Current Events > In the VHS days, did you consider taping a movie same as "owning" it?

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The Top Crusader 07/30/19 1:43:27 PM #1:	Commericals and edits and all, I remember when I was a kid in the 80's and 90's my friends and I just accepted having a taped off TV version of a movie as "owning" it, we'd bring our crappy low quality tapes to each others house to watch whatever, fast forwarding commercials and all. Was always an interesting surprise when some point later you really did buy the video or eventually the DVD and are surprised by a nude scene that obviously wasn't on TV. >_> --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925385577] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Commericals and edits and all, I remember when I was a kid in the 80's and 90's my friends and I just accepted having a taped off TV version of a movie as "owning" it, we'd bring our crappy low quality tapes to each others house to watch whatever, fast forwarding commercials and all. Was always an interesting surprise when some point later you really did buy the video or eventually the DVD and are surprised by a nude scene that obviously wasn't on TV. >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Master_Bass 07/30/19 1:46:05 PM #2:	No, I never considered recordings as owning. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:925385709] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>No, I never considered recordings as owning.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 07/30/19 1:48:03 PM #3:	When I was a kid the only thing I recorded with VHS was porn... --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:925385811] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>When I was a kid the only thing I recorded with VHS was porn...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 07/30/19 1:48:20 PM #4:	Alteres posted... When I was a kid the only thing I recorded with VHS was porn... mostly garfield and friends and TMNT for me --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:925385826] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Alteres posted...</cite> <quote>When I was a kid the only thing I recorded with VHS was porn...</quote> mostly garfield and friends and TMNT for me</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordRazziel 07/30/19 1:49:39 PM #5:	Balrog0 posted... Alteres posted... When I was a kid the only thing I recorded with VHS was porn... mostly garfield and friends and TMNT for me Porn? --- https://i.imgtc.com/xg91pMF.gif https://i.imgtc.com/YvvIsuz.gif. On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion. <cite>LordRazziel posted [p:925385882] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote>Alteres posted...</cite> <quote>When I was a kid the only thing I recorded with VHS was porn...</quote> mostly garfield and friends and TMNT for me</quote> Porn?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RescueBC 07/30/19 1:50:22 PM #6:	It was just so low-quality in comparison that there was a motive to buy something even if you had it recorded if you wanted it bad enough. Those commercials were a pain..lol --- 3DS friend code: 5455-9623-0727 <cite>RescueBC posted [p:925385916] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>It was just so low-quality in comparison that there was a motive to buy something even if you had it recorded if you wanted it bad enough. Those commercials were a pain..lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 07/30/19 1:50:49 PM #7:	Balrog0 posted... mostly garfield and friends and TMNT for me I'd just record random shows I liked, like Disney afternoon stuff, and whatever random movies, which I'm sure changed over the years based on what I was interested in. I remember probably being middle-school-ish aged or early high school and being excited when I finally got all the Bond movies taped when TBS had the marathons all the time. Few years after that was probably when DVD started to be more of an accessible thing. --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925385939] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Balrog0 posted... </cite> <quote>mostly garfield and friends and TMNT for me</quote> I'd just record random shows I liked, like Disney afternoon stuff, and whatever random movies, which I'm sure changed over the years based on what I was interested in. I remember probably being middle-school-ish aged or early high school and being excited when I finally got all the Bond movies taped when TBS had the marathons all the time. Few years after that was probably when DVD started to be more of an accessible thing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 07/30/19 1:52:06 PM #8:	Before good internet and I had my own computer, yeah. Counting 12ish as a kid, and that late night Cinemax/showtime/etc shit as porn. --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:925386001] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Before good internet and I had my own computer, yeah. Counting 12ish as a kid, and that late night Cinemax/showtime/etc shit as porn.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BeyondWalls 07/30/19 1:52:07 PM #9:	It depends. If my dads friend recorded it off HBO then I was like, yeah I own it. If it was recorded off the rabbit ears from NBCs Sunday Night Movie then... nah, not really. --- END OF LINE <cite>BeyondWalls posted [p:925386002] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>It depends. If my dads friend recorded it off HBO then I was like, yeah I own it. If it was recorded off the rabbit ears from NBCs Sunday Night Movie then... nah, not really.