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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 6, 2019 16:17:00 GMT -5
I recorded largely everything from late 97 to 02ish on VHS. Raw and Nitro (usually the replay) and then every episode of ECW on TNN. I still have a big chunk of it at my parent's house in boxes. I watched Warrior's WCW debut, the first couple episodes of ECW on TNN, and the night HBK returned in 98 last time I was home. I also have VHS compilations of DX from 97-98, Raven in ECW prior to leaving for WCW, and a RVD one, plus some shoot interviews. I watched a ton of PPVs at other people's houses, especially 98 WCW and then WWF in that 00-01 period. So most of what I don't have I never watched at my house. I do have all of the World Wrestling All-Stars PPVs recorded still on VHS, for fans of that post WCW/pre-TNA roster of guys.
I want to say Survivor Series 2002 where Shawn won the title was about the point I really started buying the DVDs. I bought Backlash 01 on DVD because the Jerry Lynn match was on the extras and that WWF Action DVD, but I think that Survivor Series 02 DVD was about where I stopped buying the VHS tapes other than raiding my 2nd Cinema video of all of my childhood WWF PPVs when they were going out of business.
I never converted anything to digital. In fact, I started buying stuff on DVD I already had recorded on VHS off of iOffer. I really went down the rabbit hole with DVD compilations in the mid 2000s. I feel like that was a fairly big thing for awhile. I still have spindles filled with burnt wrestling dvds. Every Thunder from 98, ECW PPVs from 97-01, the ECW TNN full run, all of the 98 WCW PPVs. I bought so much sh*t off of iOffer and now we have damn near all of it for $10 a month. Although, I will say the OG entrance music is worth still having the DVDs.
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Post by Thought Collector on Aug 6, 2019 18:40:07 GMT -5
I taped everything lol. I had tons-not just wrestling, I used to tape every Simpsons ep. and Batman The Animated Series back when it first aired. One of the best and most fun thing about them is having the old commercials from back then that you sometimes forgot about and can laugh at. And in the case of the animated shows, the old bumpers between breaks too. My Dad used to tape every episode of the Simpsons when he first moved out so that we had something to watch together at the weekends when I was there. I’d completely forgotten about it until you mentioned it. That's awesome. Yeah, once my dad bought our first VCR it was all taping all the time plus renting and copying lol. I also had tons of tapes of my fav Saturday morning cartoons too-Real Ghostbusters, Muppet Babies, Beetlejuice, Flintstone Kids, Pup Named Scooby Doo etc. great memories.
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Aug 6, 2019 21:48:03 GMT -5
My brother and I had every PPV from the inaugural WrestleMania to WrestleMania XIX on VHS. Most of these were recorded live, but a good amount of them were the result of numerous rentals and a second VCR. Every single tape had its own hand drawn label.
We also had an enormous collection of authentic Colosseum Video releases. Those were always great because most of them featured matches that hadn't been televised or goofy segments like Kamala learning to bowl.
I want to say my brother converted the entire VHS library onto DVD about a decade ago. He kept a handful of tapes for nostalgia purposes, but ended up tossing the rest. He moved a few times in a few short years and the hassle of dragging around multiple bins of antique technology just to stuff them in a closet didn't make much sense.
He said he'll never toss his DVD collection though as he likes owning a physical copy if something ever caused the Network to go away.
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Post by BØRNS on Aug 6, 2019 23:08:14 GMT -5
I only taped a handful of shows mainly because the recorder was unreliable setting it in advance. I have the Gold Rush tournament on Raw back in '04 I believe that featured Shelton Benjamin's spring board that Shawn Michaels countered into Sweet Chin Music before half of every springboard got countered nowadays.
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Aug 7, 2019 5:22:23 GMT -5
Got boxes and boxes, literally hundreds of tapes in the loft, and around the house. Would like to convert them to disc, but would take an age. I can't even watch them now, because I don't have a VCR, so I probably should throw them away, but you can't get everything on the network - and there's also music copyright issues, etc. For example, them replacing 'Enter Sandman' at ONS with some generic crap - I still have the original recording somewhere.
