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" Yeah, I've shopping around for that myself. "Mark B." wrote in message news:ffOdnRHtKY15a_LbnZ2dnUVZ_oupnZ2d@comcast.com... > 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" wrote in message > news:EK-dnTAPdqVI0vLbnZ2dnUVZ_ruknZ2d@centurytel.net... >> 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" wrote in message >> news:7gfu63h11m1no21ld55cc2eobsbgggd5me@4ax.com... >>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:48:43 -0500, "George Kincaid" >>> 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 >>> analda@nospam.hiwaay.net >> >> > > --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5 * Origin: FidoNet MONTE <--> alt.fan.monty-python (1:379/45) .