I always wanted a complete set of Star Trek (original)
But the cost was ludicrous - about £400 for a complete set of VHS tapes, back in the day. Then BBC2 started a complete run, so every Wednesday I'd record it - rushing back from work so I could manually start it to get the cleanest joins

Even doing it this way, the number of tapes required meant that the cost was high. The original estimate was about £60 for blanks, but I eventually got it down to about £35, by shopping around. Finally, after more than 18 months, I'd done it. Sits back with smug grin and sense of quiet satisfaction.

Cue wavy lines, and a caption: "Some years later". DVD now rules supreme, and I decided it was time to transfer them onto disc for safe keeping. (Still not prepared to pay £150+ for a set of DVDs!).

Guess what? The tapes were unplayable. By choosing cheap tapes I'd blown the whole idea.

So, a total waste of money, but I still feel satisfied that I got the lot that way. Bought a replacement set on eBay for £20.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:32, 11 replies)

Oh well...
I did the same when I first got cable TV and they started to show DS9 from the start...

I could buy the entire series now on DVD for what I had spent on tapes :(

Same for most sci-fi shows though!

However I do recommend the remastered original Star Trek DVDs because they look GORGEOUS!
(Lip Up Fatty Fatty Reggae still loves BBQ food on, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:03, closed)

Download a "complete Star Trek" torrent
job done
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:18, closed)

A cunning plan, with just one tiny flaw:
Torrents didn't exist when I was recording them - this would have been around 1995
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:36, closed)

This is about right
xkcd.com/732/
(waxdart hello., Wed 6 Oct 2010, 13:27, closed)

I know, you're talking to someone who bought DS9 on VHS FFS
I'm just saying these days you can get the whole lot without getting out of your chair or spending anything
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 14:37, closed)

In spite of the money being wasted....
Star Trek is shit though.....can open, worms everywhere.
(Barnetboy, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 14:32, closed)

"Star Trek is shit - discuss"
By today's standards? Indisputably. By 1968 standards? Mind-buggeringly advanced and challenging television. Context is everything!
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 15:47, closed)

Fair point...
I admit I watched the odd episode as a nipper but by the age of 10 I'd probably outgrown it.

My post was pure and simple a blatant attempt to wind up the sort of pious zealots who claim Klingon as their religion and who rival cat owners for their retardation.

So I'll try again then... ALL SCIENCE FICTION IS SHIT.

P.S. Oh yeah CATS ARE ONLY SUITABLE FOR VIVISECTION.
(Barnetboy, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 17:12, closed)

Ah, you're talking about the difference between "Trekkies" and "Trekkers"
Trekkers wonder what sex would be like in zero-G;
Trekkies wonder what sex would be like
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 11:29, closed)

Even then...
There's a couple of Eps that the BBC has never shown, aren't there?
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 15:34, closed)

No, they showed them all when I recorded them
The original pilot ("The Cage" -- pre-William Shatner) wasn't shown at one time. It might have been the first time it was shown on TV here, when I taped it, if memory serves. But it was freely available on tape by then, anyway.

You might also be thinking of some Next Gen episodes which weren't shown here, one because it mentions a "Unified Ireland"...
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 15:44, closed)