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Post by jman723 on Feb 10, 2021 3:33:25 GMT -8
I HATE reality tv. It’s all staged anyway. He never understood who wanted to watch staged fights anyway . I guess it reflects the era we live in now
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Feb 10, 2021 16:57:56 GMT -8
It boggles my mind how something like The Bachelor or Survivor went onto become a phenomenon and changed the television landscape (not for the better, either).
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Post by jman723 on Feb 10, 2021 17:53:29 GMT -8
Yeah I don’t get it either
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Feb 10, 2021 18:21:41 GMT -8
Even back then when I was in my teens I thought shows like that were incredibly stupid and I didn't get the appeal. Sad thing is the stupid reality TV craze is what led to once good networks like MTV, VH1, Discovery Channel, etc. going downhill like they did. All to cash in on a stupid and pointless trend.
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Post by jman723 on Feb 10, 2021 18:49:42 GMT -8
Absolutely. Honestly I can’t think of the last tv show that I actually enjoyed maybe Breaking Bad but nothing like the 90’s shows.
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Feb 10, 2021 19:12:54 GMT -8
There's still quite a few shows from this era I've enjoyed but the 90s will always be unbeatable when it comes to quality television. You had a very good reason to be a coach potato back then.
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Post by jman723 on Feb 13, 2021 18:19:50 GMT -8
Yeah those type of shows can’t be replicated today
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Feb 13, 2021 22:02:01 GMT -8
It would've been nice to have had DVR back in the 90s. I remember the days of recording on VHS.
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Post by jman723 on Feb 14, 2021 2:48:54 GMT -8
Yeah I had hundreds of vhs tapes of stuff I recorded
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Feb 14, 2021 11:18:08 GMT -8
Same here. It always brings back such memories to go through them all. It's easy to waste hours on YouTube looking at old commercials people have uploaded.
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Post by jman723 on Feb 14, 2021 16:41:05 GMT -8
It’s funny you mentioned that I visited my parents place to clean out some more stuff and hound a bunch of old vhs tapes I recorded on. I found shows I recorded and was unsolved mysteries, outer limits, married With children, Walker Texas Ranger, I believe some tales from the crypt too. I’m sure there are more things on there I didn’t label
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Feb 14, 2021 16:42:51 GMT -8
That sounds like a 90s treasure trove right there. It's always fun to go through VHS tapes and see what you recorded back in the day.
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Post by jman723 on Feb 14, 2021 16:45:19 GMT -8
Yeah the only thing is that the picture quality is probably not great. It’s been close to 30 years for most of those tapes collecting dust. Thank God the home movies I sent away this past summer ended up looking great for the most part
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Feb 14, 2021 16:48:43 GMT -8
You could try remastering the tapes but the quality likely won't be a huge upgrade. Best that could be done is to transfer them to a digital media and from there try to upscale it. It likely won't be a massive improvement but it'll be a little something, at least.
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Post by jman723 on Feb 14, 2021 16:50:27 GMT -8
Yeah I digitized my family tapes and they look great BUT it’s not cheap. Depending on what time of tape it can be anywhere from $15-$40 per tape
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