MVfan Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 From '84-'89 I was 6 to 11 years old. I didn't watch the show back then, but my older brother did. I remember when he got the cassette tape of the Miami Vice album as a gift, and we listened to it on our "jambox"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted November 12, 2008 Administrators Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 renting a vcr (with movies) every other month or so (on occasion) until 1989. i got a vcr with "batman" (michael keaton) for christmas in 89. thanks god mv was on network--we didn't get cable until 1990! i grew up in the country, ok? At least you didn't get an '8 Track" for Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger390X Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 i've never even heard of beta tape.Ever heard of an 8track? or maybe a 45 rpm record?possibly a 78 LP?There have been many recording formats that have become obsolete..............I can see Blue Ray as the next thing? Who knows?????..................................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJAngel Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I assume you mean me? Yeah I had watched the promos for Vice and just had a feeling that this was something special so I taped right from the beginning. (Hey nothing lost' date=' just tape over it if it stinks!) I've always been a TV junkie so a VCR was a must. I still have all the tapes. I'd never get rid of them, they're like children. Lucky me though, I bought VHS! (Sorry C&B)[/quote']I've got them all on VHS, too, along with a lot of interviews, etc. with Don and some of the others. I bought my first VCR in 1982, and it's the one I used until the mid-90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Ferrariman Posted November 13, 2008 Administrators Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 i've never even heard of beta tape.I was actually surprised to see VHS win the war because of it's bigger, bulkier size. Kind of like an 8 track tape winning out over a cassette. In fact, 8 track Vs. cassette was actually the 1st "format war". When I was in high school way back in 19.... everyone had to have an 8 track. When I bought one of the 1st cassette players for my car they all laughed. 6 months later all my friends were copying their 8 track tapes onto cassettes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger390X Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I bought my first VCR (I was the first guy on the block to actually own one as when you went to the video store to rent a video, you grabbed a huge suitcase to take home the machine) back in 1983 which was an old JVC model that was a toploader. It had a remote....but it was attached to the machine with a long cord (yes kiddies it's true!)That machine cost me almost seven hunderd dollars and you could buy T-120 tapes in packages of three for the outstanding value of 45 dollars for the package!In Canada we had been introduced to Superchannel on cable (very first movie network) and I used to tape movies at 4am and if I didn't like them after viewing them in the evening, I erased them and taped over top again. Unfortunately if there was a movie I liked and wanted to keep, I had to go out and buy more tapes!!! Thank goodness the price of blank tapes came down to a more reasonable 15 dollars for a package.By the way I gave the machine to my x-mother in law many years ago and apparently it STILL WORKS PERFECT to this very day! She doesn't get out much so vhs is still common for her today.Who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 When MV started in Germany in 1986 I was 23 years old and mother of a 2 years old daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceman Cometh Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 All this talk about huge jurassic VHS players and 8-track tapes is getting me nostalgiac. My uncle had one of those huge VCRs with the cable-connected remotes! I didn't get my first VCR til I went to colege in 1990. We bought one for my parents that Christmas.Remember when movies were first released for the home, the list price was usually around $100? That's 1980s dollars, too. Back then it was all about the rental business. Today we can buy a DVD that will last forever (or at least until they stop making machines for it!) for a fraction of that. It's pretty amazing.Anyone remember a fantastic magazine called simply Electronic Games? I used to buy them at the local Kroger. Don't have 'em anymore, and they command pretty impressive prices on ebay these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omaha Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I was 28 when it all began. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted November 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 i'm 28 now :D :dance2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger390X Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 All this talk about huge jurassic VHS players and 8-track tapes is getting me nostalgiac. Today we can buy a DVD that will last forever (or at least until they stop making machines for it!) for a fraction of that. It's pretty amazing.Yes and the DVD sound and picture quality is so much better. I also taped many episodes (not all) of MV but my magnetic tape has lost it's edge...if you know what I mean.The new formats have given the younger generation a chance to view what we experienced first hand! It's nice to see the younger folks on here chatting it up about this series.I especially liked the Halloween thread with the costumes of crocket and Tubbs. So nice to see that the series inspired the younger people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJAngel Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 The Big Six-0I was 36 when MV started in 1984. We lived and breathed Miami Vice for the next 5 years:happy: I'm officially in my sixth decade as of last month I'm still loving it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted November 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 i'll still be watching vice when i'm sixty :)i hope i have a daytona and a scarab/or stinger by then! :)and a memorymoog, for those of you who follow my jan hammer cover threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Let's see...I was 1 when the show debuted in '84, and 5 (nearly 6) when it ended in '89. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lar Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 I was born in early 1986, so it was the second season, I was, what, three when it ended? Needless to say, I was more into Ghostbusters, Batman, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Still, I was always at least 'aware' of MV, though I didn't become a die-hard fan until a few years back (and not because of the movie, thoough that was a happy coincidence). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyIzzy Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Now 34 and was 10 when MV first aired.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc1 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Let's see, I was 24, married and dreaming of an affair that wouldn't kill my marriage. LOLOLIt was the perfect escape, sigh... Been a goner ever since!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocketsgrl Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Wow, ok, I'm a mixture of all the ages in here...lol....I was in my 20's doing the hairspray bottle proud...lmao! Oh and raising a kid too. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarette Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I was 8 in 1984. But in 1986 I was in Miami and got a photo with the Sonnys MVScarab. I was so proud. My dad tried to start up an airline (transport) going from Miami to the Caribbian. But du to the finace crises in 1987-88 it whent to hell.:cry: To bad I wanted to moove. He had a lot of stories from Miami in the 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted November 28, 2008 Administrators Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Cool story. Too bad your dad didn't get a chance to make it work. Maybe he could have been on MV. along with Chalks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricodubs Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Well' date=' nofretz, Beta vs. VHS was the first battle in the home entertainment war. Very similar to HD DVD and Blu-Ray this year. Beta was manufactured by Sony and had superior picture quality. But the tape itself was slightly smaller and not compatible with VHS players.I suppose the biggest reason VHS "won" was because more manufacturers could make the players, while Sony has exclusivity on the Beta. At least, that's how I remember it, but it was 25 years ago![/quote']Right. However, beta would go on to become the standard for the broadcast news industry. So all was not lost on the beta format wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricodubs Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 BTW... I was 23 and working for the local NBC station. I recorded the pilot on good old 3/4 inch video tape and most of the first season eps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivoryjones Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Hi!From April 1986 to April 1993, the period in which the 111 eps were first broadcasted in Brazil (where I live), I was 11-18 years old.I still remember the first time I ever saw MV, it was Calderone's return two parts. It's incredible, I just knew back then that I met something that I would like for a long time (now I know, I'd like forever). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.C Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 at the end of 1984 i celebrated my 5th birthday.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadrian Posted November 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 at the end of 1984 i celebrated my 5th birthday..hey! we're almost the same age! i rarely find a vicer my age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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