Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site omen.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Shore Leave; videotapes Message-ID: <222@omen.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 17:51:36 EDT Article-I.D.: omen.222 Posted: Tue Aug 20 17:51:36 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 03:27:34 EDT References: <24900108@uiucdcs> Reply-To: tty03@.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Organization: Omen Technology, Portland Lines: 22 Summary: In article <24900108@uiucdcs> friedman@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA writes: >These tapes of the TV episodes are indeed of excellent quality. They >are SO complete, they even have the next-week preview at the end. $15 >per episode ($30 for the double episode "Menagerie" on one tape) seems >to me to be a fair price, as videotapes go, but adds up to a lot of $ >if you set out to buy them all. Pesonally, I intend to get copies of >the episodes I like best, and depend on the tapes I make off the air >for the rest (the local station here doesn't cut TOO badly). If you liked to quality on tape, you'll blow your mind if you see the LaserDisc versions. Played on a top notch monitor or projector, you'll see textures and subtleties that are not apparent on tape due to the restricted bandwidth, especially of the chroma channels. Be warned, the picture is so good that many of the SPFX are patently obvious, but that's part of the fun! -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf CIS:70715,131 Omen Technology Inc 17505-V NW Sauvie Island Road Portland OR 97231 Voice: 503-621-3406 Modem: 503-621-3746 (Hit CR's for speed detect) Home of Professional-YAM, the most powerful COMM program for the IBM PC