Re: will dvds murder the videos?

"MR_ED_of_Course" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> The only reason why VHS still has a pulse (as faint as it is) is that
> recordable DVD stand alone units and recordable media have not bottomed
out
> yet in price and gained acceptance.
>
> Where I live (in California), you can find DVD players for as little as
$29,
> which is amazing because the licensing fees for a DVD player is about $20.
> That leaves $9 for parts, labor and shipping...ouch.
>
> Even more amazing is how hard it is to even find a VHS VCR.  All the major
> stores in the area only have combo decks...that's DVD/VHS combos the tv
> combos are all DVD/TVs.
>
> I think next Christmas the big consumer electronic item will be
inexpensive
> DVR/DVD recorders, and that will be the final nail on the rotting corpse
> that is VHS.
>
> About 2 years ago I gave away my entire VHS collection except for a few
rare
> and personal tapes.  I'm in the process of converting those to DVD and
then
> I'll finally be free of the beast.
>

I got rid of all my VHS tapes, mainly because I could not find a mid-priced
VHS recorder to match the quality of my 10 year old Mitsubishi machine,
which broke down.  All I could find were cheap crap machines and overpriced
machines.  I was not about to pay 600 dollars for a VHS machine with some
quality, or 40 dollars for a machine which performed like crap.