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 07/30/19 1:53:02 PM #10:	RescueBC posted... It was just so low-quality in comparison that there was a motive to buy something even if you had it recorded if you wanted it bad enough. Those commercials were a pain..lol True, and I certainly did own a few proper VHS tapes, but like... until probably the late 90's those could be pretty expensive, I didn't have an income and my parents didn't buy a lot of stuff like that. Waiting for it to be on TV and taping was all I could do. >_> I also taped tons of WCW shows (not PPVs, never ordered any) because I figured they would be lost forever, stupid WWE Network making all that useless now... --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925386044] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>RescueBC posted... </cite> <quote>It was just so low-quality in comparison that there was a motive to buy something even if you had it recorded if you wanted it bad enough. Those commercials were a pain..lol</quote> True, and I certainly did own a few proper VHS tapes, but like... until probably the late 90's those could be pretty expensive, I didn't have an income and my parents didn't buy a lot of stuff like that. Waiting for it to be on TV and taping was all I could do. >_> I also taped tons of WCW shows (not PPVs, never ordered any) because I figured they would be lost forever, stupid WWE Network making all that useless now... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AsucaHayashi 07/30/19 1:58:39 PM #11:	Alteres posted... When I was a kid the only thing I recorded with VHS was porn... this totally reminded me that one time i was done with a session and while i went to clean myself in the bathroom, i noticed the middle-aged woman who lived with us went past my bedroom and looked inside... it was only after i closed the door again i realized i had left the porn running on the tv. oh such memories are truly lost in time like tears in the rain --- http://abload.de/img/pcgamingxtuvt.jpg https://imgur.com/9Yv0R2Z <cite>AsucaHayashi posted [p:925386283] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Alteres posted...</cite> <quote>When I was a kid the only thing I recorded with VHS was porn...</quote> this totally reminded me that one time i was done with a session and while i went to clean myself in the bathroom, i noticed the middle-aged woman who lived with us went past my bedroom and looked inside... it was only after i closed the door again i realized i had left the porn running on the tv. oh such memories are truly lost in time like tears in the rain</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 07/30/19 2:02:46 PM #12:	I never had access to TV porn, just had to get lucky and hope the station unscrambled enough to get a glimpse of a boob for a second, but it wasn't really worth the effort. --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925386473] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>I never had access to TV porn, just had to get lucky and hope the station unscrambled enough to get a glimpse of a boob for a second, but it wasn't really worth the effort. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BeyondWalls 07/30/19 2:04:19 PM #13:	BeyondWalls posted... It depends. If my dads friend recorded it off HBO then I was like, yeah I own it. If it was recorded off the rabbit ears from NBCs Sunday Night Movie then... nah, not really. The original Napster... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWBh4RSSS_w" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbl-ZEpyH8" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I87lwWzSlM" data-time=" --- END OF LINE <cite>BeyondWalls posted [p:925386553] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>BeyondWalls posted...</cite> <quote>It depends. If my dads friend recorded it off HBO then I was like, yeah I own it. If it was recorded off the rabbit ears from NBCs Sunday Night Movie then... nah, not really.</quote> The original Napster... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWBh4RSSS_w" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbl-ZEpyH8" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I87lwWzSlM" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 07/30/19 2:07:19 PM #14:	The enthusiastic intro for the world television premiere of Return of the Jedi on NBC is as much a part of the movie to me as anything else. >_> --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925386685] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>The enthusiastic intro for the world television premiere of Return of the Jedi on NBC is as much a part of the movie to me as anything else. >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BeyondWalls 07/30/19 2:09:38 PM #15:	The Top Crusader posted... The enthusiastic intro for the world television premiere of Return of the Jedi on NBC is as much a part of the movie to me as anything else. >_> The ESB one is great too. For the first time on network tv! --- END OF LINE <cite>BeyondWalls posted [p:925386795] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote>The enthusiastic intro for the world television premiere of Return of the Jedi on NBC is as much a part of the movie to me as anything else. >_> </quote> The ESB one is great too. For the first time on network tv!