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NEM came out on VHS?
VHS was prolific but declining in 2002, but yes.
Anyone still watch Star Trek movies on VHS?
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VHS was prolific but declining in 2002, but yes.
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I just have ST11 on Dvd and I have just 9 of the Trek movies on VHS.
A very different kind of TMI, but one none-the-less.
I haven't watched a VHS, let alone a Star Trek, VHS in years. Possibly at all this century (when the century really started) and I don't see myself watching anything on VHS again, ever.
Anyone else as disturbed as I am about the kleenex under the Blu-Ray discs?
Why don't the movies want you to resuscitate them? They have so much to live for! (Well, except for TFF.)
I had the silver box set. SOld it at a yard sale.
The last two VHS copies I had were STV and STTMP. I finally got STV, and compared the two movies visually, but DVD still doesn't help much.
A very different kind of TMI, but one none-the-less.
I haven't watched a VHS, let alone a Star Trek, VHS in years. Possibly at all this century (when the century really started) and I don't see myself watching anything on VHS again, ever.
Anyone else as disturbed as I am about the kleenex under the Blu-Ray discs?
Why don't the movies want you to resuscitate them? They have so much to live for! (Well, except for TFF.)
I had the silver box set. SOld it at a yard sale.
The last two VHS copies I had were STV and STTMP. I finally got STV, and compared the two movies visually, but DVD still doesn't help much.
Yeah I’d be just looking at colour brightness balance for possible artefacts that wouldn’t show up, on the film print unless produced carefully for consumer market.
I’m just going to hold on to it till I buy a new decent Hi-Fi stereo VCR, they still make VCR don’t they?
Then I can transfer the VHS quality to DVD-RW.
NEM came out on VHS?
VHS was prolific but declining in 2002, but yes.
There was D-VHS but the format had limited range of films produced and one rumour I read was that that image quality was better than an optical HD-DVD or was bluray, as D-VHS was high definition, delivery.
Only stilly thing was the cost that killed I guess? The tapes were the cost of an average laserdisc and that just isn’t going sale well.
I saw an “Alien” (1979) demo on youtuibe and it wasn’t the original Fox intro I think it was that directors cut edition, rubbish. You pay like $45.00 dollars and get lemon rather than the full theatrical version that hasn’t been toyed around with; I’d be rather pissed off!
If you have any recorded off-air TV version look at the colour and brightness its got a nice bite to it over the DVD and the bluray that will make bluray such a shameless format!
The colour isn’t pissed around as much for the TV broadcast unlike DVD and bluray or consumer versions, only few ever do look as close to cinema quality.
I got the Collector Edition DVDs a while back for $5 a piece at a local music store. Good enough for now. When I get a new HDTV and bluray player, I'll get them in HD. I'm waiting for a better tranfer though.
I still have my VHS tapes around somewhere. I'm a pack rat with stuff like that.
I still have my VHS tapes around somewhere. I'm a pack rat with stuff like that.
Wow! You have the movies on CD?!
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There was a format called VCD, based on CD technology, was very big in certain Asian countries (might still be). It was limited to 70 minutes or so of movie per disc, so you're looking at a minimum of two discs per movie, and of course only stereo sound. Resolution wasn't much better than VHS if I recall correctly, but even a few years ago some of the "ethnic" markets here in the Chicago suburbs sold imported movies in this format. There was even a release of the Star Wars trilogy around 2000/2001 on VCD alongside that last VHS release.
There was also the proprietary CD-i format from Philips not sure of the specs on that one, but I do recall seeing ads for it and the commercials used footage from some of the Trek movies.
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I've sold or given away almost all my Trek tapes. Though I think I have Caretaker on VHS for some reason I can't recall. I've got all the movies on DVD, the first ten in the silver case 2 disc editions and XI on single disc DVD. I keep meaning to pickup the Bluray of that when I get the chance.
I'd love to have the theatrical and Special Longer Edition of TMP on DVD or Blu, I know the theatrical is in that Blu box, but I can't bring myself to pony up the dough for that one.
