VHS compared to DVD (especially because if its on DVD we get the heavily edited UK versions) sometimes DVD is just that little bit too slick. I think I'm gonna be one of the last people to get into DVD. I keep putting off getting a player but its about time I got one. I also like how I can get 10 really rare movies on VHS for about half the price of a DVD.

i was the absolute last guy i knew to have a CD player.. i love vinyl, always will ...

buy the tape medium is just too nasty. I wont get rid of tapes that i havent replaced but damn .. its hard to go back and watch them..

they are dying with age. (especially the old rare ones)

i was just watching a beta tonight ... and even it looked like crap compared to the DVD. Thats one slickness i'm willing to buy into .. plus i love commentaries .. cant get that on a tape ..

[Elvis_Christ]

Tapes are a bit more durable in some respects at least when a video gets damaged its just a line DVDs jump all round the place and miss entire scenes. Those Beta tapes must be fucking ancient!! Its really cool you still have stuff like that I'd scarifice some body parts for shit like that.

[urgeok]

the thing is - that even though i take mint care of my stuff .. tapes begin to 'erode' naturally.
you see it on either ends of the reel first then it works inward .. oxidization .. stretching, etc ..

if you take care of a DVD it'll last longer than our grandchildren ..

[Elvis_Christ]

Could that be solved by regular cleaning of the tapes in those machines the video stores have? I guess streaching can't be helped tho. Yeh I've started to take better care of my film collection I don't lend anything these days cause I'm real sick of people stealing/losing shit..... I hate when people treat you like a video store cause you've got heaps of movies.

[filmmaker2]

Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
I don't lend anything these days cause I'm real sick of people stealing/losing shit..... I hate when people treat you like a video store cause you've got heaps of movies.

I echo the sentiment! God that makes me ever so sick

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
I echo the sentiment! God that makes me ever so sick

It really fucks me off people can be that inconsiderate. Its not like VHS versions are easy to replace these days.... a lot really cool shit is missing from my collection.

[Sedated_replica]

You have no idea. My drummer has stolen so much shit from me. Taxi Driver DVD, SLC Punk dvd. All my nirvana cds. Fuck him he'll never get a dime from me.

[dantehorrorfan]

Originally posted by Sedated_replica
You have no idea. My drummer has stolen so much shit from me. Taxi Driver DVD, SLC Punk dvd. All my nirvana cds. Fuck him he'll never get a dime from me.

Taxi Driver!!!!!!???? u need to kill that motherfucker!!!!!!

[Elvis_Christ]

^^ Agreed!