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FEBRUARY 15, 2012
D.C. Inches Closer to 21st Century
First of all, I want to say that I am still closed until at least the summer. There, that's out of the way. Now for the real update.
Upon recent acquisition of a DVD recorder (yes yes, what what) (boo hiss), I have begun transferring my collection to DVD. Starting with my oldest stuff (tapes acquired via trade are not high on my priority list), there are going to be some new episodes of stuff popping up in my collection. (Don't expect much and it's mostly Nickelodeon stuff.) I'll add them as I run across them and probably won't be using the "New Things" section because I'm lazy. I'll still highlight them in orange, though. As another preemptive strike, do not ask me when I'm going to give away my tapes. As I stated earlier, the tapes I got in trades are not on the front burner and I'm not parting with my tapes that are 20 years old or better. Call me a sentimental fool, call me an outright fool, that's the way it is.
Also, I'm leaving on this page last update's Shameless Plug. If you would like to read my semi-coherent ramblings from everything from bowling to politics to baseball to insomnia, follow me on Twitter. (This Shameless Plug™ was brought to you by D.C. Lundberg's Twitter Feed. Bringing you utterly useless and sometimes garbled verbiage since August, 2011.)
AND NOW FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!:
All shows that begin with the word "the" will be catalouged by the second word. Therefore, The Joker's Wild will be found under "J" & The Price is Right will be found under "P." Also, any show beginning with a dollar amount will be found under the first word after that. Therefore, all versions of Pyramid will be found under the letter "P."
Also, there's a tag at the end of each episode description for your edification; you don't need to send it along with your want list. There are a few different parts that I'll decode it for you now.
PART ONE: (Source):
PART TWO: (Commercials):
PART THREE: (Video Quality):
Here are some examples:
[OB?, Yes, VQ=B+] That means that it might be an original broadcast, has commercials, and the video is of B+ quality.
[GSN, No, VQ=A] This means that it's from Game Show Network, doesn't have commercials, and is of the best video quality I have. Simple, simple stuff.
And now, on with the trades!
Go to
dc-lundberg.net
TRADE STATUS:
As of July 26th
THE COLLECTION STANDS AT:
Below are a list of all of the abreviations of the various sources. It kind of looks like the Wall Street from Hell.
OB: Original broadcast
OB?: Possibly an original broadcast
RPT: Repeat broadacst from original network
SM: Studio master copy
GSN: Taped from Game Show Network pre March 15, 2004
BSN: Taped from GSN post March 15, 2004 (with the very intrusive credit crunch; that's why I differenciate)
GAS: Taped from Nickelodeon Games & Sports
USA: Taped from USA (DUH!)
NCK: Taped from Nickelodeon or Nick at Nite
ESN: Taped from ESPN
EN2: Taped from ESPN2
ENC: Taped from ESPN Classic
ENN: Taped from ESPNews
MTV: Taped from MTV
FAM: Taped from The Family Channel
TNT: Taped from TNT
G4: Taped from G4
WB: Taped from WB
TBS: Taped from TBS Superstation
TVL: Taped from TV Land
GDL: Taped from GoodLife TV Network
CBN: Taped from Christian Broadcasting Network
ION: Taped from Ion Television Network
NKT: Taped from Nicktoons Network
OD: Taped from On Demand
N: Taped from the N
BET: Taped from Black Entertainment Television
NGN: Taped from Noggin
GTV: Taped from GameTV (Canadian channel)
JET: Taped from Japan Entertainment Television (Taiwanese channel)
Either "Yes," "No," or "Some." For shows taped from Nickelodeon Games and Sports, this part will refer to network inserts that they ran in lieu of commercials.
All shows are assessed on a basic letter grade system, ranging from A (prestine) to F (forget it) and it looks something... like this:
VQ=? A low grade could be anything from TV snow, ghosts or shadows, jumpy or glitchy picture, bluriness, or just plain suckiness. Also, it's an estimation. No qualtiy grading system is perfect and all grades are subject to change at any time, but nothing will change from B+ to D+ or vice versa unless I get a better quality version of a given show.
