[TheForge] Abana Tape rentals

Wed Dec 3 16:54:01 2003

I agree that the tape rental fee is cheap, especially compared to the cost 
of attending a conference,  or trying to learn at home without 
a  teacher.   I have found that the blacksmithing tapes that are most 
important to me, are the conferences that I attended and watched the 
demonstration.

I read the problem that Roger Degner had with the UMBA  blacksmith tapes to 
DVDs.   He reported a problem with   DVD+  vs DVD -  format.  Roger ( 
again) turned a light switch on for me.  Like  learning to play Poker,   I 
understand more quickly when it costs me  money.    This  past 
Fall,   I  got a "factory reconditioned"  DVD + writer and burned a few 
dvd's from old VCR tape.   Store bought video DVDs  seem to work fine with 
all the DVD players.. However,  my home made   DVDs worked fine on the 
computer's  DVD, but   didn't work at all on the TV Set's  DVD.

At the Thanksgivings day sale,  my son  bought  a DVD player  that would 
play /  would work for either DVD + RW and / or   DVD - RW  formats.  My 
home made "dud"  DVD's worked just fine on his DVD player. .  I tried to 
read up on the difference, but gave up, and figured it was something like 
turning the right key  for the right car's ignition system.  One works, one 
doesn't.   The prices are falling, so more of us will be switching to DVD's

Someone on the rope list said that  he would be making rope out of all his 
old VCR tape.  I am quite a ways off from doing that.

Dann

At 09:39 PM 10/30/2003, you wrote:
>Mata, thanks for the positive spin. I wholeheartedly agree.
>If someone picks up even one idea that is going to make them
>thousands of dollars or save them lots of time or help keep them
>safe, then it's worth the price.
>dave m
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mata Iaia" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 6:47 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] Abana Tape rentals
>
> > I just finished viewing a great group of tapes,Albert Paley, and Ralph
> > Clifton.  For ten bucks I consider it a great deal.
> >
> > When I joined ABANA it was expressly to have access to the video library.
> > Not all of the tapes have been great or of movie quality, some even are
> > painfully difficult to watch because they are so "home made".
> >
> > However, that said, the reason I watched was to glean a piece of
>information
> > or technique that I would never see or find anywhere else.  I consider the
> > resource a real treasure.
> >
> > Mata
> >
>
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