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I'm highly confused, I rarely noticed a difference in it because I've got a 4-head VCR? I do know that when the tape is recorded on at SP when it's paused the picture stays crisp, this never happens with EP. That's essentially the only difference I've found.
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The picture is blurry, and the sound loses all treble and becomes shit.
You, sir, are the sort of person who can't tell the difference between 640 x 480 and 1024 x 768, or VHS and DVD.
You, in short, suck.
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Ever since I bought my DVD player five years ago I have rarely touched a VHS tape again. A friend of mine had a collection of over 400 films on VHS. Now he has all of them on DVD and has thrown away most of his VHS cassettes. He gave me about 40 of the better movies and they are now rotting in my basement.
Honestly, once one has access to DVDs or HDTV, who needs VHS crap anymore?
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Everyone who doesn't have a DVD or HD recorder.
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What is there to record? 40 TV stations, almost all of their programs crap. And even if there is a decent show or program, it's ruined by commercials.
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There is plenty to record. And, if you have a VCR, you can even fast-forward past the commercials! Cool, huh? B)
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"40 TV stations, almost all of their programs crap. And even if there is a decent show or program, it's ruined by commercials."
As you say, "almost all". What about the ones that aren't crap? If there's a really good show, you'll just refuse to watch it because of the commercials?
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Hey my friend, I do know the difference between 640 x 480 and 1024 x 768:
640 is too small of a screen area and makes everything look like I'm seeing it through a magnifying glass.
1024 is a gawdy amount of screen area and makes everything look like ants.
600 x 800 is the best for my aged 15" monitor. _____
Back to the tape... The speakers suck anyway, if it was surround sound maybe there would be a reason to want it to record good sound but no... it's on board speakers. And as I've said before, I've never noticed a difference in screen clarity unless I record something from a tape again [IE hook up to VCR's so that I can cut out all the commerials and keep a copy of something], and then it's darker than it was before.
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: As you say, "almost all". What about the ones that aren't crap? If there's a really good show, you'll just refuse to watch it because of the commercials?
Well, to avoid discussing anything that might be illegal. Lets just say the amount of tv I watch has dropped to such a low level, its much easier not get cable or sat tv, and just ah....have it conveniently drop into my hands in digital form. And this convenient dropping only takes maybe oh...three or four hours per week, in the background while I'm doing actual work.
Anything I really enjoy, I just buy on DVD afterwards. I haven't done the math, but I think you come out ahead if you only buy two or three dvd sets a year vs. cable/sat subscriptions for a year.
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Yes, we have around 40 channels (not including all the Homeshopping ones). Yet the program was better when there were only 3 stations - sans commercials. In those days I used to record TNG for example. And I didn't have to fastforward through any commercials.
The time I watch TV every week has also dropped to such a low level that it comes to about two to three hours (a week that is).
I HATE commercials. And it's getting worse every year.
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Well, it's either that or you pay the television stations directly yourself. I mean, they have to get money from somewhere.
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Well, we do have to pay for watching TV you know! Even if we don't watch the "public" stations.
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