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlecSkorpio 07/30/19 2:10:23 PM #16:	I never really thought about it tbqh, so I guess yes? --- https://i.imgtc.com/obYpb0u.jpg <cite>AlecSkorpio posted [p:925386835] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>I never really thought about it tbqh, so I guess yes?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 07/30/19 2:11:53 PM #17:	BeyondWalls posted... The ESB one is great too. For the first time on network tv! Haha. I'm pretty sure we taped that movie as well but maybe didn't hit record in time, don't think that was on our copy. But yeah its crazy, even ignoring streaming stuff, movies pop up on cable super fast now, back in the day it was a few years usually before a movie got a "network premiere" on one of the big broadcast networks, then it was gone again for ages. --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925386907] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>BeyondWalls posted... </cite> <quote>The ESB one is great too. For the first time on network tv!</quote> Haha. I'm pretty sure we taped that movie as well but maybe didn't hit record in time, don't think that was on our copy. But yeah its crazy, even ignoring streaming stuff, movies pop up on cable super fast now, back in the day it was a few years usually before a movie got a "network premiere" on one of the big broadcast networks, then it was gone again for ages. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
apocalyptic_4 07/30/19 2:18:04 PM #18:	In the early 00's I'd record music videos on VHS I didn't record porn cause I only had 2 VHS tapes I could record over and it was full to capacity. --- XBL: Mrpicardbottoms <cite>apocalyptic_4 posted [p:925387221] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>In the early 00's I'd record music videos on VHS I didn't record porn cause I only had 2 VHS tapes I could record over and it was full to capacity.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BeyondWalls 07/30/19 2:20:55 PM #19:	The Top Crusader posted... BeyondWalls posted... The ESB one is great too. For the first time on network tv! Haha. I'm pretty sure we taped that movie as well but maybe didn't hit record in time, don't think that was on our copy. But yeah its crazy, even ignoring streaming stuff, movies pop up on cable super fast now, back in the day it was a few years usually before a movie got a "network premiere" on one of the big broadcast networks, then it was gone again for ages. Dude, if youve still got those tapes then upload the commercials to YouTube. People love those. --- END OF LINE <cite>BeyondWalls posted [p:925387343] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote>BeyondWalls posted... </cite> <quote>The ESB one is great too. For the first time on network tv!</quote> Haha. I'm pretty sure we taped that movie as well but maybe didn't hit record in time, don't think that was on our copy. But yeah its crazy, even ignoring streaming stuff, movies pop up on cable super fast now, back in the day it was a few years usually before a movie got a "network premiere" on one of the big broadcast networks, then it was gone again for ages. </quote> Dude, if youve still got those tapes then upload the commercials to YouTube. People love those.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BeyondWalls 07/30/19 2:23:26 PM #20:	apocalyptic_4 posted... In the early 00's I'd record music videos on VHS I didn't record porn cause I only had 2 VHS tapes I could record over and it was full to capacity. What. Did you live in Russia? How expensive were VHS tapes in the 00s? Just buy another tape bro. --- END OF LINE <cite>BeyondWalls posted [p:925387480] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>apocalyptic_4 posted...</cite> <quote>In the early 00's I'd record music videos on VHS I didn't record porn cause I only had 2 VHS tapes I could record over and it was full to capacity.</quote> What. Did you live in Russia? How expensive were VHS tapes in the 00s? Just buy another tape bro.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 07/30/19 2:24:35 PM #21:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPsxBbrKs8" data-time=" I uploaded this a million years ago, unfortunately not sure where a lot of those tapes ended up, I think my brother ended up with a lot of them, or they got taped over once we got a real VHS or more likely DVD. --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925387531] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPsxBbrKs8" data-time=" I uploaded this a million years ago, unfortunately not sure where a lot of those tapes ended up, I think my brother ended up with a lot of them, or they got taped over once we got a real VHS or more likely DVD. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 07/30/19 2:25:26 PM #22:	I never did this, but I recorded myself playing CTR on the VCR to show off my mad skills. I actually was pretty boss at the game lol. I was the original LP'er... if only I had had a way to put my voice in too. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:925387575] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>I never did this, but I recorded myself playing CTR on the VCR to show off my mad skills. I actually was pretty boss at the game lol. I was the original LP'er... if only I had had a way to put my voice in too.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
