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A comment to the dvd/blueray and modern technology: my kids prefer VHS tapes to DVDs since they know DVDs get scratched and have never had problems with VHS tap

A comment to the dvd/blueray and modern technology: my kids prefer VHS tapes to DVDs since they know DVDs get scratched and have never had problems with VHS tapes. Of course they are only 4,6 and 8, but still they see the problems with modern technology that I have just ignored or just carefully avoided.

moe 17y ago
Ehm. Whatever problems you may have with DVDs. Compared to VHS they are superior in every regard.
- brianobush 17y ago
  Well, we have a 22" CRT TV and an average DVD player, and when using netflix or library borrowed DVDs we commonly have periods when it freezes, blocks, etc. VHS allows one to watch a film albeit with less quality for the entire time w/o thinking about the fast forwarding to get out of this "bad" spot. My two cents. And btw, I am not an audio/video freak, thus the high definition stuff is lost on me.
- mynameishere 17y ago
  I find DVDs incredibly annoying, and never could use them. Mainly because I was so used to the ability to remove VHS tapes, put them aside, and re-play them from the exact position with zero wait time. That's fixable on DVDs (I imagine) but not on my player. DVD FBI warnings, animations, menus, etc, are all pointless and (usually) unavoidable. The weird thing about DVDs was the ENORMOUS marketing push for them when they came out. The industry was desperate to transition to this medium, for clear reasons: 1. To get everyone to re-buy their favorite movies. 2. Better copy protection. 3. Cheaper production. There was very little for the consumer, but he fell for it. By contrast, the ancient (late 1970s) analogue Laserdiscs were genuinely better than anything else, but didn't work out.
  - garply 17y ago
    Really? I can't carry around a VHS in my laptop bag and watch the VHS in my laptop whenever I want it. So, from my perspective, as someone who's never owned a TV other than his computer, VHSes are almost completely useless. Of course, a usb flash drive is much preferable to a DVD...
    - mynameishere 17y ago
      Your comment is unrelated to mine. I am speaking in the context of home viewership. This is frankly quite obvious, but whatever.

moe 17y ago

Ehm. Whatever problems you may have with DVDs. Compared to VHS they are superior in every regard.

brianobush 17y ago
Well, we have a 22" CRT TV and an average DVD player, and when using netflix or library borrowed DVDs we commonly have periods when it freezes, blocks, etc. VHS allows one to watch a film albeit with less quality for the entire time w/o thinking about the fast forwarding to get out of this "bad" spot. My two cents. And btw, I am not an audio/video freak, thus the high definition stuff is lost on me.
mynameishere 17y ago
I find DVDs incredibly annoying, and never could use them. Mainly because I was so used to the ability to remove VHS tapes, put them aside, and re-play them from the exact position with zero wait time. That's fixable on DVDs (I imagine) but not on my player. DVD FBI warnings, animations, menus, etc, are all pointless and (usually) unavoidable. The weird thing about DVDs was the ENORMOUS marketing push for them when they came out. The industry was desperate to transition to this medium, for clear reasons: 1. To get everyone to re-buy their favorite movies. 2. Better copy protection. 3. Cheaper production. There was very little for the consumer, but he fell for it. By contrast, the ancient (late 1970s) analogue Laserdiscs were genuinely better than anything else, but didn't work out.
- garply 17y ago
  Really? I can't carry around a VHS in my laptop bag and watch the VHS in my laptop whenever I want it. So, from my perspective, as someone who's never owned a TV other than his computer, VHSes are almost completely useless. Of course, a usb flash drive is much preferable to a DVD...
  - mynameishere 17y ago
    Your comment is unrelated to mine. I am speaking in the context of home viewership. This is frankly quite obvious, but whatever.