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From: Joshua Fielden <shag@concentric.net>
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Mike O'Brien wrote:
> 
> > I guess that helps keep people out of your house when somebody rents a
> > movie that everbody wants to see. :-) Of course, it must suck when you
> > want to see that Star Trek episode that you missed but your friend taped.
> 
>         I have a LaserDisc machine.  My goal is a good picture.  That
> lets out VHS.  Plenty of laser discs for rent around LA.  :-)  And I've
> about given up on Star Trek.
> 
>         However, I'llbe fair here.  I did recently BUY a set of
> pre-recorded VHS tapes.  I bought 'em in London.  They're tapes of
> the BBC miniseries _Neverwhere_, scripted by Neil Gaiman of Sandman fame.
> They're in PAL format (of course).  I had 'em scan-converted here in LA.
> 
> Mike O'Brien

	And anyway, it's LA. If he ever gets real desperate, there's a 24-hour
Good Guys across from the Beverly Center in the DART square. :-)

JF