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I'm still kinda mad over this new format war too, I got a pretty good DVD collection, and don't wanna rebuy'em just to get a HD picture. It seems like one is actually winning over the other, so we'll see what becomes the dominate medium.
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If your looking for a super clear pictures or usually willing to wait for ad-freeTV or movies with extras material, DVDs work for you. Plus, some shows can't be found on TV anymore forcing you to buy DVDs. Of course, this is going to cost you a little more.
However, if you don't care highly about a drop quality and ads and want that show/movie now, VHS is your best choice. But, VHS are becoming harder and harder to find to the fact that most people find them obslete. So, grab them while you can.
That's my rule.
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They were great when that's all there was, but for god's sake there's no reason to not use dvds these days.
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Regarding definition, sound, etc. I don't really care about that stuff. I'm just happy that I can watch the damn things.
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They were great when that's all there was, but for god's sake there's no reason to not use dvds these days.
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Reason: DVD menus can be really annoying.
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The only thing I hate about DVDs are the ones that put previews at the beginning of the disc and don't let you skip them.
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Scene selection, better sound, widescreen/fullscreen options, et cetera.
Thank you Elriel! :D
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Also I don't have to fast forward/rewind to get to the part I want to watch on a DVD, whereas you have to if you are using videotapes.
As for DVD menus, I don't really mind them too much.
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But still dvds are better.
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DVDs have far, FAR better picture quality, better sound quality (including surround), bonus features and scenes selection. Oh, and VHS takes so much space...
As for recording, I just use a hybrid DVR/DVD burner, so I record the shows on the hard-drive and, if I feel the need, I copy them on DVD.
Actually, for those complaining about the DVD's menus, HD DVD has a great menu system (you don't even need to go trought the menu to start the movie). But its all past anyway, Blu-Ray won the format war (like one month after I got my HD-DVD player...).
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The only thing I really appreciate about DVDs is the fact that having a season collection of episodes for something no longer means you have to devote an entire video shelf to each season.
Then again, I'm the girl who misses her old Commodore computer and the accompanying hand-sized floppy disks, her Atari, audio cassette tapes, non-HDTV non-flatscreen TV sets, walkmans, non-earbud headphones, and spinach-screen Game Boys as big as a book. And vinyl records.
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Everything else...you know, remembering stuff as "quaint" is fine but there's really no reason to ever actually have "old" technology, save for maybe a land line corded phone with no required power outlet.
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What other tape formats are there? Surely, no one uses Betamax tapes any more?
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Betamax was teh_shit. haha!
I think VHS was the tape format that left the most lasting impression.
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Great Scott! This is Heavy!
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Vinyl is still used by many DJs (especially in Hip-Hop), to mix, blend, etc. tracks.
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What other tape formats are there? Surely, no one uses Betamax tapes any more?
Betamax was superior to the VHS, no contest. If you are going to use tapes, might as well be Betamax.
Oh, and you never herd D-VHS, right? Those baby could hold 50GB of data, including playing and recording HD video.
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I also remember a long time ago that Laser Disc also made their movie discs quite huge aronud the 1990's. (If im correct...)
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(Besides, I personally believe that years from now there'll be some new form of the TV entertainment-something with even better sound and picture quality. There's always going to be upgrades. As long as it never stops getting better, I don't see a reason to get the "next best thing" if it's going to be outdated in 10-20 years. It's most likely not worth the cost for the time period.)
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