Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[Magpiespower]

Anybody see tonight's Highway Patrol repeat on 7Mate?

Old mate's doing 165 on his bike. Police in pursuit. Hits a signal box. Destroys it. Bike flips. He Superman flies ten metres. Clips a tree. Knocks off a branch. Crash lands on the car-park bitumen.

Springs up and runs away. Doesn't miss a beat. Then the cops give chase on foot.

Eventually catch up with him but faaaaaaaaaark...

 

[Zakk Wylde]

80s FLASHBACK!!!

That was the first video we ever rented back in 1982.

Radio Rentals, Elizabeth. They waived the $90 fee to join the video library coz we bought our VCR in the store. This bad boy was a tank...

****!

Our household had this unit at one point. What a flashback.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

80s FLASHBACK!!!

That was the first video we ever rented back in 1982.

Radio Rentals, Elizabeth. They waived the $90 fee to join the video library coz we bought our VCR in the store. This bad boy was a tank...

80's B-Grade Horror is great.. Death Ship is on BluRay lol a mate of mine left it here, moody atmosphere I loved it.. Best shower scene since Psycho

 

[Grave Danger]

80s FLASHBACK!!!

That was the first video we ever rented back in 1982.

Radio Rentals, Elizabeth. They waived the $90 fee to join the video library coz we bought our VCR in the store. This bad boy was a tank...

You can beat an egg, but you can't Betamax!

 

[Doctor Feel]

#sanyolyfe

We sold Sanyo TV's at Dick Smith when I worked there not long ago. They were seriously the best value TV's you could buy. So cheap and extremely reliable, we never got any back. Then the powers that be decided no longer to stock Sanyo, and instead bought in ****ing shitty Telefunken and weird brands like that (and slapped the same price on them), which inevitably get returned by a non-plussed customer. Pissed me off, typical business opting for the item with the biggest margin and lowest cost price.

I don't know why they do it.

 

[raman]

Radio Rentals, Elizabeth. They waived the $90 fee to join the video library coz we bought our VCR in the store. This bad boy was a tank...

Say what?

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Say what?

The SMA Video Shop

 

[Magpiespower]

****!

Our household had this unit at one point. What a flashback.

Loved the "remote control" that only had one function.

Click to pause record, click again to record.

Of course, the clicker was attached with a cord...

 

[Magpiespower]

Say what?

Dem shits was expensive!

Focus Video waived our joining fee coz the girl on the counter liked my brother.

Think that was about $70 to join or thereabouts...

 

[Magpiespower]

You can beat an egg, but you can't Betamax!

Beta.

The better format.

 

[Magpiespower]

80's B-Grade Horror is great.. Death Ship is on BluRay lol a mate of mine left it here, moody atmosphere I loved it.. Best shower scene since Psycho

Haven't seen this in over thirty years (shit, I'm old!) but it's a slasher flick with some pretty inventive kills...

 

[LukeSA]

The SMA Video Shop

90% discount if you are a one of those glorious Kamrie Kustomers™... 90% admin fee if you are one of those dirty port flogs.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Focus video opposite Holden's was the best.

 

[StuMan]

****!

Our household had this unit at one point. What a flashback.

We had one too....until a 4 or 5 year old me shoved a sandwich in it.
Thankfully we also had a really awesome Sony one too.

 

[Magpiespower]

Focus video opposite Holden's was the best.

Haha! Yep, that's the one. IIRC, they had an awesome selection of SANFL videos, too.

"Focus Video - great home entertainment!"

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Remember Mum being chased out into the car park by a video store owner as a kid somewhere in Dernancourt i think after she tried to do the drop off and run with late fee's pending.

 

[StuMan]

Beta.

The better format.

My Dad loved Beta. He couldn't stand VHS.
He had a sweet Sony Betamax, but only bought a cheap ass VHS player from Cunningham's Warehouse when it was obvious VHS had won the war and blank Beta tapes were becoming harder to find.

 

[Papa G]

We had a top loading AKAI.

 

[LukeSA]

Focus video opposite Holden's was the best.

I remember Movieland at Noarlunga, it had a castle setup with kids movies playing and an arcade with Time Crisis and Daytona USA racers, that was the best.

 

[StuMan]

I remember Movieland at Noarlunga, it had a castle setup with kids movies playing and an arcade with Time Crisis and Daytona USA racers, that was the best.

The Movieland at Hollywood Plaza, Salisbury Downs had the same setup.
It was awesome.

 

[edgie]

I remember the local video store "porno castle"

Yes, it was a literal cardboard castle set up in the corner of the shop for adult only material.

It was later turned in to a childrens movie area. The porno just got displayed on the normal shelves in plain view.

 

[Magpiespower]

My Dad loved Beta. He couldn't stand VHS.
He had a sweet Sony Betamax, but only bought a cheap ass VHS player from Cunningham's Warehouse when it was obvious VHS had won the war and blank Beta tapes were becoming harder to find.

Yeah, we bit the bullet in '86 when Beta section of the video shop was dwindling and new releases were getting harder to come by.

VHS won the home video war. But Beta obliterated it in professional and broadcast use.

Hell, I can remember still using DigiBeta years after DVD killed the video star...

 

[LukeSA]

I remember the local video store "porno castle"

Yes, it was a literal cardboard castle set up in the corner of the shop for adult only material.

It was later turned in to a childrens movie area. The porno just got displayed on the normal shelves in plain view.

After a thorough disinfectant.

For some reason, my local blockbuster is still open, all those faded R18+ covers victims of many years worth of sunsets.

 

[edgie]

My IT teacher told us that betamax was superior in every way, but VHS recorded slightly quicker, less delay after hitting record. The army ordered all VHS for their purposes, and that gave VHS a leg up that it used to win the war.

Anyone here able to verify that?

 

[Janus]

80s FLASHBACK!!!

That was the first video we ever rented back in 1982.

Radio Rentals, Elizabeth. They waived the $90 fee to join the video library coz we bought our VCR in the store. This bad boy was a tank...

This was ours...

Perfected the old 'press pause when the ads come on' trick with this thing