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This was during an era where VHS was standard and DVD's were just brand new at the time (before streaming sites existed). Chains like Blockbuster were booming back then with people renting movies or even TV shows for a fee but have to return them by an expected date, what happens is that in order to "keep" a copy, people would use a PC with disc burning software to burn the contents from that DVD onto a blank one.

Know those blank white DVDs? Basically those were used on storing a "pirated" disc for themselves before returning the rented copy back at the video rental store. When I was a kid, I remember encountering what clearly a pirated copy of The Prince of Egypt (so who ever pirated it kept the rented copy) since the disc art is crappy & low quality (it's been printed then glued onto a blank DVD used for copying upon peeling it off).

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I mainly remember my aunt taping marathons and stuff off live TV (trying NOT to record the commercials by pausing the recording during them)

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 points 12 hours ago

Yup. Recording TV shows and movies aired on TV was far more common than copying tapes. No copy protection to worry about (although there were some attempts to prevent fast-forwarding over ad segments, IIRC) and you only needed a single tape mechanism instead of two.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

free preview hbo was my jam; recorded black sheep and tommy boy; and our tv was one where you had to record it at max level and the vcr would record all of the on screen stuff from the cable box. so i was absolutely meticulous NOT to touch the remote while recording.

sigh. i wish i still had all the tapes i recorded now.