HD War is over. Disney wins - Page 7

innerSpaceman · 02-19-2008, 05:22 PM

Actually, since DVD did not (for most) allow you to record your own stuff, one can say it was a tenth the innovation that VHS was. VHS was the TIVO and DVD of its day, combined in one.

blueerica · 02-19-2008, 05:25 PM

Ahh yes... TiVo.

Loves me the whole recording things.

Kevy Baby · 02-19-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by blueerica

Ahh yes... TiVo.

Loves me the whole recording things.

We bought the HD TiVo with my Christmas bonus and over the weekend we ordered the capacity add-on with our tax refund. 85 hours of high-def TiVo capacity - yee haw!

mousepod · 02-19-2008, 06:39 PM

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We bought the HD TiVo with my Christmas bonus and over the weekend we ordered the capacity add-on with our tax refund. 85 hours of high-def TiVo capacity - yee haw!

Mine's full already.

Alex · 02-19-2008, 06:46 PM

Well, for me DVD was much more of a revolution than VHS. In my 12 years of owning my own VCR I only ever recorded a TV show and actually watched it twice. I never owned a movie on VHS.

But something about DVD clicked with me. I was a very early adopter and had an ownership mentality.

TIVO still holds minimal interest to me because I have no interest in timeshifting the shows I watch (if I miss them, I miss them, someday maybe I'll watch on DVD). My computer had built in DVR capability (HD even) but after some initial curiosity I didn't even bother to plug cable into it after we moved so that sits unused (and now I could even plug the computer into my TV and watch it all on the big screen).

So, for me the home entertainment revolution really was DVD.

Kevy Baby · 02-19-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Mine's full already.

RStar · 02-20-2008, 12:34 AM

Tonight I dubbed my Buffy the Musical from VHS to DVD. It's the only show from the series I'm interested in and I don't want to buy the whole season 6 to get it. Someone gave me the soundtrack so I got the bug to do it.

I started taping music on a real-to-real tape player in the early 70's, I had 8 track tapes, I dubed my vinyl onto casette tapes, rented VHS back in the late 80's when the required a $100 check as a deposit, have recorded 1000s of hours of VHS tape, hundreds of DVDs, was the first person to own a CD player in my family and have made dozens of CDs, I'm in the process of tranfering my home movies from 8mm to DVD, and now I record shows on my HD DVR (and still call it tapeing-old habits you know). I use my media technology to the max.

Times, they are a changin!

Chernabog · 02-20-2008, 12:49 AM

For some reason I have a giant box-o-VHS-porn (from my days working in a gay shoppe in San Diego) and I haven't owned a VCR in about 4 years. RStar, wanna do some dubbing? :P

Moonliner · 02-20-2008, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

For some reason I have a giant box-o-VHS-porn :P

Woo hoo!!!

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

(from my days working in a gay shoppe in San Diego)

Oh. Errr ummm never mind.

RStar · 02-20-2008, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

For some reason I have a giant box-o-VHS-porn (from my days working in a gay shoppe in San Diego) and I haven't owned a VCR in about 4 years. RStar, wanna do some dubbing? :P

Thanks for thinking of me!

But, I think I'll pass.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, for me DVD was much more of a revolution than VHS. In my 12 years of owning my own VCR I only ever recorded a TV show and actually watched it twice. I never owned a movie on VHS. But something about DVD clicked with me. I was a very early adopter and had an ownership mentality. TIVO still holds minimal interest to me because I have no interest in timeshifting the shows I watch (if I miss them, I miss them, someday maybe I'll watch on DVD). My computer had built in DVR capability (HD even) but after some initial curiosity I didn't even bother to plug cable into it after we moved so that sits unused (and now I could even plug the computer into my TV and watch it all on the big screen). So, for me the home entertainment revolution really was DVD.
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	Tonight I dubbed my Buffy the Musical from VHS to DVD. It's the only show from the series I'm interested in and I don't want to buy the whole season 6 to get it. Someone gave me the soundtrack so I got the bug to do it. I started taping music on a real-to-real tape player in the early 70's, I had 8 track tapes, I dubed my vinyl onto casette tapes, rented VHS back in the late 80's when the required a $100 check as a deposit, have recorded 1000s of hours of VHS tape, hundreds of DVDs, was the first person to own a CD player in my family and have made dozens of CDs, I'm in the process of tranfering my home movies from 8mm to DVD, and now I record shows on my HD DVR (and still call it tapeing-old habits you know). I use my media technology to the max. Times, they are a changin! __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	For some reason I have a giant box-o-VHS-porn (from my days working in a gay shoppe in San Diego) and I haven't owned a VCR in about 4 years. RStar, wanna do some dubbing? :P __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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