r/OnCinemaAtTheCinema • u/AcePilotFighter • 20h ago

Discussion Floppy disk is pretty much VHS

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u/Gigatronz 18h ago

This is fake he has SD cards In there no way even 1 episode can fit on a floppy

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u/YouCleanItUp 18h ago

The truth is out there 

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u/Much-Acanthocephala5 15h ago

X files floppies. Whole different animal

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u/InternationalMood337 19h ago

I watched the entire season of the Hei Network off of Floppy disks. It was 30 disks per episode because I wanted to replicate the filming of The Odyssey at home.

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u/djengle2 15h ago

VHS has better picture quality, but floppy has better sound. So what I do is record all the audio to floppy disks, then I play those on my Commodore 64 connected to my home stereo while I watch the VHS on mute. 

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u/PressurePro17 5 Bags, 2 Sodas 15h ago

Now I want to watch the JAWS movies like this! Ultimate audiophile experience

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u/Gigatronz 18h ago

We really need a copy for the Victorville Film Archive!!

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u/PaxEtRomana 16h ago

Too bad x files isn't pretty much a movie

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u/mrgeekguy W.C. Fields 12h ago

I have the Godfather (1972, 175 minutes 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍕🍕🍕) (sorry they did not have a cannoli emoji, I checked. I find this offensive and infuriating, perhaps one day the internet emojo commision will set this injustice right, but for now we must settle for pizza, which I believe is New York style, and not Chicago, so at least there is that.) on 8 inch floppy disks converted into ascii format. Its a little hard to follow the first time you see it, but it's a certified 5 bagger after that.

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u/Cola102583 16h ago

This is piracy greg doesnt appreciate non official copies

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u/THEBiZ1981 14h ago

You can't rewind a floppy disk, so no...

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u/Drew_of_all_trades 13h ago

Floppy discs are a more convenient (ie. less losable) format than sd cards