[ZylonBane]

No, this thread isn't about what you thnk it's about. 

Back when B5 was airing, I made a point of recording and archiving every single episode on VHS tape. Yes I was that big of a B5 fanboy. Being able to chat personally with JMS on the GEnie forums was cool too.

Anyway, doing some spring cleaning this weekend, I come across the box of B5 tapes... and I force myself to admit that this is 50 pounds of VHS tapes that I'm never going to watch again, especially now that the entire series is out on DVD. So I'm pitching it, along with a pile of other old movies that I recorded off cable before I had the financial means to simply buy them-- including my copy of Heavy Metal that I taped off Showtime years before it was officially available on home video.

So farewell, old mountain of tapes! It goes against every fibre of my packrat being, but old crap has to go to make room for the new.

Anyone else dealt with this sort of thing lately?

[karajorma]

It's even worse for me. I came to the series late so I bought season 1 to 3.

[Rictor]

Pfft. Trying moving from a largeish house with a basement and garage full of stuff to a two bedroom apartement.

I think my family redefines the phrase "collection of useless crap", most of which I don't want to throw out for sentimental reasons. For a while, there were three basement storage lockers, one rented storage room and an apartement absolutely full of stuff. It's only after getting rid of the big things like the washing machine, fridge and so on that the rented storage got cleared out, and now it's only down to the three lockers.

edit: why don't you put those B5 tapes up on Ebay? Someone's bound to buy them.

[aldo_14]

I still have a bag full of US N64 games sitting in a cupboard somewhere....and no console.

[karajorma]

edit: why don't you put those B5 tapes up on Ebay? Someone's bound to buy them.

Yep. I've been meaning to do that for ages. But I'm lazy Although when you can buy the entire season on DVD for £20 I'm unlikely to get that much money for them.

[ZylonBane]

edit: why don't you put those B5 tapes up on Ebay? Someone's bound to buy them.

As far as I'm aware, selling duplicates of copyrighted material is against eBay policy.

[karajorma]

I assume he was replying to me.

[ZylonBane]

Ah!

Damn, I'd forgotten that B5 eps were sold on tape.

[Col. Fishguts]

Ahh, nostalgia.

I just recently unplugged my VHS recorder from the TV, it's collecting dust in the basement for now.
It's been replaced by one of those cheap DVD players, that can also read CDs with DivX/XviD (including seperate subtitles in srt/sub format).

I don't think I'll ever watch a VHS tape again.

[NGTM-1R]

I'll buy those tapes off you Bane, if you've still got them.

[Turnsky]

It's even worse for me. I came to the series late so I bought season 1 to 3.

i didn't even -see- much of the series until i bought the first four seasons on DVD.

[Yogert]

No, this thread isn't about what you thnk it's about. 

Back when B5 was airing, I made a point of recording and archiving every single episode on VHS tape. Yes I was that big of a B5 fanboy. Be able to chat personally with JMS on the GEnie forums was cool too.

Anyway, doing some spring cleaning this weekend, I come across the box of B5 tapes... and I force myself to admit that this is 50 pounds of VHS tapes that I'm never going to watch again, especially now that the entire series is out on DVD. So I'm pitching it, along with a pile of other old movies that I recorded off cable before I had the financial means to simply buy them-- including my copy of Heavy Metal that I taped off Showtime years before it was officially available on home video.

So farewell, old mountain of tapes! It goes against every fibre of my packrat being, but old crap has to go to make room for the new.

Anyone else dealt with this sort of thing lately?

You'll want to watch it again when The Memory of Shadows is released=p

[ZylonBane]

I'll buy those tapes off you Bane, if you've still got them.

Alas, already dumpstered.

[WMCoolmon]

I've been steadily getting rid of my STargate seasons as I get them on DVD...I also got rid of my Animorphs books not too long ago.

I've got a lot of Star Wars and Battletech books that I don't really read anymore, but they're all classics to me...

[Gortef]

This reminds me to dig up the B5 DVD's from the net and buy them.

[Mefustae]

I guess i'm doing the contemporary equivalent to hoarding VHS tapes, as i've got the entire run of Battlestar Galactica copied conveniently to my HDD... acquired *cough* legally of course...

[Hunter]

I'm trying to get rid of a pile of B5, DS9, Voyager and SG-1 VHS tapes..

[IPAndrews]

I can recommend the local charity shop.

[ZmaN]

I still have a bag full of US N64 games sitting in a cupboard somewhere....and no console.

how much you want for them (seriously).  I have an N64 Console just sitting in the basement.  What games are they?

[aldo_14]

I still have a bag full of US N64 games sitting in a cupboard somewhere....and no console.

how much you want for them (seriously).  I have an N64 Console just sitting in the basement.  What games are they?

I'm not sure, to be honest.  When I say sitting in a cupboard somewhere, I mean it literally - I have no idea where the bloody things are.  Offhand, Body Harvest, Starfox64, Banjo Kazooie, Extreme-G, Fighters Destiny, OoT, Diddy Kong Racing, F1 Racing Championship (UK), Top Gear Rally, ISS64, ISS98, Turok 2, and World Driver Championship are probably amongst it.  But I wouldn't sell it trans-atlantic anyways (I'm not sure I would sell it; it's a nice piece of gaming history).I'm not sure which games we kept versus which we swapped.  regrettably, I think we swapped Goldeneye for OoT (both ace, but you'd rather have both).