Exactly why someone as VHS-phobic as myself has to go the damn bootlegger route on occasion.
I'd much rather have the official DVD version of course.
There's been a few cases where once a good DVD release comes out, I've immediately bought it and then snapped the abysmal VHS rip DVD. One that comes to mind was the decent release of Iguana With Tongue Of Fire. The VHS rip of that was dire... it looked like two different greek VHS recordings spliced together... with the last half of the film being a good deal better than the first.
I've always said that if I ever win the lottery, I would attempt to get these films released properly... looking better than ever. It was a revelation once I saw that Shameless are attempting to do just that.
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