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- From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
- Subject: Re: Macross Series On Video?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.232829.6348@sura.net>
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- References: <Dec.21.09.29.54.1992.3398@remus.rutgers.edu> <725277925snx@izumi.DIALix.oz.au> <1992Dec26.035752.11586@pegasus.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 23:28:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.035752.11586@pegasus.com> ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha) writes:
- > Just wanted to mention that those FHE guys who did the Robotech
- >are some CHEAP bastards! I discovered that the 100 minutes tapes are
- >recorded at EP!! Now that's really really cheap... I don't think any
- >other company in the Universe is soo cheap to try and save tape!
-
- Actually, that's a not-too-uncommon practice among cheap, reap-a-quick-buck
- tape manufacturers - a lot of those 10 bucks or less tapes you see in
- supermarkets and the like are in EP.
-
- Now, hacking out about 4 or 5 minutes from each episode (which are only 25
- minutes total max, including credits) and THEN sticking them on EP tapes -
- that goes beyond being cheap!
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