Looking for a DVD "John Hudson Gearbox Strip"

I believe these were available, but only in VHS format.  I stand to be corrected.    

I have the vhs format video in my library- I seem to recall when purchased from NOC years ago there was an option for the format ...

VHS as common for USA and another that was common elsewhere- perhaps Europe/ UK ? I may be wrong and perhaps others can confirm / deny this somewhat foggy memory.

I am not sure if this will help.  If it does they are cheap and simple to use.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264944063693?hash=item3dafe594cd:g:S~IAAOSw1GBfthD9

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I have a Panasonic VHS/DVD player/recorder which will copy VHS to DVD and vice versa.  Obviously I would need an original VHS tape to do it.  The quality will only be as good as the original tape, so second generation tapes would not be much good.

I was hoping to get the gearbox video myself so if anyone has one and wants a DVD version I would be happy to do it for free, just to get a copy for myself.

I have no idea who owns the Copyright though, so this idea maybe dead-in-the-water!

If the club nominated one person who could rattle out individual copies on a PC DVD burner once a payment to the club had been confirmed, then all these DVD's could be made available. No need for 100's of copies to be bought by the club and sit on a shelf. 

I have a Blu ray burner too and original PAL DVD's of Mick Hemmings Engine and Gearbox rebuilds. So no VHS needed for those two, just need a copy of John Hudson's DVD.

Good news that the club shop is looking to produce this DVD again. I will definitely get one, as I have a fully dismantled box courtesy of another member, and its a few decades since I last played with these internals. Without having checked before, I assumed the club could knock these out almost on demand. Thanks to all on this thread, and the club shop. 

Surely in this age of solid state memory in laptops etc this John Hudson program could be loaded into an 8mb stick?  My TV happily runs films loaded on such devices.

Can't we just run them in the cloud?

I bought this one - no complaints from me. 

Kevin. does the DVD play ok? I see the shop is showing no stock again.

An out of balance DVD will not play well and if a sticker comes off inside the drive the mess may affect the drive permanently. I would take the stickers off and use an indelible felt tip to gently write the title. 

I bought the Mick Hemmings DVD for stripping the gearbox. It's very informative and quite a recent recording. To be honest, does there need to be more than one DVD showing how to do the same thing?

That it's John Hudson is enough justification to keep it available.

In spite of the many comments there is still no solution to the continuous supply of DVDs.  The one with the stickers is very poor show.  Never put stickers on DVDs or CDs, except the type designed for labelling.  My printer prints on discs so that is safer.  The heat from the player/recorder can loosen the stickers, like the one shown.  This can cause no end of problems in the player, so they should be completely removed before use.

Once someone has a DVD they can make a digital copy on whatever media they have available.  This is how the Club Shop could provide them.

I have offered to copy VHS onto DVD.  I could also do BluRay, but there's not much point as DVD is the most common format for most people.  The copy will only be as good as the original, no better on BluRay which has the disadvantage of more expensive discs, but at least digital copies will not degrade regardless of how many generations removed they are - unlike VHS tapes which degrade with each copy.

I will reiterate that, if someone can lend me a VHS tape, I can provide DVD copies.  With a printed face if required.

The John Hudson Gearbox Strip which was originally only available as a VHS video and that Ian Somerville had a few copies made when he ran Merchandise is now available in the NOC Shop as a DVD in PAL and NTSC format.

A straight-to-DVD copy from an original 1st generation VHS tape should give a good quality digital image, but I suspect that maybe that didn't happen as the tape needed an intermediate stage to get to digital.  This is why I said that my Panasonic VHS/DVD recorder/copier would give a good digital copy - provided that the tape was a 1st generation.  

If anyone has a good, original VHS tape I would be happy to copy it onto DVDs and other digital media.  Once it is on digital media, all copies will be as good as the original, unlike tape-to-tape copying.

Hi Lionel,  I have orriginal VHS tapes which Have only been played once or twice . VHS machine went Kaput  so been unable to play for many years .Would be pleased to be able to play again on DVD.