There were also metal cylinders you screwed between the incoming cable and the TV to watch PPVs … knew a guy who worked for the cable company that owed me a favor … anyone remember those? Can’t find a photo online … may still have one in my workshop, if so will post pic later.
I never had one of those, but i had a buddy that worked for a cable company and he hook me up with basic cable for 50 bucks. Every once and a while the cable company would come disconnect it, and a week later my buddy would hook it back up. It was a fun little game we played.
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When I first got cable in 1973 it had 9 channels and was $6.95 a month, LOL.
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I also have a pretty nice WWE collection and a bunch of Gladiator Challenge dvds
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I remember when I was a kid and we had cable I could only watch Nickelodeon until like 4pm as soon as 4 hit we didn’t get it anymore. But it would be back on the next morning at like 7 or some shit.
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i have my vhs tapes
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My parent’s tried to block Mtv back in the 80’s, but on those old push button cable boxes my brother’s figured out that if you pushed the 20 button and the 6 at the same time, it would come in.
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I knew I was not delusional! Found one in my workshop with all my electronics and computer parts.
This is what they looked like. When you bought a Pay Per View you had to go to the cable company and pick it up, then return it after. They were programmed for the event, but my friend got me the universal one the cable guys used and it never expired … lifetime PPV! No, it won’t work now … shame!
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I bet that thing saw a lot of titties in cone bras.
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I have the majority of UFCs and Prides on both VHS and DVDs up until the end of Pride.
Also a bunch of smaller shows mixed in like IFC, Gladiator Challenge, KOTC, Rings, Pancrase, etc.
And I’m about to chuck all of them…sadly.
Everything is online now though.
Well… most of it.
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Cable “traps”, it’s what the cable guys used to put in the boxes outside. I worked for a place that made them a long time ago, worked in the part that injected foam into them to protect from the elements after they were built and configured. Similar to this, but on the back side there were 4 holes that we filed with the expanding foam.
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I never knew what was in it. Just screwed one end onto the TV and the coax on to the other and somehow it worked.
I had hundreds of tapes and chucked them, moved recently and found that I had a bunch I hadn’t thrown out, made a post. Threw the rest out.
https://og.discourse.group/t/just-found-some-old-vhs-fight-tapes/1499/38?u=braf_zachland
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After they were assembled they would go to the “tuning” department that would set them through the little holes to a certain frequency or something. Was my first full time job right out of high school
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My gf said the same thing about my film collection “everything is online”
The Internet in our area was down for a few days
Plus you never really own anything that’s online
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I agree.
But at this point they’re just taking up too much room.
I have to prioritize.
Goodwill doesn’t even want the VHSs.
It’s sad … but life goes on.
I am keeping some of the better DVDs for sure.
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Work something out with Jimmy.
got a few in my attic
I have all the original super brawls and the felony fights.
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Save your tapes and DVDs! They are precious artifacts!
@Jimmy-Coconuts is a saint.
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