Quick question

Author: SW
Date: 7-Jul-2006, 11:05 AM

Author: SW
Time: 7-Jul-2006 11:05 AM
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I just wanna ask how long are we gonna hold on to our VHS version of Star Wars ? I mean the main reasion we have them is becouse the OOT is not on Dvd . As we all know VHS is a dead format and Dvd + HD - Dvd is the way forward . Will we have a VHS copy in five years time ??

Thanks

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Author: ADigitalMan
Time: 7-Jul-2006 11:08 AM
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Already gone with my pre-order. Given to my nieces who need the O-OT in their diet.

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Author: Cable-X1
Time: 7-Jul-2006 11:26 AM
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There won't be any more release of the OOT in VHS, dude. The DVDs of the OOT are coming out in September, so buy those and then either can your VHSs or keep them for posterity, but VHS is history.

Author: auraloffalwaffle
Time: 7-Jul-2006 11:53 AM
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Just to provide the other side of the argument, you could keep your VHS copies (or Laserdiscs or whatever) and NOT buy the unsatisfactory September discs. You could wait it out and keep up the campaign for a proper DVD release.

As we've seen, there are clearly two camps forming on this issue, but I hope both will continue to fight, even after the September discs are out, for a proper DVD release of the OOT. I recommend those that buy the discs in September lend their support to the SE disc return.

Also, if you were meaning your question in the sense of "is there any point to keeping VHS copies after buying the September discs?" then I would have to say that they are not likely to appreciate much in value, so it would be purely for your own nostalgia!

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Author: SilverWook
Time: 7-Jul-2006 2:40 PM
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My main interest in collecting is getting the movie on every home video format it was released on, so the old VHS version fills a niche long after the format itself dies.

I've seen people pay a bit more for the old 20th Cent. Fox "Video Rental Library" cassette from 1982.

Where were you in '77?

Author: Mielr
Time: 7-Jul-2006 5:23 PM
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I sold my Pan&Scan VHS sets a few years ago, but I'm keeping my 2 VHS widescreen sets, and my laserdiscs, even though I'm planning on buying the DVDs in September.

Author: SW
Time: 10-Jul-2006 9:57 AM
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Thats what am saying you still have the VHS version of the OOT and then you say VHS is history !!

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Author: vbangle
Time: 11-Jul-2006 2:15 AM
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Originally posted by: SW
Thats what am saying you still have the VHS version of the OOT and then you say VHS is history !!

He said, "keep them for posterity", got it? There aren't any films released on VHS anymore, it is a dead format...so it is history.

What's so hard to understand about that?

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Author: Number20
Time: 11-Jul-2006 9:33 AM
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The '97 SE is only available on VHS or laserdisc. Not that anyone cares as much as the O-OT. But there isn't any reason to throw the old VHS tapes away.

Author: SW
Time: 11-Jul-2006 10:59 AM
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Ok i see erm so you are still gonna keep the OOT on vhs if you have it on dvd ??

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Author: vbangle
Time: 11-Jul-2006 11:03 AM
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Originally posted by: SW
Ok i see erm so you are still gonna keep the OOT on vhs if you have it on dvd ??

That's what "keep them for posterity" means....

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