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10-02-2002, 10:13 PM
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"Dial Tone" 
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Wanna buy D-VHS movies?
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10-02-2002, 10:18 PM
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Well Worth the Double Dip! 
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Tom,
I am surprised you even posted this. -Flash
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10-02-2002, 11:15 PM
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All Hail Peter Jackson!
Join Date: Jun 2002
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The following rant is probably more suited to either The Soapbox or Hardware, but as it is meant as a reply to the question in the title of this thread, I'll leave it in here. Why don't I want to have anything to do with D-VHS, and why do I think it won't pose any threat to my beloved format of DVD? I'll tell you... First, could it have a better name? Yes, I know it's high-definition, but even with the D in front of it, whenever I hear VHS I just want to hurl. Ever since I got into DVD, VHS has meant a pathetic, primitive little format of no importance with very little quality presentations, usually panned-and-scanned versions. And I don't have to go into my P&S rant here, thankfully... Two, awareness of the format around here is zero as far as I know, with none of the major retailers here carrying D-VHS that I know of. Third, none of the films currently available on the format intrest me, and none of the supporting studios seem to have any intention of rolling out any titles I care about on D-VHS. Four, retail prices from $30 to $40. Sure, DVDs have these sort of retails too, but DVDs are often discounted. D-VHS, from what I've heard, is always sold at list. Five...have you seen the price tag on that player?! Sixth, and finally, no extras. I repeat, no extras are to be found on any D-VHS release. I find it incridibly stupid to spend $40 for a D-VHS with no extras when you can spend $15-$20 for a perfectly good-quality DVD version of the same movie with all the trimmings.
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10-02-2002, 11:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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They're Tape!
The picture quality will be great...
...the first time you watch them  ...after that, it's all downhill...by default the picture quality will degrade over time due to prolonged contact to the tape heads (not to mention degradation due to things like tape stretch, pinched tape or heat exposed tape)...that's just the nature of all tape based formats including D-VHS (not to mention the fact that you have to give up cool extras and you have to rewind!)...I don't know about anyone else here, but I don't have the disposable income to adopt as high priced a format as D-VHS (HD or not) that will invariably degrade over time...that's one of the great things about the optical medium...I think I'll wait for HD-DVD...assuming they can decide on a suitable standard :rar:[edit - spelling]
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