Greetings from Tokyo!
New to the forum.
I too remember the great days of the Sci-Fi Channel and their airing of TOS Special Editions with interviews, ‘Crew Bio’ graphics and groovy sound effects, all making a really nice viewing experience. I was in college at the time, in snowy Massachusetts and we all gathered around the lounge and watched these back in the day. I hadn’t remembered that they abruptly cut the Nimoy run, probably because real life got in the way. Parties, girls, graduation, etc.
I have a couple of the episodes recorded onto VHS (of course) w/ commercials and all (Which I happen to love, but I know some don’t.) These are really precious now, especially since many of the people who did the interviews, including Nimoy hosting, are no longer with us. I would urge anyone out there who has these recorded to digitize them AND…do not throw away the VHS tape. I repeat, do not toss it. Keep it, seal it in ziplock and keep it, if possible, upright, on other words, not stacked. But stored on end. Magnetic tape degrades faster, much faster, when stored vertically.
It would be great if folks here and elsewhere were able to reconstruct the entire run, both runs, Shatner’s full run and Nimoy’s partial, onto Blu-Ray or merely .mp4s of high quality to be enjoyed again and again.
Cheers,
Robbie in Tokyo
Hi all… really late to the party. I recorded all of the SciFi Special Edition episodes with greater or lesser success on VHS. I may have missed bit here and there but I gave it my best effort at the time. I will GIVE anyone here those tapes in exchange for any digital yield they end up getting from them.I just don’t have the time or equipment to digitize them myself but I would love it some this material can be saved. I have not checked the tapes recently but I will before sending them out just to make sure they are still viable. Let me know if this is still a thing you are interested in.
Hello. If you still have the tapes and would like me to digitize them, I can do it. Sorry I haven’t seen this before now. Let me know! 😃