Listings By File / Network

By Network

CBS - cbs.htm

Cartoon Network - cartoon.htm

Comedy Central - comedy.htm

FOX - fox.htm

HBO - hbo.htm

MTV - mtv.htm

NBC - nbc.htm

Nickelodeon - nick.htm

SciFi Channel - scifi.htm

USA Network - usa.htm

UPN - upn.htm

Warner Brothers - wb.htm

Special Files

tapes.htm - Currently used tape names

album.htm - tapes, records, CDs, and CDR-mixes I own

atari.htm - Atari cartridges/hiscores

comics.htm - comic books I own

movies.htm - movies

misc.htm - clip, specials/limited series, and misc shows

music.htm - music, music videos, concerts, and the like

misctape.htm - psychedelia, bought cartoons

japan.htm - Japanese animation

england.htm - show from England

TV Shows That Have Their Own File

Beavis & Butt-head - b&b.htm

Garfield & Friends - garfield.htm

    *** COMMONS: ***
-   cross-reference or alias/duplicate entry
+   info not updated on actual tape (this is procrastination)
?   episode number unknown
2   2nd generation copy
3   3rd generation copy
4   4th generation copy

    *** NOT-AS-COMMONS: ***
C   known clip show
o   mono, nohifi, 2-head vcr recording from an old-school VHS VCR
@   old-school/pilot/special introductory episode
d   director's cut
s   subtitled

    *** 2 CHARACTER TAGS: ***
bw  black-and-white show
3D  three-dimensional (with glasses)

    *** RARELY USED: ***
!!  I make a personal appearance IN the video
VT  Virginia Tech original programming
*   tape unknown
%   partial episode
F   video in foreign language with no translation
A      animated episode of a series that is usually live
L   live action episode of a series that is usually animated
M       musical episode of a series that is usually not a musical
$   illogical grouping of episodes or other unexplainable anomaly

What's new?

I also recently converted all of my beta tapes to VHS (Easter break, 1996 or 1997). Was that a pain!

NEW SHOWS:
I am (still) in the slow, painstaking process of extracting all The Original Simpsons Shorts from The Tracy Ullman Show on Comedy Central. In the summer of 97, I've come back home to a cable system that has Cartoon Network. Thus, I've been taping MANY, MANY episodes of 2 Stupid Dogs, Popeye The Sailor, The Pirates Of Darkwater, and The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest.

I've also been working on taping the new seasons of Daria and Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, among other things.

A word about my catalogue...

Some things in this catalog may not make sense, but my personal purpose for having this catalog is so that I can say to myself, "I want to watch this episode now," look it up, and instantly know which tape it's on. Makes life a lot easier than looking through hundreds of tapes manually. And NO, I don't have to log on to watch tv. These files are all on my laptop, and get updated when I feel like it. That's why the typical format is ASCII masquerading as HTML. These files have to look good in 80x25 text mode.

Lifetime Video Goal

I eventually plan to get a DVD-burner, or whatever, and convert all of this to DVD! *

• When 200-disc CD-changer technology and DVD-ROM technology merge together (as they invariably must) (update: a few years after writing this, I already have 1 friend with a 200-disc DVD changer), I will be able to have my entire video catalog online and ready to be played. Any show, any time, instantly. (update: I think I would need closer to 1,000 DVDs, so I will probably wait for the next big super-storage technology to be developed before diong this)
• Physically, the DVDs will take up less space. And I will always have a VHS "tape backup" of my data that is more useful and accessible than most proprietary tape backups used to backup actual data (ie Colorado Tape Backup systems DC-2120 tapes)
• My library will be more compact, because I will only burn the best copy of a show that has been taped multiple times.
• It will be easier to copy shows.
  • lossless copying -- since it is digital there will not be degredations in audiovisual quality (update: must break Hollywood's moneymaking copy-protection scehemes)
  • easier to create one disc with many episodes of one show (ie a set of Simpsons DVDs) -- random access benefits are nice.
• It will be easier to watch shows.
  • quicker to watch
  • random access -- no rewinding to find the show
  • no fast-forwarding through commercials -- it would be be easy to define index points for the purpose of automatic fast-forwarding, and there may already be automated mechnisms implemented by this time in the future. I already have a VCR that analyzes video and automatically fast forwards through commercials during playback. Very high success rate too. And with the computer, it'd be easier to re-index the few times a commercial is incorrectly flagged.
• There's got to be other reasons too. They might not even exist yet given today's technology. It's just TOO GOOD of an idea! Imagine being able to watch any program you've ever enjoyed, instantly, with no wait, and no degradation (digital vs analog).

* (a note on copyright violations: an act passed in 1985 made it legal to sell videos you taped off of tv, so long as the fee is basically just a copying fee. the act stated that you bought the program when you paid for your cable, therefore you are not stealing it. not that i have any need to do this, but this is amerika and disclaimers are a neccesary evil for the most litiguous society on the planet)


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