roos1046 Reborn 07/30/19 2:34:08 PM #23:	what's a VHS? --- When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. https://imgur.com/FoV5u <cite>roos1046 Reborn posted [p:925388003] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>what's a VHS?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 07/30/19 2:35:55 PM #24:	I did not. In fact, I still bought the real commercial copies of movies I really liked even if I had them tapped off TV, so that I could own the real thing. Same as pirating games or whatever, if I really enjoyed playing them I genuinely did buy them out of principle. <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:925388087] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>I did not. In fact, I still bought the real commercial copies of movies I really liked even if I had them tapped off TV, so that I could own the real thing. Same as pirating games or whatever, if I really enjoyed playing them I genuinely did buy them out of principle.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
apocalyptic_4 07/30/19 3:01:54 PM #25:	BeyondWalls posted... apocalyptic_4 posted... In the early 00's I'd record music videos on VHS I didn't record porn cause I only had 2 VHS tapes I could record over and it was full to capacity. What. Did you live in Russia? How expensive were VHS tapes in the 00s? Just buy another tape bro. I was like 10 back then --- XBL: Mrpicardbottoms <cite>apocalyptic_4 posted [p:925389220] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>BeyondWalls posted...</cite> <quote>apocalyptic_4 posted...</cite> <quote>In the early 00's I'd record music videos on VHS I didn't record porn cause I only had 2 VHS tapes I could record over and it was full to capacity.</quote> What. Did you live in Russia? How expensive were VHS tapes in the 00s? Just buy another tape bro.</quote> I was like 10 back then</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkBuster22904 07/30/19 3:04:15 PM #26:	Of course. It's the only way it's possible for me to own the Star Wars Holiday Special --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 <cite>DarkBuster22904 posted [p:925389330] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Of course. It's the only way it's possible for me to own the Star Wars Holiday Special</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lordgold666 07/30/19 3:15:02 PM #27:	Master_Bass posted... No, I never considered recordings as owning. --- 3DS: 1848-2391-0198 "May the Father of Understanding guide us" <cite>Lordgold666 posted [p:925389771] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Master_Bass posted...</cite> <quote>No, I never considered recordings as owning.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 07/30/19 3:19:15 PM #28:	Yes. E.T. Music videos and "Skinemax". Porn when I got older. --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. <cite>brestugo posted [p:925389984] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Yes. E.T. Music videos and "Skinemax". Porn when I got older.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoopPotato 07/30/19 3:25:16 PM #29:	If you had two VCRs in 1994, you got new movies from blockbuster for cheap. --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif <cite>PoopPotato posted [p:925390276] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>If you had two VCRs in 1994, you got new movies from blockbuster for cheap.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 07/30/19 3:28:58 PM #30:	PoopPotato posted... If you had two VCRs in 1994, you got new movies from blockbuster for cheap. This guy gets it. Did this probably a hundred times. --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. <cite>brestugo posted [p:925390447] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>PoopPotato posted...</cite> <quote>If you had two VCRs in 1994, you got new movies from blockbuster for cheap.</quote> This guy gets it. Did this probably a hundred times.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 07/30/19 3:58:08 PM #31:	brestugo posted... This guy gets it. Did this probably a hundred times. BUT HOW!? Most big releases had some kind of protection and it didn't work. Some cheapy releases did, but I never figured out how to get the others. >_> --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925391867] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>brestugo posted... </cite> <quote>This guy gets it. Did this probably a hundred times.</quote> BUT HOW!? Most big releases had some kind of protection and it didn't work. Some cheapy releases did, but I never figured out how to get the others. >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Roxborough4Ever 07/30/19 4:00:17 PM #32:	I would consider any title I had "on tape" as in, "yeah, i got that on tape" --- You feast on red herring because it is your birthright. <cite>Roxborough4Ever posted [p:925391975] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>I would consider any title I had "on tape" as in, "yeah, i got that on tape"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EndOfDiscOne 07/30/19 4:04:30 PM #33:	Slightly off subject by why did everyone stop saying VCR? VHS is the format and VCR is the device that plays it. People now say "VHS player" but back then everyone said VCR. --- I am the Cheese! I am the best character on the show! I am better than both the salami and the bologna *COMBINED!* <cite>EndOfDiscOne posted [p:925392151] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Slightly off subject by why did everyone stop saying VCR? VHS is the format and VCR is the device that plays it. People now say "VHS player" but back then everyone said VCR.