Subj : Re: Rebroadcasts of Flying Circus are in bad shape.
To   : Mark B.
From : George Kincaid
Date : Wed Jun 13 2007 10:13 am

From: "George Kincaid" <[email protected]>

Yeah, I've shopping around for that myself. "Mark B." <[email protected]>
wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hell, I just went ahead and got the 16 ton set from a guy on eBay for
> under thirty bucks...Well worth it...
>
> "George Kincaid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Our reception here sometimes isn't very good, either. It does look like
>> they're running faded old tapes, which is a shame. I live in a college
>> town, and I'm trying to make young converts to the cause. I first
>> remember seeing MP on PBS as a kid in the 70s, and the picture and sound
>> quality were better, as I recall.
>> "Analda Anglin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:48:43 -0500, "George Kincaid"
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The two PBS stations I get on cable have been running old episodes on
>>>>Sunday
>>>>nights. I wonder if they're stilling using old tapes from the '70s. A
>>>>few
>>>>are almost completely faded out. Has anybody else had this problem? Or
>>>>are
>>>>my two PBS stations run by cheap utter filthy swine? Or is it perhaps
>>>>some
>>>>sort of conspiracy?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Our PBS station has been running old episodes occasionally.  They
>>> weren't DVD quality but I don't remember them being as bad as you
>>> described.
>>>
>>> Analda aka Sergeant of the FAQ
>>> [email protected]
>>
>>
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