The end of an era has definitely come for me.
For years and years now I have been collecting movies. Of course at first they were on VHS format and more recently on DVD. And no porn. Well, maybe 3 but that’s just because the main guy lived in our neighborhood, but that’s not important right now.
When you have over 700 movies, with 372 of them on VHS, it takes a lot of room. Room we don’t really have anymore since turning the office into, well, an office for 2. So, after looking at the sad bunch of movies collecting dust in the corner of the room for the last year, it’s now time to say goodbye.
We’ve gone through them all – put them in alphabetical order – lined them up in the hallway – took out the ones we didn’t care to ever see again – plucked the doubles out (you know, the ones I have since bought on DVD) – and decided to put ourselves through a good old Winter project: burning movies from VHS to DVD… well that part is really now more DR’s as he’s already hard at work… He’s done 15 so far… At the rate of 2 to 3 per day, we should be finished in April… YEH
Now, I’m just not quite sure what to do with them after… Should I keep them in the locker to sell at a garage sale this summer or just bring them to Goodwill… Or, do you see something in there you must have for your own collection? I’ll gladly send some your way:
(fun fact… my first VHS tape was Jaws, a gift from my sister and her now husband)
flashdance, showgirls and anaconda pleez.
also, i still owe you two art!! send me a note!
Hope you manage to find a copy of Diva on DVD. I love that film.
Bill has me ripping all his porn to MP4/iphone format so he can have it with him all the time.
I’ve been doing the same with four boxes of really bad college comedy skits and hours upon hours of MTV back when they have VJs that played *gasp* MUSIC VIDEOS! Kind of a time capsule thing moreso than for my entertainment.
It’s a big commitment of free time, that’s for sure. Good luck.
One in three has digital rights management included in the signal. We either break it illegally (even though we own our copies and will never put it up on the interweb or charge money for viewing them – maybe sexual favours) or buy new ones. So unfair!
Radio Shack used to sell a little box for about $30 USD that would strip that signal. I bet you could find one with a little Googling or eBaying (new verbs are so cool). Or search words like TBC or Time Base Corrector – those cost a little more but also work. I kind of “washes” the signal inside the box and sends out a clean one from the other side.
Yes, Yankees can be helpful on the world stage!
It kind of “washes…” Not I. I’m lucky to wash clothes without messing them up. Signals would be way too hard for me to deal with.
Any original tapes from the very early or mid-1980s?