Remembering the good ol' days (old timers)

[Supreme2k]

I grabbed these posts from a less than positive thread so that others may join in on a more positive note.

Open question: Without the intention of threadjacking... what would be the definition of an "elder" in terms of time? (not in terms of knowledge, most people in this forum knows who-knows-what around here).

I would say if you've ever logged into vcdhelp.com you'd be an elder...

I got here during the DVDhelp era, does that count. Probaly not many around from VCDhelp days.

Ah yes, those were the good old days. Back then DVD burners were ridiculously expensive so (x)VCDs were a much better option.

Even back then cd burners were pretty pricey

I fondly remember vcdhelp.com....
I was a regular lurker back then. Never actually joined the forums here until the videohelp days though.

thecoalman and Noahtuck : Yep, 'yer elders... Guess I thought videohelp.com was around longer.

If i remember correctly, vcdhelp, or whatever it was called back then, started in 2000 ?

I don't recall - suppose Baldrick would have to post a brief history...

I recall finding VideoHelp in about 2000 and lurked for a couple of years before joining. It was the first forum I joined...

I think that I joined back when it was cuniformhelp.com

Ah yes, those was the good old days...
What ever happen to "Stinky" ???
I know "Next" is still hanging around in the the DVR forum...

I just checked my old IE Favorite link. It still points to VCDHelp.com.

When I joined, it was still vcdhelp, and just starting with the dvdhelp redirect.
I guess now we wait and see whether it will be HDhelp or BluRayhelp next

[gadgetguy]

I guess now we wait and see whether it will be HDhelp or BluRayhelp next

Naw, those are still covered under Video. Now, when holographic projection comes on the scene...

[Heywould3]

i joined back in the days of vcdhelp. as a matter a fact if im on a strange computer i still type www.vcdhelp.com in to come here..i was here durring the redwing club era. if you know what and who im talking about then you are an elder for sure .AND i joined at a time that there was a sponsor that sold VCD/SVCD and i actually still heve the starwars set on vcd from that era.. i cant remember the name now. it started with an E but i use to send friends there. i got the full SW tril for 10 bux on pressed vcd lol.. bet yoda aint got that :P

[SquirrelDip]

Careful getting into a pissing contest with yoda. I hear the force is strong with that one...

[yoda313]

somebody call????

[Heywould3]

i dont think saying i had something starwars is a pissing contest.. it was bragging.

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

I posted this on the other thread without knowing this one was opened, good idea S2K... lots of memories to share.

I was here since vcdhelp.com!, lurked for a couple of years then I finally registered....

... I still have some of my first vcd's!!!

Yep, those were the good ol' days!

I can't believe I have at least 7 years here... 5 of them "officially" registered.

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

BTW:

I grabbed these posts from a less than positive thread so that others may join in on a more positive note.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

I too still have some of my early VCDs!
I swore by Prassi!!!

[stiltman]

Yep, I joined back when it was vcdhelp too.
I lurked for a couple of years before joining.
After joining I became a post whore.

[gadgetguy]

I didn't make any posts for about a year after joining. I spent most of my time reading, experimenting, and learning. Eventually I felt I knew enough to attempt to help others and started posting. It was quite some time later that I "discovered" Off-Line and the wonderful participants therein.

[yoda313]

I didn't make any posts for about a year after joining. I spent most of my time reading, experimenting, and learning. Eventually I felt I knew enough to attempt to help others and started posting. It was quite some time later that I "discovered" Off-Line and the wonderful participants therein.

"offline"????

Don't you mean OFF TOPIC?????

[gadgetguy]

Yes, Off-Topic. Don't know where my head was when I posted that.

[Midzuki]

gadgetguy wrote:

Don't know where my head was when I posted that.

Off-line, I presume.

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[Heywould3]

I didn't make any posts for about a year after joining. I spent most of my time reading, experimenting, and learning. Eventually I felt I knew enough to attempt to help others and started posting. It was quite some time later that I "discovered" Off-Line and the wonderful participants therein.

"offline"????

Don't you mean OFF TOPIC?????

I was confused for a sec to. i thought maybe it was a joke about offline the mod or somthin

[Garibaldi]

I remember the good old days as well, though I'm not quite an old member as some of us!

[stiltman]

I'm so old, I can't remember the good ole days anymore

[Bodyslide]

Did we just start this forum.....

[rhegedus]

i joined back in the days of vcdhelp. as a matter a fact if im on a strange computer i still type www.vcdhelp.com in to come here..i was here durring the redwing club era. if you know what and who im talking about then you are an elder for sure

Yep, me too.

