Scenic Railway TV documentary on Monday!

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Postby porterm » 18 Sep 2006, 19:46

Troy,

Thanks so much for posting that on google as my highly "trustworthy" Philips DVD recorder managed to just erase a complete blank Philips disc I attempted to use. So much for modern technology! (tape, anyone?)

I feel like throwing the thing out the window. Strangely, the machine doesn't seem to like its own branded discs. (The cheap ones I bought in Lidl seem a lot more effective). Shame I chose to stick that Philips disc in today.

Anyone know if C4 are repeating that show?

I thought it was very well presented. Would have been greater if the park season had not ended so prematurely. Such is life I guess.

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Postby marky.com » 18 Sep 2006, 20:51

Many thanks for uploading that. Interesting video.

Shame about the negative ending. . .

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Postby Jim Douglas Jr. » 18 Sep 2006, 22:42

They are to be commended for the lovely story and the flattering camera work of the Margate seafront.
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Postby troy » 19 Sep 2006, 10:19

Martin

I thought to myself, when you said you had set your DVD to record it, that'll never happen !

I have learnt from experience that the automatic recording timing function on any Video/DVD only works with programmes that you're not that bothered about or the wife wants recording. With anything you can't miss, or important, they never work. It's a fact of life.

Octron DVD-RW from Lidl rock. You may laugh but I recorded it on one ! Used Windows Movie Maker (shipped with XP if you look in your computer hard enough) to compress it to a reasonable size and then just uploaded to Google. I was quite pleased with the finished quality as it was the first time I'd attemted it.

Mainly it was for Stateside Jims benefit. If you want the original you are more than welcome to it. PM me with your address and I'll pop it in the post.

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Postby Jim Douglas Jr. » 20 Sep 2006, 07:48

...and I appreciate it! It was a really great piece.
Thanks for the effort. I'm not that computer savy.
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Postby Lou » 23 Sep 2006, 14:50

Thanks Troy, I was at work and would have missed it if it wasn't for you. It was great.
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Postby Tony P » 24 Sep 2006, 19:27

Hi Troy,

Thanks for your efforts. I've just watched the film :P

Excellent publicity and pretty good for a short film. Shame that it wasn't on during peak time viewing :(

Anyhow thanks again - well worth your time and effort.

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Postby EAS » 01 Oct 2006, 11:06

I think that leaving it up for while would be very useful - with links posted on other sites.

Thanks for that - what a great programme!

Myabe should be available at a click from the Homepage?
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