|
|
|
|
Mary Poppins
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 31 Dec 2003
Posts: 31
|
| Back to top
|
|
 Posted: 01/02/04 - 12:14 Post subject: My friends are all converting to DVD...
..which means I get the VHS tapes that they have repurchased:
New Years Eve I got:
Free Willy
Toy Story
The Bridges of Madison County
Gung Ho ( you'd have to know my friends)
Beauty and the Beast
As Good as It Gets ( you make me wanna be a better man!)
Ahhh...movie fest NYD whilst cooking up some beef stew.
|
|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/02/04 - 12:16 Post subject:
My wife is spending a small fortune switching over our massive VHS library to DVD. 
|
|
|
|
|
shelflifers
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 18633
Location: Austin, TX
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/02/04 - 12:17 Post subject:
"People that talk in metaphors outta shampoo my crotch."
(and Gung Ho rules!)
Even though we have a DVD player, we don't use it that much. I'm still in VHS mode...
|
|
|
|
|
Mary Poppins
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 31 Dec 2003
Posts: 31
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/02/04 - 12:20 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | "People that talk in metaphors outta shampoo my crotch."
(and Gung Ho rules!)
Even though we have a DVD player, we don't use it that much. I'm still in VHS mode... |
'I'm not trying to drown myself! I'm just FREAKING OUT!"
|
|
|
|
|
Mary Poppins
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 31 Dec 2003
Posts: 31
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/02/04 - 12:21 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | My wife is spending a small fortune switching over our massive VHS library to DVD. |
Please feel free to contribute your unwanted VHS movies to the Mary Poppins video library.
|
|
|
|
|
Pug
The Movie Geek
|
|
|
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 8924
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/02/04 - 12:30 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | My wife is spending a small fortune switching over our massive VHS library to DVD. |
I spent a small forture converting my 150 tape VHS library over to DVD. It did give me the chance to not repurchase some real stinkerss i had collected over the years.
|
|
|
|
|
scorch99
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 09 Oct 2003
Posts: 782
Location: On the road
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/02/04 - 13:11 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | My wife is spending a small fortune switching over our massive VHS library to DVD. |
DVD recorders rock.......... a slight investment but the rewards in saving space make up for it.
S99
|
|
|
|
|
Gogirlgo
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 25 Jul 2002
Posts: 4777
Location: No deal, stalker.
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/05/04 - 15:03 Post subject:
Our VCR player died and we got a combo VCR/DVD. I guess it's good in that if the video you really want to see comes only on DVD, you can still rent it. I don't find the picture so much clearer (like a visual from albums to CDs), and frankly I barely have time to watch the movie itself so all that other stuff I can see on a DVD isn't a huge plus.
Why do people change over their collections to DVDs? Is it really just about the space?
|
|
|
|
|
Pug
The Movie Geek
|
|
|
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 8924
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/05/04 - 15:18 Post subject:
If your kid watches The Lion King over and over and over again...the tape will wear out. DVD won't, barring scratching the disc. Plus, if you invest in better equipment, the picture will be much clearer. Most DVDs come in widescreen only, which is (typically) the Original Aspect Ratio of the film. Plus, DVD allows for special features, be it a commentary track where the director talks about the making of the movie and specific scenes, or deleted scenes and bloopers, or various documentaries. I love DVD.
|
|
|
|
|
scorch99
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 09 Oct 2003
Posts: 782
Location: On the road
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/05/04 - 15:26 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | Our VCR player died and we got a combo VCR/DVD. I guess it's good in that if the video you really want to see comes only on DVD, you can still rent it. I don't find the picture so much clearer (like a visual from albums to CDs), and frankly I barely have time to watch the movie itself so all that other stuff I can see on a DVD isn't a huge plus.
Why do people change over their collections to DVDs? Is it really just about the space? |
In my case yes.
My place is really small and to keep the clutter to a workable level, after getting the DVD recorder, I spent time changing all my VHS to DVD.
S99
|
|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/05/04 - 15:29 Post subject:
1 word :: Subtitles
I love being able to read what they're saying when I'm on the trainer or treadmill and can't understand them over the peripheral noise.
|
|
|
|
|
bburgoyne26
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 16 Sep 2003
Posts: 2959
Location: Ft. Worth, Texas
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/06/04 - 00:25 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | If your kid watches The Lion King over and over and over again...the tape will wear out. DVD won't, barring scratching the disc. Plus, if you invest in better equipment, the picture will be much clearer. Most DVDs come in widescreen only, which is (typically) the Original Aspect Ratio of the film. Plus, DVD allows for special features, be it a commentary track where the director talks about the making of the movie and specific scenes, or deleted scenes and bloopers, or various documentaries. I love DVD. |
Oh yeah....better equipment like 7 channel THX surround sound receiver with 7 speakers and a big ole subwoofer!
|
|
|
|
|
Pug
The Movie Geek
|
|
|
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 8924
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/06/04 - 09:40 Post subject:
| bburgoyne26 wrote: | | Pug wrote: | | If your kid watches The Lion King over and over and over again...the tape will wear out. DVD won't, barring scratching the disc. Plus, if you invest in better equipment, the picture will be much clearer. Most DVDs come in widescreen only, which is (typically) the Original Aspect Ratio of the film. Plus, DVD allows for special features, be it a commentary track where the director talks about the making of the movie and specific scenes, or deleted scenes and bloopers, or various documentaries. I love DVD. |
Oh yeah....better equipment like 7 channel THX surround sound receiver with 7 speakers and a big ole subwoofer! |
That would be nice...
|
|
|
|