Remember when the OTPostWhore club was founded - "will post for food"? OT used to be fun back then - Capmaster, Jeex, Gmatov, defense, Will Hay to name but a few who used to post but no longer do.

Anyone remember Jeex's story of getting the teller arrested when tried to buy a pack of smokes?

[Bodyslide]

Some of the old Posts are classic comedies....

[SquirrelDip]

Some of the old Posts are classic comedies....

They certainly were...

[Garibaldi]

Some of the old Posts are classic comedies....

Indeed!

[gll99]

Oh yes. I had a DVD rom then and had bought a 6x cd burner just before Christmas for about $300. Lurked for many months and then finally took the plunge and joined up.

Remember the KVCD phase?

Everyone was trying to squeeze the most onto a vcd. In the pre-CSS hack world, we used player emulation type extractors and smoothed the sh!t out of the video to get it to fit on one disc. How many times did someone type in the topic title: "Please Help!!!!" and the topic was: My video is too big, how can I fit an 800mb vcd on a 700mb cd disc? It doesn't make sense?

[tenders]

thank god those old days are over

[MackemX]

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic183533.html

LMAO

Seems like kind of a rip-off for what is basically a front-end. I would be more willing to pay for it if it wasn't just leeching off other products that are free. I hope the author is kicking a few bucks over to Derrow.

and so many more comments :P

and you were actually quite polite at the end

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic183533-60.html#686839

and again I urge people to withhold their judgment until they see the program or read a review. At the minute there is no demo but there may be one in the future but if I am allowed and it is within forum rules, I have no problem donating a few copies to people for their own pleasure in the mean time

Count me among the people willing to test/review your product. I am a bit more intrigued.

Since my first post, I've noticed that there has been MUCH more content added to your page. I had not noticed the forum link before (was it always there?) Companies often charge for add-ons to programs that they didn't write (plug ins for Photoshop, Premier, etc.), so I suppose charging for a front-end isn't out of the question. The only thing is that I'll have to "wait and see" since there's no demo.

Good luck with your program. My only suggestion about feedback is to not respond to every single comment. For some of the more redundant/insulting ones you may want to create a form letter ("Dear sir, thank you for your interest in DVD Stripper. While we value your opinion, go to hell.") If you wait and let the flood subside, you may actually start seeing constructive criticism.

p.s. IIRC you were my number 1 DS fan weren't you? :P

[disturbed1]

I've been here quite a long time. Don't post much, just lost interested in posting mostly the same answers to the same questions. But I visit usually a few times a day.

Still have quite a few (S)VCD. I don't plan on ever getting rid of them. Took forever to process with my Pentium 200 PRO .

Remember first seeing an actual link to the site while reading a news group, which this site was quite found of back in the day with the different rar and par tutitorals available. Even found links to certain vcd quality sites, and iso news sites.

Those were the good 'ol days, paying $802 for a Pioneer DVR-A03 and ~$20 each for some TDK blank DVDs. I still have the very first DVD Video I ever authored on the Pioneer Disc that came with the drive. It is Scenes from a Bar starring Kobe Tai :P captured from VHS with a Pinnacle DC10. Even have some of the elcheapo Princos I used for software and data backup from mid 2001. Hard to believe the Princos have lasted but every single Ritek G03 has expired

[Webster]

Even have some of the elcheapo Princos I used for software and data backup from mid 2001. Hard to believe the Princos have lasted but every single Ritek G03 has expired

Same here.......
Those 1X elcheapo Princos cost me $2.00 each, and that was when they were on sale...

a Pioneer DVR-A03

Got one of those too. I didn't pay as much as you did. I think I paid around $400.00
Then I got the A04 for around $250.00 and was thinking that it is really cheap for a burner...

[SquirrelDip]

The first CD burner I had cost about $250 (Wearnes - anyone else everheard of them?). It was a 2x burner and blanks were about $8 each...

[rhegedus]

Remember the first dual format (+R/-R) DVD writer - the Sony DRU-500? This board was practically on fire with the expectation of its release. I paid £280 (approx $560) for one five years ago.

It's gathering dust on the shelf now...

[tenders]

Remember the first dual format (+R/-R) DVD writer - the Sony DRU-500? This board was practically on fire with the expectation of its release. I paid £280 (approx $560) for one five years ago.

It's gathering dust on the shelf now...

you must be alot younger than me lol...i couldn't even remember my phone number today....