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Re:Japan Will Make Its Last VCR This Month by G43nm45ji on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @04:55PM (#12132439)
When I'm at my grandparents I get a kick out of watching VHS movies on their old CRT TV. Plus I get to watch the unadulterated version of 'A New Hope'.

After about 10 minutes I forget what I'm watching on anyway.

I'm not going to set that up at home though..

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Re:Japan Will Make Its Last VCR This Month by pkroll on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @05:00PM (#12132478)
The unadulterated version of the original Star Wars is, kind of, available, as the "Despecialized Edition" widely floating around the universe. It's HD. So, so much better than VHS, particularly if you have a big TV on which to play it.
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Re:Japan Will Make Its Last VCR This Month by ValentineC on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @05:12PM (#12132559)
Just to add: there's also the Silver Screen edition [1], which is sourced from a single cleaned up 35mm film print, instead of from scenes spliced from various sources.

[1] http://thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/post/2016/01/15/Team-...

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Re:Japan Will Make Its Last VCR This Month by bitJericho on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @06:26PM (#12133015)
Why not set it up at home? It takes up one little corner and you get the added bonus of being able to play lightgun games, which my kids cant get enough of!
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Re:Japan Will Make Its Last VCR This Month by throwaway7767 on Friday July 22, 2016 @08:49AM (#12143195)
There are lightguns that work with LCDs. They use the same principle as a wiimote (LED bars at the top/bottom of the screen, plus some calibration). Accuracy isn't 100%, but it's no worse than the CRT lightguns I used in the past.

So no need to lug that CRT around just for that.

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