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

From: Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Mon Sep 9 12:18:00 2002

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:

> As to DVDs, I can only say "what are those"? I never saw one, and am
> in no hurry to see, or use, one. Again, they're digital rubbish,
> whereas VCRs use tapes with nice analog signals recorded on them.

I'm sorry, VHS is the absolute worst format on earth. Worse than anything
digital. DVD is sooo much nicer. However, I would agree that 'good'
formats like BETA (even BETAmax) Umatic, or even Sony 1" are much better,
and probably surpass the quality of a DVD, only because of DVD's lossy
MPEG-2 compression.

OK, that's enough OT rant for me.

-- Pat
Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 12:18:00 BST