Found out a lot of DVD Traders who collect Sports are SCARED to get rid of

[TVFactFan]

their VHS Tapes/Masters on a Sports Trading Site I belong To. Their reason was because of the problems they had with DVD's and DVD Recorders and just didn't want to be out of luck if they throw away their VHS tapes. Just curious if DVD Traders feel the same way on this board when it comes to TV Shows?

[loren]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

their VHS Tapes/Masters on a Sports Trading Site I belong To. Their reason was because of the problems they had with DVD's and DVD Recorders and just didn't want to be out of luck if they throw away their VHS tapes. Just curious if DVD Traders feel the same way on this board when it comes to TV Shows?

i dont own a single vhs, and have over 11000 different dvds right now

remember a dude named, chicken little ??


use a quality blank and a decent recorder, and there will not be a problem

most problems are self inflicted

the same ones that whine now, are the ones who bought the blanks on sale, and off the wall brand recorders

[lilhave]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

their VHS Tapes/Masters on a Sports Trading Site I belong To. Their reason was because of the problems they had with DVD's and DVD Recorders and just didn't want to be out of luck if they throw away their VHS tapes. Just curious if DVD Traders feel the same way on this board when it comes to TV Shows?

You brought this up at least three times before that I remember, each time the folks saying no. All gave their reasons for using dvd and not vhs. Are you looking for a change of heart?

Harvey

[Lamont]

dont save the vhs tapes
takes up too much room
if u r worried then make a back up disc to be safe

for instance
GIMME A BREAK
i converted that set last year from like 55 tapes
once it was done, checked and ready
the tapes went in the trash can

[debwalsh]

I don't dispose of tapes unless the show has seen a quality retail release, so only recent stuff have I recycled. It's a function of my OCD - that and the fact that I could not live long enough to transfer everything I have on tape onto disc the way I'd like to. And I consider today's DVD recorders to be a step on the evolutionary ladder of home recording - so discs I make of precious tapes today are snapshots - I might get better equipment later and can create better disc backups of the original recordings.

Then again, I do have 3 working Beta decks, 2 working multi-standard (PAL/NTSC/Secam) decks, plus an S-VHS deck and an older (pre-S-VHS) high-end Sony VHS deck. I have reached the point where I'm no longer recording to tape, however. But that's a decision I made in the past couple of weeks.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by lilhave

You brought this up at least three times before that I remember, each time the folks saying no. All gave their reasons for using dvd and not vhs. Are you looking for a change of heart?

Harvey

I'm not saying which is better just was curious to see if someone on here felt the same

[lilhave]

Almost every trader who has a decent size collection, has at least one set of 25 disks or more. Assume each disk has 4 one hour episodes. 100 shows for the series, no big amount. If someone wants to trade, time depends on how many burners or duplicators are available. Can take one day or up to a few days and each copy will be good as the first.

Under the vhs method, you put 4 eps on a tape and you need 25 tapes. To burn, well, 100 hours takes 100 hours and it is now a 2nd generation tape. Real difficult for this chap to trade as it will be a third generation tape and look like crap. Of course you believe in trading one tape at a time. You are speaking of 1975 technology, why not use 2006 technology.

Harvey

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by lilhave

Almost every trader who has a decent size collection, has at least one set of 25 disks or more. Assume each disk has 4 one hour episodes. 100 shows for the series, no big amount. If someone wants to trade, time depends on how burners or duplicators are available. Can take one day or up to a few days and each copy will be good as the first.

Under the vhs method, you put 4 eps on a tape and you need 25 tapes. To burn, well, 100 hours takes 100 hours and it is now a 2nd generation tape. Real difficult for this chap to trade as it will be a third generation tape and look like crap. Of course you believe in trading one tape at a time. You are speaking of 1975 technology, why not use 2006 technology.

Harvey

My Trades are SMALL(one tape) because what I want i very Rare. I'm a OneYearWonderCollector-lol I made make that my new screename

[loren]

hey solomon

even if you use dvds

you can keep a copy on a hard drive

every week in the sunday paper, there are smaller hard drives for absolutely free avaible

even up to 80 gig

that would hold about 15-20 discs worth

stash them in the closet, and theres your backup

even cheaper than my method of useig back up dvds, in a seperate location

[lilhave]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

My Trades are SMALL(one tape) because what I want i very Rare. I'm a OneYearWonderCollector-lol I made make that my new screename

Congratulations on your trading technique, and may you find all sorts of rare items. Problem is, the universal majority here don't trade that way, so you might find some difficulty in achieving your goal. It's the same as if you were strictly a vegetarian and you went to a steak house for dinner. Might be a problem satisfying your taste buds. Are their groups that trade one tape, one epsiode at a time? That may be the place to look for. As far as being curious. You were curious three other times. Do you feel times changed and peoples trading habits changed.?

Harvey

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by lilhave

Congratulations on your trading technique, and may you find all sorts of rare items. Problem is, the universal majority here don't trade that way, so you might find some difficulty in achieving your goal. It's the same as if you were strictly a vegetarian and you went to a steak house for dinner. Might be a problem satisfying your taste buds. Are their groups that trade one tape, one epsiode at a time? That may be the place to look for. As far as being curious. You were curious three other times. Do you feel times changed and peoples trading habits changed.?

Harvey

Harv I just set up a One Tape Trade with Gilligan Fanatic for a One Year Wonder from 1993. So It's not to hard. Also I'm not saying it's good to throw Tapes away or Keep them, just seeing if the DVD traders on here feel the same as the Sports Collectors

[lilhave]

Originally Posted by loren

hey solomon

even if you use dvds

you can keep a copy on a hard drive

every week in the sunday paper, there are smaller hard drives for absolutely free avaible

even up to 80 gig

that would hold about 15-20 discs worth

stash them in the closet, and theres your backup

even cheaper than my method of useig back up dvds, in a seperate location

A hard drive only works when you have a computer. No computer, no need for a hard drive. You forgot Solmon has Webtv and no computer.

Harvey

[lilhave]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

Harv I just set up a One Tape Trade with Gilligan Fanatic for a One Year Wonder from 1993. So It's not to hard. Also I'm not saying it's good to throw Tapes away or Keep them, just seeing if the DVD traders on here feel the same as the Sports Collectors

Congrats on your trade with Gilligan. But you asked the same question 3 other times and is it possible it's getting redundant?

I just hope we don't get a three week hiatus and you ask again.

Harvey

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by lilhave

A hard drive only works when you have a computer. No computer, no need for a hard drive. You forgot Solmon has Webtv and no computer.

Harvey

I have a Laptop

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by lilhave

Congrats on your trade with Gilligan. But you asked the same question 3 other times and is it possible it's getting redundant?

I just hope we don't get a three week hiatus and you ask again.

Harvey

Well I may have but I don't remember. Plus I didn't know you were a trader