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Post by WalterF on Aug 7, 2019 12:11:41 GMT -5
I use to record on VHS all the time, even enjoyed doing little art on them for the events. Then when DVD burners came along I use to make match mixes in dvd by recording stuff from WWE On Demand. obviously the Network has just streamlined it all but it was fun times
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Post by nibs92 on Aug 7, 2019 12:17:05 GMT -5
I used to have a double VHS machine. So I’d record Raw and Smackdown, then when I was watching it back, record it on to another tape but cut out the adverts.
Funny thing is though, I never ever watched them back once I’d edited them.
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Post by theicwguy on Aug 7, 2019 13:42:38 GMT -5
I used to tape Monster Jam!
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Aug 7, 2019 15:16:55 GMT -5
Got boxes and boxes, literally hundreds of tapes in the loft, and around the house. Would like to convert them to disc, but would take an age. I can't even watch them now, because I don't have a VCR, so I probably should throw them away, but you can't get everything on the network - and there's also music copyright issues, etc. For example, them replacing 'Enter Sandman' at ONS with some generic crap - I still have the original recording somewhere. That's how I feel too. If you have a recording of a live PPV from 20 years ago you basically own the original unedited version of the event. As great as the Network is the edits can be pretty annoying.
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Post by The Brain on Aug 7, 2019 15:49:31 GMT -5
My brother and I had every PPV from the inaugural WrestleMania to WrestleMania XIX on VHS. Most of these were recorded live, but a good amount of them were the result of numerous rentals and a second VCR. Every single tape had its own hand drawn label. We also had an enormous collection of authentic Colosseum Video releases. Those were always great because most of them featured matches that hadn't been televised or goofy segments like Kamala learning to bowl. I want to say my brother converted the entire VHS library onto DVD about a decade ago. He kept a handful of tapes for nostalgia purposes, but ended up tossing the rest. He moved a few times in a few short years and the hassle of dragging around multiple bins of antique technology just to stuff them in a closet didn't make much sense. He said he'll never toss his DVD collection though as he likes owning a physical copy if something ever caused the Network to go away.I'm same way.Physical>digital everyday of the week.
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Aug 8, 2019 9:10:27 GMT -5
Got boxes and boxes, literally hundreds of tapes in the loft, and around the house. Would like to convert them to disc, but would take an age. I can't even watch them now, because I don't have a VCR, so I probably should throw them away, but you can't get everything on the network - and there's also music copyright issues, etc. For example, them replacing 'Enter Sandman' at ONS with some generic crap - I still have the original recording somewhere. That's how I feel too. If you have a recording of a live PPV from 20 years ago you basically own the original unedited version of the event. As great as the Network is the edits can be pretty annoying. Like 'OTE' '99. Not the best example, I know, but it obviously was never released, so if you don't have a live recording, you'll never see the original again.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2019 15:48:33 GMT -5
I have plenty of VHS tapes and a working VCR. Even if the VCR stopped working I could never throw all the stuff away like someone else said.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Aug 8, 2019 21:12:44 GMT -5
I have plenty of VHS tapes and a working VCR. Even if the VCR stopped working I could never throw all the stuff away like someone else said. I bet you got vhs tapes You got potable water in Alabama yet?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2019 21:24:17 GMT -5
I have plenty of VHS tapes and a working VCR. Even if the VCR stopped working I could never throw all the stuff away like someone else said. I bet you got vhs tapes You got potable water in Alabama yet? YEAH BOY I GOT IT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS I GOT MY FANCY TALKIN PICTURE BOX!
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Post by rKoNomad316 on Aug 11, 2019 10:20:53 GMT -5
I use to tape Raw for years. No clue as to whatever happened to the tapes I had.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Aug 11, 2019 20:14:12 GMT -5
When I was a kid I got my hands on an old tape that would circulate around my area. I remember it had a match with Kevin Nash as Oz and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I also didn't know it was Nash until later. I used to wonder what happened to the great and powerful Oz.
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