It can run into massive amounts of tapes, though. Someone suggested that since we are unlikely to ever get DVD's of the whole series and Columbia House stopped their tapes of Lois and Clark, we might be well advised to start taping to preserve the episodes. You can get 2 episodes on standard play on a tape. That will mean a total of 88 tapes, which is a large investment. On standard long play you can get 6 (don't buy the 8 hour tapes if you want to keep anything, they don't last as well). So that would be 30 tapes.
I taped the original ABC run, which sometimes did not have a great picture because it was on a broadcast network. Cable is usually a better picture and TBS has been good. Except for the day of "Green Green Glow of Home."
Have fun!
Artemis
