[Theepistle] Saint in Manhattan for sale

[Delmo Walters Jr.]

While true, it would still be an upgrade from my copy which is 2nd or 3rd generation. This should be a 1st generation copy if it was taped off the air. Lack of funds prevents me from trying my luck.

Delmo Walters Jr.


--- On Mon, 2/16/09, Tim Forcer <tmf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> From: Tim Forcer <tmf at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Theepistle] Saint in Manhattan for sale
> To: theepistle at fascicle.org
> Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 3:28 AM
> At 18:47 15/02/2009, Delmo wrote:
> 
> >  I just dubbed a copy for a friend who has never seen
> it.
> >
> >  If I were working I would pick this up as I could use
> an upgrade.
> 
> "Upgrade"?
> 
> Caveat emptor.
> 
> Look carefully at description and pictures.
> 
> The tape is clearly described (and pictured) as
> "VHS".  Not "S-VHS", 
> but plain "VHS".
> 
> The label identifies it as "Off-air".
> 
> The recording is therefore equivalent to a domestic home
> tape.
> 
> I suspect this was made by an agency to allow confirmation
> (or 
> otherwise) of matters such as running time, content of
> broadcast 
> credits, lead-ins and close-outs, sponsorship material,
> adverts 
> (including when they occured and what was advertised), no
> loss of 
> original material during ad breaks, etc, etc.
> 
> The description "master" is, in my view,
> potentially misleading.
> 
> Tim 
> 
> 
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