Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.

'Out Of Gas'


When come back bring tape

It does happen to everyone. No, really. No need to be self-conscious.

Let us help you out. Missed an ep of something, Jossverse or otherwise? Ask here for help -- don't forget to include contact information, and come back and mention when you're no longer in need.

Natter will be summarily deleted.


Sophia Brooks - Dec 08, 2017 1:03:23 am PST #1053 of 1070
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

At one time, I worked nights, and I bought and set up vCard to tape, I think, Angel, West Wing and CSI all at the same time!


Laura - Dec 08, 2017 3:20:00 am PST #1054 of 1070
Our wings are not tired.

I still lazily say tape to people who know what I mean. Such a different world in such a short time. Of course, as easy as it is now to save multitudes of programs my unwatched queue is worse than ever.

Reminder that I still have VCR tapes I need to convert.


aurelia - Dec 10, 2017 8:52:27 am PST #1055 of 1070
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I had two VCRs because without cable I needed to adjust the rabbit ears for different stations. So... two sets of rabbit ears and two VCRs let me record all my shows without fussing with the reception.

I still don't have cable, but I let Hulu do most of my recording now.


EpicTangent - Dec 11, 2017 3:19:58 pm PST #1056 of 1070
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I had 2 VCRs because sometimes you were out of the house and needed to record 2 shows at once. I have the DVR for it now, but I also get attitude from the cable guys when I complain that the box that just died was 80-some percent full.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 11, 2018 9:06:16 am PST #1057 of 1070
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis

If they'd just make those basic DVRs with the capability to burn DVDs clearing my recordings would be a snap! Instead I tend to run at about 96% capacity and have to make a Sophie's choice whenever I want to record something.

Though I just found out that Galavant is now out on DVD, so that's several hours I'll be able to free up.


EpicTangent - Jan 17, 2018 1:09:47 pm PST #1058 of 1070
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

That you managed to hold on to Galavant that long impresses the heck out of me. Not only would I probably have lost it for space by now, I've also had, I think, 2 DVRs die on me since the last ep aired. (P.S. That DVD info is good info to have.)

And SERIOUSLY, how hard could it be to create DVRs with the capability to save to DVD/jumpdrive/something? The cable guys all insist on pointing out that they're not intended as storage devices; then why don't they give us the means to transfer to a long term storage medium?


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2018 9:55:45 am PST #1059 of 1070
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis

It's possible that not recording that often due to the near-capacity backlog has extended the life of my DVR? At any rate, the Galavant episodes I managed to save are locked so they can only be deleted if I do it manually; now it'll fall to Agent Carter to be my most sacrosanct recordings.


Zenkitty - Jan 19, 2018 10:38:47 pm PST #1060 of 1070
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Hey, PSA, for anyone who remembers The Sentinel from the 90s, that's finally out on DVD. The full run.


Jon B. - Jan 28, 2018 5:00:14 pm PST #1061 of 1070
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

There's software that lets you offload TiVo recordings to your Mac/PC's hard drive.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 05, 2018 6:18:37 am PST #1062 of 1070
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis

Does it work for generic DVRs as well?