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Title: Come on, 'fess up...
Post by: Amigo on 17 December 2009, 23:49:53
Who still owns videos & a player/recoder to watch them on?
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Post by: zirax on 17 December 2009, 23:52:46
You've just made me realise...... I have video's in the cupboard, but no player anymore  :-[
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Post by: Tony H on 17 December 2009, 23:52:50
Yup :y
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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 17 December 2009, 23:53:56
Me    :y :y

A black Toshiba which is brilliant playback

and a silver one, an LG version I think.


Untill all my rally tapes are converted they I will keep the players, soon as they are done they may well disappear.
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Post by: sexydaz on 17 December 2009, 23:58:42
aye ive got a player in loft and vids,might dig em out :)
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Post by: Vamps on 18 December 2009, 00:00:27
We do..... :D
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Post by: albitz on 18 December 2009, 00:01:36
Me. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]
Got a lot of good music/cars/ bikes/family holidays and the whole series of Boys fron the blackstuff. :)
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Post by: Stevie-blunder on 18 December 2009, 00:58:21
And me, plus I still use them  :y :y
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Post by: Omegadoha, Desert Member on 18 December 2009, 05:57:39
Yep we have a silver Phillips one and videos to play too.

My dad bought his first video top loading one in 1982. Our first serious recording was the summary highlights of the 1982 world cup which was the first one I can remember properly.
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Post by: Auto Addict on 18 December 2009, 06:14:34
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Who still owns videos & a player/recoder to watch them on?

Why? Has someone brought out a device to replace them?

 :o ::)
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Post by: Jimbob on 18 December 2009, 07:11:43
Just found a box of old video's in the loft.

sure i have the vcr in a box in the garage to check whats on em.

anything I want (prob nowt) can be re acquired, or copied to dvd
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Post by: STMO999 on 18 December 2009, 07:15:52
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Just found a box of old video's in the loft.

sure i have the vcr in a box in the garage to check whats on em.

anything I want (prob nowt) can be re acquired, or copied to dvd


Did you get up early and climb into the loft just for one more post?
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Post by: mantahatch on 18 December 2009, 07:27:58
Yep, still got two and still use them almost weekly. Have a DVD recorder aswel but find it so much easier to record on VHS.
I believe a hard disk recorder comes close, but VHS stops when I push stop and starts again from where I left off, even a few days later, my dvd recorder won't do that.
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Post by: Jimbob on 18 December 2009, 07:55:13
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Yep, still got two and still use them almost weekly. Have a DVD recorder aswel but find it so much easier to record on VHS.
I believe a hard disk recorder comes close, but VHS stops when I push stop and starts again from where I left off, even a few days later, my dvd recorder won't do that.


Some dvd players / recorders have a disk memory...must have feature imho.....remember the last x disks, and where you left them, Great feature, total must have for me  :y
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Post by: Jimbob on 18 December 2009, 07:55:26
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Just found a box of old video's in the loft.

sure i have the vcr in a box in the garage to check whats on em.

anything I want (prob nowt) can be re acquired, or copied to dvd


Did you get up early and climb into the loft just for one more post?


No
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Post by: Plomien on 18 December 2009, 08:21:56
got one use it occasionally but got rid of a load of old tapes just recently
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 18 December 2009, 08:24:54
My Sony SLHF950 has blown up :( :'(

My SLF1 still works as does my Sanyo M40
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Post by: jonnycool on 18 December 2009, 11:04:58
I've got a video, must-have for cheapo films for the kids  :y Gets used most days
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Post by: Essex Pete on 18 December 2009, 11:17:35
I have a VCR still, not that its connected up to anything.  Only reason i kept it is for my BTCC vids.  I have 1988 throught to 2000 on video.  I may get round to ripping them to a dvd one day.  Seems like effort though ;)
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Post by: jereboam on 18 December 2009, 11:56:35
We've still got one connected up.  The hard disc recorder will only record one channel at a time, so if there's two things on I want to record, I use the VCR. Anyway, I've still got about 40 tapes the wife wanted converted, which I haven't got round to doing yet - absolute pain - has to be done in real-time, and don't have any proper way of timing it, so I can't let it run overnight.  Well, I can actually, but then I've got to edit the recording.  Pain. :(
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Post by: Chris_H on 18 December 2009, 12:09:19
A couple of VHS, a Video8 and a MiniDV.

