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

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon Sep 9 13:56:00 2002

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
> vendors and rental shops would not be flocking to DVD. VHS cassettes &
> players have always been a big, huge, clunky, temperamental-and-easily-
> borked, slow-to-set-up PITA. DVD are none of those things.

"big, clunky": The size difference is NOT that much.
"slow-to-set-up": When used for playing pre-recorded materials, the setup
for VCR v DVD is IDENTICAL. All of the differences lie in setup needed
for the "extra" features of VCR (signal input, timer, etc.) 'course we've
seen that setting the clock of the timer crosses over the threshold of
competency of much of the public.

> Notice that nowhere did I mention video quality. Napster proved
> conclusively that nobody cares. ;)
> Seriously. Superior video is not driving the market at all.

Very true.

But abused DVD produces a better signal than abused VCR, just as
abused audio CD produces better sound than abused cassette tape.
Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 13:56:00 BST