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 07/30/19 4:09:19 PM #34:	EndOfDiscOne posted... Slightly off subject by why did everyone stop saying VCR? VHS is the format and VCR is the device that plays it. People now say "VHS player" but back then everyone said VCR. I've never heard "VHS player" but perhaps the machine they are referring to doesn't have record capability. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:925392380] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>EndOfDiscOne posted...</cite> <quote>Slightly off subject by why did everyone stop saying VCR? VHS is the format and VCR is the device that plays it. People now say "VHS player" but back then everyone said VCR.</quote> I've never heard "VHS player" but perhaps the machine they are referring to doesn't have record capability.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KILBOTz 07/30/19 4:12:21 PM #35:	We only had over the air antenna during VHS years. So if a retail VHS gives a 10/10 picture quality, my very long, slow play recordings would be like a 3/10. So no, I didnt consider my recordings to be owning it. --- https://imgur.com/O3syCWD https://imgur.com/k3YiBdG <cite>KILBOTz posted [p:925392491] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>We only had over the air antenna during VHS years. So if a retail VHS gives a 10/10 picture quality, my very long, slow play recordings would be like a 3/10. So no, I didnt consider my recordings to be owning it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
s0nicfan 07/30/19 4:12:27 PM #36:	Nah. If I bought it I "owned it." If it was taped I "had a copy of it" --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:925392499] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Nah. If I bought it I "owned it." If it was taped I "had a copy of it"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 07/30/19 4:20:38 PM #37:	EndOfDiscOne posted... Slightly off subject by why did everyone stop saying VCR? VHS is the format and VCR is the device that plays it. People now say "VHS player" but back then everyone said VCR. Never thought of this but yeah, it was always "VCR". --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. <cite>brestugo posted [p:925392849] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>EndOfDiscOne posted...</cite> <quote>Slightly off subject by why did everyone stop saying VCR? VHS is the format and VCR is the device that plays it. People now say "VHS player" but back then everyone said VCR.</quote> Never thought of this but yeah, it was always "VCR".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
specialkid8 07/30/19 4:26:25 PM #38:	Yeah. I had a ton of recorded tapes back when I was a kid. I had them all labeled and on the shelf next to my real vhs tapes. Didn't actually rewatch most of them though. <cite>specialkid8 posted [p:925393085] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Yeah. I had a ton of recorded tapes back when I was a kid. I had them all labeled and on the shelf next to my real vhs tapes. Didn't actually rewatch most of them though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
smoke_break 07/30/19 4:34:32 PM #39:	PoopPotato posted... If you had two VCRs in 1994, you got new movies from blockbuster for cheap. I was just about to post about this, lol. I did this all the time. --- https://imgur.com/WTmIPt8 <cite>smoke_break posted [p:925393398] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>PoopPotato posted...</cite> <quote>If you had two VCRs in 1994, you got new movies from blockbuster for cheap.</quote> I was just about to post about this, lol. I did this all the time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoopPotato 07/30/19 5:06:17 PM #40:	The Top Crusader posted... brestugo posted... This guy gets it. Did this probably a hundred times. BUT HOW!? Most big releases had some kind of protection and it didn't work. Some cheapy releases did, but I never figured out how to get the others. >_> Take the output from vcr 1 into the input of vcr 2 and the output of vcr 2 into TV. Easy peasy --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif <cite>PoopPotato posted [p:925394746] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote>brestugo posted... </cite> <quote>This guy gets it. Did this probably a hundred times.</quote> BUT HOW!? Most big releases had some kind of protection and it didn't work. Some cheapy releases did, but I never figured out how to get the others. >_> </quote> Take the output from vcr 1 into the input of vcr 2 and the output of vcr 2 into TV. Easy peasy</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 07/30/19 5:25:24 PM #41:	DevsBro posted... EndOfDiscOne posted... Slightly off subject by why did everyone stop saying VCR? VHS is the format and VCR is the device that plays it. People now say "VHS player" but back then everyone said VCR. I've never heard "VHS player" but perhaps the machine they are referring to doesn't have record capability. Or maybe, come to think, people just got used to the terms DVD/Blu-ray player and just transfered it over. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:925395512] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>EndOfDiscOne posted...</cite> <quote>Slightly off subject by why did everyone stop saying VCR? VHS is the format and VCR is the device that plays it. People now say "VHS player" but back then everyone said VCR.