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Re: Patti on the Mike Douglas show...



Cainebj wrote:
>
> well i have the three tapes - the biggest problem is they are each 90 minutes
> and tho i've only watched the first, patti is on it for over an hour - so
> you're talkin about ALOT of dubbing time...
>
> the only thing i'm lookin for video wise is the music video for Glitter -
> anyone?
>


I could make 2nd generation copies for everybody. You'd have to make me
a copy, and then I'd make copies from that. I think the quality could
still be acceptable, if your copy is as excellent as you say.


Anthony


> In a message dated 7/1/00 12:04:16 PM, mgart writes:
>
> Videos degrade a lot when going from generation to generation.
> If you copy a video, then copy the copy, after 3 or 4 generations
> it looks really terrible.  It's a lot worse than audio tapes.
> So a kind person could get the tapes and then make lots of first
> generation copies for people on the list, and that would be great.
> But tree thing wouldn't work so well because of generation
> degeneration :-)
> That could work well if there were a new person interested in doing
> a bunch of trades, who didn't have many tapes.  They could get the
> video, make a bunch of copies, and then trade each copy for somthing
> they don't have.  It would be a way for a new person to build a big
> collection of other Patti tapes quickly.  Anyone out there interested?
> - Mitch >>