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Old 11-15-2006, 06:49 PM   #1
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My thoughts: Well then here's to hoping that The Phantom Tollbooth will get a DVD release one day. That's the only movie I own that's not on DVD. The last movie I owned on VHS that I replaced with its DVD counterpart was The Wizard.

I still hope blank VHS tapes will still be manufactured though. I'm still a ways from getting a DVD recorder. Not only that, but either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD could still overpower DVDs completely in a few years.

I'll admit. Even though I'll take DVD over VHS, I still like that old school feel when I pop in a VHS tape into my VCR. I own some retaill VHS tapes and I doubt they'll ever make it to DVD. I'm actually okay with that.
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Re: RIP VHS (1976-2000)
Old 11-15-2006, 09:35 PM   #2
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fook that ship, anything that needs to be rewound is lame
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Old 11-15-2006, 11:25 PM   #3
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fook that ship, anything that needs to be rewound is lame

You're right.
People in the early 90's were totally "Man, VHS sucks. I hate these things. The person who made them is a ****ing idiot for using tape. I mean, sure I can watch my movies, but the 30 seconds to rewind is a ton of time I can be spent walking to the fridge to grab some food."

You hit the nail on the head.
VHS = worst invention ever.
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Old 11-15-2006, 11:33 PM   #4
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Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet is STILL yet to have arrived on DVD, which is mindboggling. Of all movies not to be on DVD yet, I would never guess this to be one.

I've been wanting it for so long, and there's a huge movement of fans out there on the internet who are all praying for a DVD release.

Apparently, it has finally come... sometime in 2007.
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Old 11-16-2006, 01:50 AM   #5
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You're right.
People in the early 90's were totally "Man, VHS sucks. I hate these things. The person who made them is a ****ing idiot for using tape. I mean, sure I can watch my movies, but the 30 seconds to rewind is a ton of time I can be spent walking to the fridge to grab some food."

You hit the nail on the head.
VHS = worst invention ever.
It was all we had though, basically.

I have this rare VHS tape that looked like it was going to get stuck in the VCR when I kept trying to eject it. Thankfully, it's still in one piece to this day.
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Old 11-16-2006, 02:02 AM   #6
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It was all we had though, basically.

I have this rare VHS tape that looked like it was going to get stuck in the VCR when I kept trying to eject it. Thankfully, it's still in one piece to this day.
My post was entirely sarcastic.
I love VHS.
I have fond memories of watching a taped-off-TV version of The Brave Little Toaster tons and tons of time when I was little.

Until I can handily record things with a DVD, without needing a special type of DVD player or DVD, then I stand bitter towards technology.
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Old 11-16-2006, 09:05 AM   #7
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My post was entirely sarcastic.
I love VHS.
I have fond memories of watching a taped-off-TV version of The Brave Little Toaster tons and tons of time when I was little.

Until I can handily record things with a DVD, without needing a special type of DVD player or DVD, then I stand bitter towards technology.
The Brave Little Toaster is quite possibly one of the greatest kids movies ever. Actually, its probably THE greatest.
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Old 11-16-2006, 09:33 AM   #8
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The Brave Little Toaster is quite possibly one of the greatest kids movies ever. Actually, its probably THE greatest.
that movie made me never run over a vacuum cleaner's cord with a vacuum.

EVER.
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Old 11-16-2006, 08:18 PM   #9
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that movie made me never run over a vacuum cleaner's cord with a vacuum.

EVER.


That movie made me afraid of lamps.
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Old 11-17-2006, 12:10 AM   #10
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My post was entirely sarcastic.
Well if it really was, it wasn't all that easy to tell.
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