</quote> I've never heard "VHS player" but perhaps the machine they are referring to doesn't have record capability.</quote> Or maybe, come to think, people just got used to the terms DVD/Blu-ray player and just transfered it over.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KCJ5062 07/30/19 5:35:57 PM #42:	AlecSkorpio posted... I never really thought about it tbqh, so I guess yes? --- It's amazing how people hang around message boards of games they don't like <cite>KCJ5062 posted [p:925395926] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>AlecSkorpio posted...</cite> <quote>I never really thought about it tbqh, so I guess yes?</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 07/30/19 5:42:22 PM #43:	The Top Crusader posted... brestugo posted... This guy gets it. Did this probably a hundred times. BUT HOW!? Most big releases had some kind of protection and it didn't work. Some cheapy releases did, but I never figured out how to get the others. >_> The protection came a few years later, IIRC. The ones at launch and a few years afterwards could be "dubbed" as we called it. --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. <cite>brestugo posted [p:925396175] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote>brestugo posted... </cite> <quote>This guy gets it. Did this probably a hundred times.</quote> BUT HOW!? Most big releases had some kind of protection and it didn't work. Some cheapy releases did, but I never figured out how to get the others. >_> </quote> The protection came a few years later, IIRC. The ones at launch and a few years afterwards could be "dubbed" as we called it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Top Crusader 07/30/19 9:48:38 PM #44:	I used to try to edit Godzilla movies together with the two VCR method so it looked like tons of monsters were all interacting... but one random tape wouldnt record right. Of course half of them were from tv and had TBS or TNT or whatever logo in the bottom. I know Sci Fi and AMC was showing them eventually, I forget my timeline though. --- https://imgur.com/09qFfLV <cite>The Top Crusader posted [p:925407171] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>I used to try to edit Godzilla movies together with the two VCR method so it looked like tons of monsters were all interacting... but one random tape wouldnt record right. Of course half of them were from tv and had TBS or TNT or whatever logo in the bottom. I know Sci Fi and AMC was showing them eventually, I forget my timeline though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Rinku_ 07/30/19 10:01:44 PM #45:	Never really thought about it as kid. I recently found an old VHS with Dumbo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and some movie called "Prehysteria" recorded on it. I wouldn't say I "own" any of those now. Also, is it not technically illegal to record stuff like that? <cite>_Rinku_ posted [p:925407826] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>Never really thought about it as kid. I recently found an old VHS with Dumbo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and some movie called "Prehysteria" recorded on it. I wouldn't say I "own" any of those now. Also, is it not technically illegal to record stuff like that? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Skye Reynolds 07/30/19 10:34:32 PM #46:	The Top Crusader posted... I used to try to edit Godzilla movies together with the two VCR method so it looked like tons of monsters were all interacting... but one random tape wouldnt record right. Of course half of them were from tv and had TBS or TNT or whatever logo in the bottom. I know Sci Fi and AMC was showing them eventually, I forget my timeline though. I remember a TNT recording of Terror of Mechagodzilla got cut off mid-film, so I finished it like a decade or more later off of a Sci-Fi Channel showing. By that point, I already owned the movie on both an official VHS release and a DVD one. I never went back and rewatched the tape after that. It was just a matter of principle that the film had to be completed. The tape also had Godzilla Versus Monster Zero and Godzilla's Revenge on it. <cite>Skye Reynolds posted [p:925409294] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>The Top Crusader posted...</cite> <quote>I used to try to edit Godzilla movies together with the two VCR method so it looked like tons of monsters were all interacting... but one random tape wouldnt record right. Of course half of them were from tv and had TBS or TNT or whatever logo in the bottom. I know Sci Fi and AMC was showing them eventually, I forget my timeline though. </quote> I remember a TNT recording of Terror of Mechagodzilla got cut off mid-film, so I finished it like a decade or more later off of a Sci-Fi Channel showing. By that point, I already owned the movie on both an official VHS release and a DVD one. I never went back and rewatched the tape after that. It was just a matter of principle that the film had to be completed. The tape also had Godzilla Versus Monster Zero and Godzilla's Revenge on it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PMarth2002 07/30/19 10:37:24 PM #47:	_Rinku_ posted... Never really thought about it as kid. --- No matter where you go, there you are. <cite>PMarth2002 posted [p:925409403] in In the VHS... [t:77901534]...</cite> <quote>_Rinku_ posted...</cite> <quote>Never really thought about it as kid. </quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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