DVD/VHS
Does anyone know where to get the DVD/VHS of this movie?
shareIts never been released to dvd to my knowledge. Which sucks especially considering its a copy protected vhs tape: thus, it can't be burnt to a dvd. I started replacing all my vhs tapes a couple years ago with dvds. The ones that were never released on dvd, I transferred over using my dvd recorder. But I wound with about 10 tapes that were never released to dvd that also won't burn for copy protection reasons. This was one of them. Aberration, Horror Show, Strays, Arcade, and Past Perfect were some of the others. The original Class of 1999 is a really odd case. It will burn...for the first 13 minutes or so I think. It always stops at the same place. But anyway, I'm waffling. The point is, I liked this movie and it sucks balls that I have to keep it on vhs because of that rubbish.
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There is a way around that. Those DVD recorders don't work, but you can run your VCR through the A/V input of a DV camera, and import the video into any editing program, like imovie, final cut, power director, etc. Maybe even windows movie maker, although I haven't tried that one.
I did that with several out of print, never-available-on-DVD movies that I love, which are also copy-protected, specifically SubUrbia, Until The End of the World, Cast a Deadly Spell, and Godzilla vs. Biollante (well, to say I "love" that one would be an overstatement, but that one brings back major nostalgia from my childhood).
It's definitely no fun to be afraid to watch an out-of-print tape of a movie you like, for fear that it might get damaged. I don't advocate bootlegging, but provided you actually own the film on VHS, I don't see anything unethical about this.
This was one of them. Aberration, Horror Show, Strays, Arcade, and Past Perfect were some of the others. The original Class of 1999 is a really odd case. It will burn...for the first 13 minutes or so I think. It always stops at the same place.
I happen to own a DVD recorder and my VHS copy of Arcade would transfer to DVD just fine, as do most tapes from Paramount. The only exception that comes to mind would be the original VHS of Wayne's World. And my VHS copy of Class of 1999 would transfer to DVD just fine as well.
As for this film, it wasn't until last week that I found out that Universal was licensing their TV movies to be released on DVD by Timeless Media Group. So maybe this film will see a possible DVD release in the near future. share