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Saluting the 15th Annual Video Store Day + “The Great Tape Swap”

Saluting the 15th Annual Video Store Day + “The Great Tape Swap”

October 18, 2025 | By

To mark the 15th Annual Video Store Day, I’ve recorded a short nostalgia piece – “The Great Tape Swap” + a barbed blog on less than ideal trends in home video, Canada-wise.

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Disaster 101: Skyscraper (2018) + Thoughts on Video Store Day 8 and the Human Touch

Disaster 101: Skyscraper (2018) + Thoughts on Video Store Day 8 and the Human Touch

November 3, 2018 | By

Review of the Dwayne Johnson disaster entry SKYSCRAPER (2018) from Universal + thoughts on Video Store Day 8 and the Human Element that keeps the very creation of Physical Media alive.

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Reflections on Video Store Day V

Reflections on Video Store Day V

October 20, 2015 | By

Editor’s Blog featuring reflections on this past weekend’s Video Store Day, recent media coverage, and what may lie ahead if the concept doesn’t grow.

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Video Store Day V: The Gold Mine of Cable & Pay TV

Video Store Day V: The Gold Mine of Cable & Pay TV

October 12, 2015 | By

Editor’s Blog on Video Store Day V, coming this weekend. In this nostalgia piece, I look at the personal impact of getting cable TV in 1972, and Pay TV around 1986. Included: links to scans of vintage brochures.

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Video Store Day: Correcting the Corrupted

Video Store Day: Correcting the Corrupted

November 1, 2014 | By

In Post #2, I look at one of the gizmos designed to ensure maximum viewing pleasure from rented videotapes: the image stabilizer / aka video corrector / aka videotape stabilizer / that secret black box that could do a little bit more than advertised.

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