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

From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Mon Sep 9 14:20:00 2002

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> 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

  I wasn't clear. Setup at my house includes skipping trailers and soda
ads. Therein lies a huge difference.
 As for "big, clunky", have you raised toddlers around VCR's & CD
players? The relative invitation to insertion of foreign objects is
amazing.

> But abused DVD produces a better signal than abused VCR, just as
> abused audio CD produces better sound than abused cassette tape.

  Oh, I completely agree. I just meant that it's not germaine to the
question of market acceptance. More is the pity.

        Doc
Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 14:20:00 BST