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Originally posted by Ben Staad View PostThere is almost no way to make a decent profit on Ebay. The fee is just way to much.
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There is almost no way to make a decent profit on Ebay. The fee is just way to much.
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Originally posted by Dave1442397 View Post
I was hoping it might be my order from almost four years ago. I almost ordered the more expensive edition, and I'm glad I stuck with the cheaper one.
Bloch, Robert The Vampire Stories of Robert Bloch Haffner Press 1/5/2020
I'm really looking forward to that Bloch vampire collection as well...I hope it sees the light of day soon. Also looking forward to the two Ed & Am Fredric Brown books (and Vol. 3 of his stories). Those're four books I can't wait to be able to order...but at the rate Haffner books are being released these days, it might still be a very long wait before they all hit the streets, unfortunately.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View Post
Just saw the Haffner newsletter and that they finally have "The Complete John the Balladeer" in-hand. I didn't think this day would ever come. Can't wait to receive a shipping notice and get this one off my pending orders list!
Bloch, Robert The Vampire Stories of Robert Bloch Haffner Press 1/5/2020
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View Post
Just noticed that Haffner has finally posted a shipping date for "The Complete John the Balladeer", 05/15/23! Am so excited. This was my first ever order from Haffner and I haven't had the best experience; so, I'm relieved that there's finally light at the end of the tunnel. In the future, much like RonClinton suggested in a previous post, I will be waiting until publication day before ordering a Haffner title. That being said, the cover/book images provided by Haffner look amazing and I'm really digging all the bonus content to be included. Â
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Originally posted by RonClinton View Post
Remember the signs in the video stores: "Be Kind, Rewind"...? And of course inevitably it seemed like half the tapes I rented had been previously rented by unkind people.
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
LOL!! No joke, huh? I also get cranky when my streaming resolution dips for a second, while we used to put up with some pretty awful video from VHS tapes.
I haven't thought about renting a VCR in years, but, man, does that bring back memories. And for some reason the ones that I remember us renting were those massive toploaders that weighed a ton. If we're going down memory lane a bit, I'll jump a couple miles down the road and remember how we marveled over the fact that DVDs never had to be rewound. With VCRs it felt like an eternity waiting for the tape to rewind. We were never cool enough to buy one of those separate tape rewinders that were in the shape of a sports car.
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Originally posted by Dave1442397 View Post
Do you remember the XBR (eXtended Bit Rate) line? It was a level up from the regular Trinitron, and I didn't go for it at the time. I think it cost an additional $250 or so.
I was such a SciFI nerd in the '80s and predicted that one day we'd have huge flatscreen TVs hanging on the wall. Needless to say, my classmates thought I was nuts. Back then (in Ireland) most people rented their TV from a local shop, and if you were lucky it was a color TV. We finally switched to color in 1980, but as you can see in the pic, we still only needed six buttons for channels. Actually, we only need five until November 1982, when Channel 4 started up in the UK. Not me in the pic
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To go a bit nerdy, I'm actually a big fan of the picture quality of Sony televisions. My wife's family all go for Samsungs, I think due to their brightness, but I always feel like the Sony televisions give a deeper, richer picture. Of course, that's probably my own personal bias showing as I don't think I've ever owned a television that wasn't a Sony.
That is also a fantastic picture!
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Originally posted by RonClinton View Post
I remember being gifted a VCR player in '88 (when they weren't that cheap) and thinking it was the most incredible, convenient thing ever ..now I didn't have to rent the player at the video store anymore and lug it home in its impact-resistance bulky suitcase, and connect all the twisted, knotted wiring only to disconnect it all in a few hours, and then repeat the entire ugly process next weekend...
Flash forward 35 years later, and now I get irked if my streaming buffers for a second or two. :-/
I haven't thought about renting a VCR in years, but, man, does that bring back memories. And for some reason the ones that I remember us renting were those massive toploaders that weighed a ton. If we're going down memory lane a bit, I'll jump a couple miles down the road and remember how we marveled over the fact that DVDs never had to be rewound. With VCRs it felt like an eternity waiting for the tape to rewind. We were never cool enough to buy one of those separate tape rewinders that were in the shape of a sports car.
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
Oh, man. The Sony Trinitron. That was like the top of the line back in the day. My buddy bought one for our apartment in like 1998-99, but instead of a VCR, he got a DVD player and it blew our minds. When I eventually bought my own 32" a couple years later when I was living on my own, my grandfather was all impressed since he still had a 27" television. Now, I have a 55" in the living room and a 75" in in the bedroom, still Sony, though. It's funny how times change.
Flash forward 35 years later, and now I get irked if my streaming buffers for a second or two. :-/
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
Oh, man.ÂÂ The Sony Trinitron.ÂÂ That was like the top of the line back in the day. My buddy bought one for our apartment in like 1998-99, but instead of a VCR, he got a DVD player and it blew our minds.ÂÂ When I eventually bought my own 32" a couple years later when I was living on my own, my grandfather was all impressed since he still had a 27" television.ÂÂ Now, I have a 55" in the living room and a 75" in in the bedroom, still Sony, though.ÂÂ It's funny how times change.
I was such a SciFI nerd in the '80s and predicted that one day we'd have huge flatscreen TVs hanging on the wall. Needless to say, my classmates thought I was nuts. Back then (in Ireland) most people rented their TV from a local shop, and if you were lucky it was a color TV. We finally switched to color in 1980, but as you can see in the pic, we still only needed six buttons for channels. Actually, we only need five until November 1982, when Channel 4 started up in the UK. Not me in the pic
John_11.jpg
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Originally posted by Dave1442397 View PostThat is a cool site ÂÂ However, the last time I watched a VHS movie, it was on a 50" TV that did it no favors. Sorry, but it's 4k Ultra for me.
I bought my Sony Trinitron 32" TV for $1050 in 1993, and my Sony VCR (which still works) for $440. Both came from Nobody beats The Wiz. We used the TV up to 2007, when it went to a friend to be used as a basement TV.ÂÂ
It's amazing how cheap TVs have gotten, and you can pick up a VCR for $5 at yard sales around here.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View Post
That's funny! You know, while I love blu-ray and have a ton of movies, for some reason, my eyes don't seem to enjoy the look of 4k. I do think it's funny to see how past media like VHS & Vinyl/Cassette tapes are coming back around in popularity/collectability.
I bought a 'retro' system back in 2007 - turntable, Nakamichi cassette deck, and a Cambridge Audio CD player. They were all dirt cheap on ebay at the time, but I haven't used them in years. I should dig them out and set them up again.
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