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I'm about to install a HT system and have not yet owned a DVD player. This will be a fairly high end system for video only, so I want a good player with decent features. The question is, how soon will this format be outmoded. Should I expect to be replacing DVD with some new technology, or will I be adding a different type of playback machine to the rack? Thanks.
Hi,
yes! Get a dvd player; i just got one and i am havin big fun. Got mine
at Circuit City for all of $200 (divx closeout players)
no! Don't spend a lot of money; because eventually at least one- probably 2-
niche formats will come to be (one for music, one movies) and it's upgrade time.
Lastly, most dvd players stink at playing music cd's. The player i got was the 5231z RCA. BTW, i really like my SuperVHS deck for recording tv off the
satellite. That might be something you would want to consider as well.
The quality of SVHS is a pretty good match for most DSS broadcasts.
I doubt anybody can really answer this at this time, although DVD does seem more likely to become the standard in video than DVD does in audio (I think there's a better than even chance that all the infighting over format and copyright protection will kill any new audio format for the indeterminate future). DVD video stands a good chance if they get dvd-r out sometime soon. Most "common folk" I know use their vhs machines to time shift at least part of the time and they aren't going to trade them in on a DVD that doesn't record any more than they did for laserdisc.
Blockbuster is slated for a national rental roll-out around Christmas, which should mean that the dvd rental market should really take off. The word is that dvd is growing faster than VHS did. As far as High Definition dvd, I would't hold my breath. The copyright protection concerns delayed the start of regular dvd. I can't imagine that hi-def dvd's would be allowed. Netflix, an internet rental company has (at last count) 3,700 discs to rent via the mail. They seem to be here to stay.
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