1) Put your VHS copy of your chosen Republic Home Video VHS release -- all of which are the highest quality versions ever released of those titles -- into your VCR. (If you need a Republic Home Video serial VHS tape, buy it from eBay or half.com or another used videotape vendor).
2) Connect the video and audio outputs of the VCR to your DVD recorder. (If you don't have a DVD recorder, go get one at Circuit City, Target or Best Buy; their prices are dropping every month.)
3) Hit RECORD, then STOP when the chapter's over.
4) Repeat step 3 for each additional chapter till the serial is complete.
Most serials will fit on 2 blank DVDs at SP speed; sometimes it's necessary to record a few chapters at LP if you are working with a longer or 15 chapter serial.
You will then own a DVD copy of something just as good as those being currently offered for 20 or 30 dollars online which were made from exactly the same master -- a Republic Pictures Home Video VHS tape or laserdisc, done it completely legally, and saved money too.
You can do the same thing for yourself -- also completely legally -- with any other Republic VHS or laserdisc release. And the results will be just as good as what those who are offering DVDs online would deliver to you. Because they are making their DVDs the same way.
Yes, I assure you, without exception, EVERY release of MYSTERIOUS DOCTOR SATAN or SPY SMASHER or G-MEN VS. THE BLACK DRAGON or KING OF THE TEXAS RANGERS or THE CRIMSON GHOST you see offered by anyone on DVD, on any website, or anywhere else, has been made the same way -- from the same VHS or laserdisc copy that you probably already own. "Digitally remastered" = baloney in the case of all those Republic serial DVDs people are hawking at $30 a pop. They'd like to part you with your hard-earned cash for something you could have created yourself for about 40 cents if you already owned your own Republic Pictures Home Video copy of what they're trying to sell you.
If you want to save money and not support bootleg DVD sales at the same time, you can do just that. Even if you have to buy an original VHS copy at half.com for $10, you've saved $20 from the price of that bootleg they want to sell you. Is it really worth $20 just to get that DVD cover?
Remember, also, the more legitimate the serial-buying community looks, the more likely it will be that we will see legitimate releases of so-far-unseen serials come from the studios.
Happy recording!
2) Connect the video and audio outputs of the VCR to your DVD recorder. (If you don't have a DVD recorder, go get one at Circuit City, Target or Best Buy; their prices are dropping every month.)
3) Hit RECORD, then STOP when the chapter's over.
4) Repeat step 3 for each additional chapter till the serial is complete.
Most serials will fit on 2 blank DVDs at SP speed; sometimes it's necessary to record a few chapters at LP if you are working with a longer or 15 chapter serial.
You will then own a DVD copy of something just as good as those being currently offered for 20 or 30 dollars online which were made from exactly the same master -- a Republic Pictures Home Video VHS tape or laserdisc, done it completely legally, and saved money too.
You can do the same thing for yourself -- also completely legally -- with any other Republic VHS or laserdisc release. And the results will be just as good as what those who are offering DVDs online would deliver to you. Because they are making their DVDs the same way.
Yes, I assure you, without exception, EVERY release of MYSTERIOUS DOCTOR SATAN or SPY SMASHER or G-MEN VS. THE BLACK DRAGON or KING OF THE TEXAS RANGERS or THE CRIMSON GHOST you see offered by anyone on DVD, on any website, or anywhere else, has been made the same way -- from the same VHS or laserdisc copy that you probably already own. "Digitally remastered" = baloney in the case of all those Republic serial DVDs people are hawking at $30 a pop. They'd like to part you with your hard-earned cash for something you could have created yourself for about 40 cents if you already owned your own Republic Pictures Home Video copy of what they're trying to sell you.
If you want to save money and not support bootleg DVD sales at the same time, you can do just that. Even if you have to buy an original VHS copy at half.com for $10, you've saved $20 from the price of that bootleg they want to sell you. Is it really worth $20 just to get that DVD cover?
Remember, also, the more legitimate the serial-buying community looks, the more likely it will be that we will see legitimate releases of so-far-unseen serials come from the studios.
Happy recording!
