TBT Fawlty Towers (best bits)

[Gelliebeans]

These are some of the best bits between Basil Fawlty and his employee Manuel

These still make me giggle

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. I had every episode on VHS.

[KoKo]

2. And some of us still have Dual VHS/DVD where we can Play

What We Own...and not pay Amazon or wait for Netflix!

It is OURS...as long as our Machines last...that is. Then we will be lost into the "Pay for View System.

I refuse to get rid of my old VHS Movies, Documentaries and the Rest of it. Hey...maybe I'm not "With It" for these times and should rely on the CLOUD..where I pay so I can buy back what I spent time recording...but, then... "Different Strokes for Different Folks.." I'm frugal and love all technology...but don't throw out the old just because there's something NEW that I pay more for.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. I got smart and bought a video capture card....

What used to take up two walls now fits in a pocket.

[KoKo]

4. Care to share what it is and where I can get it...

and that I don't have to use Micosoft, Apple, Google to store it for me, in their Cloud, though?
Or do you feel their Clouds are safe...if that's where you store?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. Recorded as mp4s using Linux. The card is an older Hauppauge....

Mine was over $300 when I bought it and the new ones go for under a hundred and the newer cards are 1080p Hidef and the prices have gone WAY down.

It's worth it because it sure lightens the load. Ever lift a box full of video tapes?

[Gelliebeans]

9. Wow

[KoKo]

12. Thanks! Indeed I have baskets of them...and would love to

lighten that load!

Does the quality suffer in the transfer, though? Most of my VHS have maintained quality but not all.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. Make sure the heads are clean....

I used a Philips VCR with an SVideo Out for a better picture.

Minus the card you can transfer your own videos to digital format by hooking a VCR to a DVD recorder and then convert the DVD to M4V with a free program called "Handbrake". This wont work on retail commercial video tapes because of the copy guard protection that scrambles the signal but it will work on things you recorded yourself from the TV or home video from a camera.

You can use a DVD RW and after the digital swap you can erase it and use it again.

It's very time consuming. It helps if the VCR has auto tracking too.

I used to keep everything on DVDs. Had to toss a bunch of them because they're harder to keep from scratching than vinyl.

[KoKo]

21. Very helpful...Many Thanks!

[KoKo]

15. I know this sounds like dumb question but...

where do I insert the card? ...and do I have to download Linux to do this. I use Firefox. I do have a Samsung Smart TV but the rest ...is sort of beyond me. Not a very techie person here.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. Linux is an OS like Windows or Mac but it's free....

The card goes in the tower. Mine was in a PCIe slot.

There ARE capture devices that plug into a USB jack. Those are great for laptops.



These work on Windows and include their own software. You can get it at Best Buy or Frys and is good to learn the basics and costs under $50.

[KoKo]

20. That would work...the USB... makes sense..thanks!

I think I could work it out.

[Gelliebeans]

10. It just feels so strange

Going to look for an old movie to watch and have to figure out where it is digitally stored ugh.....you are lucky

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. It's not a problem on a home network....

We have a smart TV so all you have to do is access the wifi and all the stuff is in shared folders on the server in the other room. Select "TV Shows" and then select the show by title, the season and the episode all from the recliner with the remote for the TV.

I used to have a Media Center PC years ago.

[Gelliebeans]

17. Cool thanks for the info n/t

[Gelliebeans]

5. I bought them on DVD years ago

Two seasons were never enough but I could watch them over and over

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. I didn't know at the time that Polly was his real life wife and co-writer for the show.

[Gelliebeans]

8. Their daughter Cynthia played in his

movie "A fished called Wanda" (Archibald's daughter Portia). I loved all the Pythons so much that I even visited the castle where they filmed holy grail and I bought coconuts.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. Did they come with the swallows?

[Gelliebeans]

16. Haha

a five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

[KoKo]

14. lol's lucky you...thanks for sharing that!

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