XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.tv   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-09-06 10:11:30 +0000, Blueshirt said:   
   > The True Doctor wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Why would anyone want this show in SD? I'm still waiting   
   >> for the BBC to replace all the Doctor Who VHS tapes I bought   
   >> with the same episodes I paid for, but which they claim I   
   >> don't own, in 576i25.   
   >   
   > Buy a VHS/DVD combo and copy your VHS tapes to DVD...   
      
   You won't find a new one of those anywhere (except maybe unopend boxes   
   on places like eBay). They stopped making them years ago. Even some   
   type of DVD player, i.e. a Blu-ray / 4K player, will be getting   
   difficult to find because companies are no longer making those either   
   (Panasonic might be the last one still making them).   
      
      
      
   > Although, as a licence fee payer the BBC have supplied you with   
   > an online source of [nearly] every "Doctor Who" episode with   
   > their iPlayer service, so in a way they have provided you with   
   > an upgraded viewing experience to your VHS tapes... free of   
   > charge.   
   >   
   > :-)   
      
   Well, not free since it is part of the TV license.   
      
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