As for 'ripping'.  It's more like 'peeling'.
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Post by: waspy on 18 December 2009, 12:15:14
Binned my Video when it broke. I still have some films in a draw in my bedroom. If anyone wants them they can have them :)

I can have a look & list what i have if there's an interest. I don't have many though.
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Post by: Mr Hagon on 18 December 2009, 13:27:24
Yep, still use a VCR day to day to record from terrestrial, and from Freeview when I have to...
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Post by: iggy21uk on 18 December 2009, 16:35:52
Bought a blue led  to put in it to convert it to Blue Ray  ;D
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Post by: redelitev6 on 18 December 2009, 17:13:44
Wasn't that long ago since i slung our old betamax video ,must have been 25 years old and it still worked , the tapes were getting a bit worn though!
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Post by: PhilRich on 18 December 2009, 19:59:40
Still got ours, & hope to be using them for a long time yet :y
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 18 December 2009, 20:51:24
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Wasn't that long ago since i slung our old betamax video ,must have been 25 years old and it still worked , the tapes were getting a bit worn though!

What model was it?

Some are still worth about [size=14]£500[/size][/b].
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 18 December 2009, 20:59:18
http://www.palsite.com/950ovi.html
http://www.palsite.com/slf1ovi.html
http://www.palsite.com/m40ovi.html
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Post by: Ken T on 19 December 2009, 00:44:44
Yeah I've got a VHS for occasional use. Thing is older laptops are very cheap, so I got an Acer Athlon 64 laptop which I have dedicated to digitising videos, and fitted with a PCMCIA capture card.

I just revamped my recording machine with a new motherboard, masses of ram, a AMD 64X2 processor and 3 Nebula DVB-T cards so I can  record up to 3 complete multiplexes at once. Trouble is finding anything worthwhile recording  :P

Ken
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Post by: Ken T on 19 December 2009, 00:47:29
Nearly forgot, the problems with being able to record several programs at once is you never get time to watch them all. I have got several 500GB drives full of films still to be watched. :P

Ken
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Post by: Pete Elite on 19 December 2009, 01:01:24
I've got 2 although can't remember the last time i used em :).
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Post by: Varche on 19 December 2009, 11:31:13
Two and they are not Betamax either. Once the technology has "settled down" for Hard disk recorders or Blue Ray or Blue teeth or whatever then we may convert. We are also thinking of getting a colour TV soon but we are waiting to see whether LCD or plasma is best.
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Post by: Squealey on 19 December 2009, 11:34:48
Got a portable in my bedroom with video. Brilliant for getting the kids dirt cheap cartoons and stuff from car boot sales!!!!!!!
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Post by: Pippin on 19 December 2009, 23:33:54
Yes, i've still got one, but it also has a dvd recorder in aswell, ideal for transfering the old recordings to dvd from the videos.......
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Post by: goats milk on 20 December 2009, 10:00:53
ive not owned once since i left home. so 10 years now
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Post by: steverubberduck on 20 December 2009, 10:04:41
Sorry, but i stepped into the digital age last year...
All of my dvd's are now on a net-top pc, so all i have to do is click on the file and it plays it on my tv  :y
But haven't had a video or player for about 3 or 4 years
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 20 December 2009, 10:10:32
However there is one place tape is best and that is with video cameras.

Least compression and an automatic archive of you footage.

MiniDV is excellent
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Post by: Mr Skrunts on 20 December 2009, 11:50:58
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Binned my Video when it broke. I still have some films in a draw in my bedroom. If anyone wants them they can have them :)

I can have a look & list what i have if there's an interest. I don't have many though.


I'll take the Russ Meyer ones please.   :y :-X
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Post by: waspy on 20 December 2009, 12:44:32
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Binned my Video when it broke. I still have some films in a draw in my bedroom. If anyone wants them they can have them :)

I can have a look & list what i have if there's an interest. I don't have many though.


I'll take the Russ Meyer ones please.   :y :-X

 :-? :-? Who :-/ :-/
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Post by: waspy on 20 December 2009, 12:51:25
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Binned my Video when it broke. I still have some films in a draw in my bedroom. If anyone wants them they can have them :)

I can have a look & list what i have if there's an interest. I don't have many though.


I'll take the Russ Meyer ones please.   :y :-X

 :-? :-? Who :-/ :-/

I typed his name into Google  :o :o :o :o

You dirty old bugger ;D




















PM sent ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: jereboam on 20 December 2009, 18:47:59
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Binned my Video when it broke. I still have some films in a draw in my bedroom. If anyone wants them they can have them :)

I can have a look & list what i have if there's an interest. I don't have many though.


I'll take the Russ Meyer ones please.   :y :-X

Wow!  There's a name to conjure with.  About the only compensation for working on contracts in Belgium and Germany was the Russ Meyer films on late night TV. 

Didn't need subtitles...  :) :) :)
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Post by: waspy on 20 December 2009, 18:50:19
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Binned my Video when it broke. I still have some films in a draw in my bedroom. If anyone wants them they can have them :)

I can have a look & list what i have if there's an interest. I don't have many though.


I'll take the Russ Meyer ones please.   :y :-X

Wow!  There's a name to conjure with.  About the only compensation for working on contracts in Belgium and Germany was the Russ Meyer films on late night TV. 

Didn't need subtitles...  :) :) :)

Another dirty old bugger ;D ;D