Re: the Mike Douglas dilemma

["steve jackson" <deadflo>]

Yeah well I'd like to get in on it too.
Is this where we sign up?

Steve j

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> From: Lkg <Lkg>
> To: babel-list; Jackie Sheeler <jsheeler>
> Subject: Re: the Mike Douglas dilemma
> Date: Saturday, July 08, 2000 7:12 AM
>
> I'm down.  (As in: Me too! Sign me up!)  And if this turns
> into a tree, I'm (hopefully) almost in a position to be a
> branch (ordered me new VCR's).  (I can handle degradation,  (:D)
> as long as some facial features can be made out. :D)
>
>  :} Lkg
>
> Jackie Sheeler wrote:
>
> > OK, maybe I'm making a leap here....
> >
> > But I think there are enough of us on this list who want these
> > videotapes to
> > make professional duplication a possibility.
> >
> > According to http://www.copytape.com/vhs.htm, making between 26-50
> > copies of
> > a 120-minute tape costs $6.40/tape.  That's not much more than the
> > retail
> > cost of a decent blank.  This site states that they won't dupe
> > copyrighted
> > material, and I don't know if they'd include this show in that category
> > (I
> > presume they mostly avoid copying Blockbuster movies for people to sell
> > on
> > the street).
> >
> > I'm willing to take on the coordination of this project if enough of us
> > are
> > interested.  What do you all say?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-babel-list
> > [mailto:owner-babel-list]On Behalf Of anthonyr
> > Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 3:44 PM
> > To: babel-list
> > Subject: 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 >>