DVD, Tape Or Video Disk?
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What is "Tape ?"
A storage medium introduced in the 23rd century for the new Constitution class vessels
I'm gradually replacing my old VHS collection of TOS episodes with the remastered DVDs.
I have TNG on an "alternative" format
I just gifted about 50 VHS tapes of Next Gen and Voyager to someone who still has a VCR. I don't. For me, it's a space issue. Plus, I can't be bothered rewinding any more - it cuts into my limited free time.
My Star Trek is all on DVD, but yes I still own and use a VCR. Hell I owned a Betamax until about 2000(it was the superior deck for copying).
DVD, though I still have a bunch of VHS in a box that have a few things I don't yet have on DVD.
Even Storing DVDs is too much.. plus mosty of Star Trek is just unwatchable now..
so what with these super fast broadband speeds i just download the specific ep i want to watch and i have it pretty soon..
the only series id think i might wanna have on DVD are enterprise as its not as bullshit as the other series.. you can see them having been evolved from people in this period.
I still have all my Trek on VHS and watched one only last night. TOS 3 on a tape from '96, TNG 3/4 per tape from '98-'02 (then Seasons 6 & 7 original release), DS9-VOY-ENT two on each cassette. Zero value on any auction site today but sentimental to me because I made the effort to collect them.
I really like the sleeve artwork and DVD just doesn't look as impressive on the shelf. I always found videotape quality varied from deck to deck. I recently picked up JVC combo (VHS/DVD/Hard disc) and it's probably the best machine I've ever bought. Breathing new life into recordings I remember having picture 'drop out' flashing the last time I viewed them.
Of course the sad thing is, you know I've also bought some series again on DVD...
I really like the sleeve artwork and DVD just doesn't look as impressive on the shelf. I always found videotape quality varied from deck to deck. I recently picked up JVC combo (VHS/DVD/Hard disc) and it's probably the best machine I've ever bought. Breathing new life into recordings I remember having picture 'drop out' flashing the last time I viewed them.
Of course the sad thing is, you know I've also bought some series again on DVD...
I bought all the series on VHS (though they stopped releasing ENT on vhs after the first season) and bought them again on DVD. One day I'll construct a huge monument out of those tapes.
We have all the series on DVD (including the HD set), and I gave the old Columbia House Next Gen tapes to the library several years ago. They seemed happy to get them at that point.
But I couldn't part with my Columbia House TOS set; it is a wonderful, old friend who stood by me in the dark days. I keep it stored in the basement, which is nice and dry; when I go down there to putter around, I put a tape in to listen to. We still have an old VCR and TV monitor down there.
But I couldn't part with my Columbia House TOS set; it is a wonderful, old friend who stood by me in the dark days. I keep it stored in the basement, which is nice and dry; when I go down there to putter around, I put a tape in to listen to. We still have an old VCR and TV monitor down there.
Besides the few VLD's in my old collection I have everything but Voyager on DVD. I may pick that up once I get through the others. I'm watching chronologically right now. Last night I just finished Season 1 of TNG and watched the DVD extras about casting and creating the show. I bought most of the DVD's during the writers' strike when there was even less to watch on TV.
VideoDisc... 
I remember those. Big old ugly plastic things that play like a record album. I think we must have had one of the last models in existence.
As for me: DVD only. I haven't owned a VCR in about eight years. For recording, it's all DVR.
I remember those. Big old ugly plastic things that play like a record album. I think we must have had one of the last models in existence.As for me: DVD only. I haven't owned a VCR in about eight years. For recording, it's all DVR.
As a guy who has working versions of all three hooked up to my home theater - I even still have a working Betamax - I haven't fired up the VHS other than to reset the clock for over a year. I did have a buddy come over a number of months ago and we got out some old LaserDiscs and we watched them. But it's DVD, now, baby! I have a sweet Oppo up-converting player with DCDi by Faroudja circuitry.
I bought an HD DVD player for the first season release of Star Trek, but as you can see, owning a discontinued format is no big sweat to me.
Probably the next purchase is a stand alone DVD recorder. I currently have a DVD recorder on my home computer. It's just hard to feed it a signal from the home theater.
I want to be able to hook up a Blu-ray player to my home theater. I'm just waiting for the price to come down. After backing the wrong horse with HD DVD, I'll be damned if I'll spend more than $300 on one. I might even wait until they are $200. It will depend if the DirecTV's MRV system they are promising (MRV = Multi Room Viewing) will pass HD. If it can, I might just replace the DVD recorder in my computer with a Blu-ray player/recorder and leave it at that.
I bought an HD DVD player for the first season release of Star Trek, but as you can see, owning a discontinued format is no big sweat to me.
Probably the next purchase is a stand alone DVD recorder. I currently have a DVD recorder on my home computer. It's just hard to feed it a signal from the home theater.
I want to be able to hook up a Blu-ray player to my home theater. I'm just waiting for the price to come down. After backing the wrong horse with HD DVD, I'll be damned if I'll spend more than $300 on one. I might even wait until they are $200. It will depend if the DirecTV's MRV system they are promising (MRV = Multi Room Viewing) will pass HD. If it can, I might just replace the DVD recorder in my computer with a Blu-ray player/recorder and leave it at that.
I have the entire original Star Trek series on laserdisc from Columbia House, and all of the movies starring the old crew on LD too (which I purchased in a boxed set from Tower Records for $14.99 because the clerk misread the $149.99 price sticker, ah, the good old days before everything was computerised). I have a Betamax tape of The Wrath of Khan (which I bought when it was introduced at the sell-through price of $29.99 from Erol's). I have upgraded everything to DVD since then, but I still break out those old LD's once in a while.
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