Obsolecence (Was RE: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube)

From: J.C. Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Mon Sep 9 08:40:00 2002

        "I guess they are trying to force users to switch to DVD."

        You make it sound like a conspiracy. It's a simple matter of economics.
Every time you play a VHS cassette, you degrade it. DVD does not inherently
suffer from this, unless you mishandled a DVD. DVDs take less space, in a
vertical spine-out display configuration. DVDs do not need to be rewound.
DVDs have a better picture. DVDs have better sound.

        In fact, the *only* disadvantage that DVD has as a medium is that unlike
VHS, it's not readily recordable.

        If I were a video rental store, I'd be dumping miserable VHS cassettes as
fast as I could. Let the antique shops rent them. The DVD market now
represents a rather large percentage of the rental market, since a
reasonable DVD player is as cheap as a mid-range VHS deck.

        --John

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Feldman, Robert
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 09:21
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Subject: OT: Obsolecence (Was RE: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube)


Our local Blockbuster Video here in Chicago is rapidly decreasing the number
of video cassettes it rents, in favor of DVD's. Soon there won't be any
available, except at the public library or specialty rental stores. I guess
they are trying to force users to switch to DVD.
Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 08:40:00 BST