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

From: blstuart_at_bellsouth.net <(blstuart_at_bellsouth.net)>
Date: Mon Sep 9 18:12:00 2002

In message <DEEGLNDAJNEKHLHOJICFGEDMCMAA.jcwren_at_jcwren.com>, "J.C. Wren" writes
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> In fact, the *only* disadvantage that DVD has as a medium is that unlik
>e
>VHS, it's not readily recordable.

I disagree. I personally consider the lack of full disclosure
of the format, including CSS to be a disadvantage. In fact,
it is so severe a disadvantage that I won't purchase a player
or a disk that includes the encryption until the format's backers
get out of court and start making useful contributions to
society. I realize that doesn't really affect the motivations
of a video rental store owner, but it sure means that DVD
only stores won't be making any money off of me. (Note that
I'm not talking about DVDs used for data storage without
the encryption or DVD-Rs (or the slew of incompatible kin),
only the encrypted entertainment uses of DVDs.)

In a vain effort to keep from straying too far off topic,
does anyone backup their classic stuff to DVD? How's the
reliability/longevity relative to CD-Rs?

Brian L. Stuart
Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 18:12:00 BST