There was also the proprietary CD-i format from Philips not sure of the specs on that one, but I do recall seeing ads for it and the commercials used footage from some of the Trek movies.
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I've sold or given away almost all my Trek tapes. Though I think I have Caretaker on VHS for some reason I can't recall. I've got all the movies on DVD, the first ten in the silver case 2 disc editions and XI on single disc DVD. I keep meaning to pickup the Bluray of that when I get the chance.
I'd love to have the theatrical and Special Longer Edition of TMP on DVD or Blu, I know the theatrical is in that Blu box, but I can't bring myself to pony up the dough for that one.
Ah, yes. I forgot about VCD. Oy, what shit that was.
NEM came out on VHS?
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I have ST III, maybe V, and Insurrection on VHS. I have all other trek films on Laserdisc along with all episodes for TOS. The sound is fantastic on Laserdisc and the only issues are having to flip the disc and having no remote since mine was sold to me without one.
The only ones I have on DVD are Nemesis (hey, it was a gift! 
) and Star Trek (you know, the most recent one). They're the only ones that had their first home video release after my family got a DVD player (perhaps the only ones after DVD was created -- when did that happen, again?).
I have the rest on VHS (except for TMP and TFF -- never got around to purchasing those), but I can't remember the last time I watched them on that format.
) and Star Trek (you know, the most recent one). They're the only ones that had their first home video release after my family got a DVD player (perhaps the only ones after DVD was created -- when did that happen, again?).I have the rest on VHS (except for TMP and TFF -- never got around to purchasing those), but I can't remember the last time I watched them on that format.
Movies at the time were still being released on both VHS and DVD. I was buying my daughter brand new Strawberry Shortcake videocassettes in, like, 2005.NEM came out on VHS?
NEM came out on VHS?
There was actually still a healthy market for VHS back in 2003 when it came out, though the market was declining.
I got the movies on DVD just a few years ago in a box set and threw out my VHS tapes. Thank goodness, too. I had to buy some of the films twice because the video recorder ate my first copies, and everytime I watched the movies on VHS the sound and picture got worse. The problem is that I only watch those movies once every few years, and VHS tapes get brittle as they age.
I got the TMP SLV from the library, so I could compare it to the Director's Cut, but I loved it so much I might have to buy it now.
Heh, the only one I have on VHS is TSFS. Someone had given it to my grandmother a long time ago and I just took ownership of it. 
My 11 year old daughter still loves VHS, and will argue with you if you try to say DVD is better. Why?"Our conversations about video format go like this:
"I'm bored."
"Go pick out a DVD and watch it in your room."
"I wanna watch a video."
"Why?"
"Because video is better."
"The picture is a lot better on DVD than on videotape."
"Yeah, well, video is covered up so it can't get scratched."
"No, it just gets torn out in the VCR and ruins your tape and your VCR."
"It's still better."
And so on, and so on.
Bless her heart, she was born 20 years too late. She seems instinctively drawn to all things 80s: videocassette, 80s cartoons like She-Ra, Care Bears, My Little Pony, movies like Labrinth and the Never-Ending Story. I even woke up recently and came out into the living room to discover he watching Michael Jackson's Thriller video.
She scolded me recently for getting rid of most of my VHS collection. I ended up having to keep a few, and she always wants to buy more whenever we check out a garage sale or thrift story.
"I'm bored."
"Go pick out a DVD and watch it in your room."
"I wanna watch a video."
"Why?"
"Because video is better."
"The picture is a lot better on DVD than on videotape."
"Yeah, well, video is covered up so it can't get scratched."
"No, it just gets torn out in the VCR and ruins your tape and your VCR."
"It's still better."
And so on, and so on.
Bless her heart, she was born 20 years too late. She seems instinctively drawn to all things 80s: videocassette, 80s cartoons like She-Ra, Care Bears, My Little Pony, movies like Labrinth and the Never-Ending Story. I even woke up recently and came out into the living room to discover he watching Michael Jackson's Thriller video.
She scolded me recently for getting rid of most of my VHS collection. I ended up having to keep a few, and she always wants to buy more whenever we check out a garage sale or thrift story.
