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   Jorabi  wrote:   
   >But I never got around to taping TOS.  I guess I put it off because studios   
   >began selling videotapes around that time and I thought that someday TV series   
   >like TOS would be available in pristine form rather than the butchered and   
   >low-quality copies that I could get.  TOS soon showed up in the stores but   
   >they were about $70 per episode.  Times have really changed ...   
      
   I didn't realize there were any TV show tapes _that_ far back.   
      
   Though your last statement is factually true, comparatively it's kind of   
   funny, because Trek is nowadays by far the most expensive mainstream TV   
   show on DVD.  (Though checking dvdpricesearch.com, the Season 1 DVD set is   
   $84.38, close to what one episode cost, in constant dollars.)   
      
   I'd likely buy all of the Trek shows on DVD if they were less expensive, just   
   as a collector mentality kind of thing, even though I logically realize   
   I don't watch the same thing over and over (which is why I haven't bought   
   a lot of other DVDs.. though I would buy Blake's 7 on DVD).. I am transferring   
   the most of 2 seasons of 'er' I've saved to DVD though.   
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