In Reply to: the gullibility of the common man posted by Some Guy on July 31, 2003 at 06:00:35:
I have to disagree with one statement you made:"Honestly, DVD doesn't look much better on most TVs than a quality VHS player."
My wife, 2-year-old (at the time) daughter and I visited my mom last Thanksgiving. We brought movies, including Shrek, "just in case," and when we arrived my brother had thoughtfully brought a VHS copy of Shrek over.
Now, my mom's VCR isn't state of the art, but as a housewarming gift we bought her an $80 DVD player from Target so I think the comparison is apropos. I fast-forwarded both DVD and VHS versions of Shrek to a gorgeous outdoor scene showing a lot of detail. Even my 60+ year old mom, no video- or audiophile she, was amazed by the terrific and easily noticeable improvement in color saturation and detail of the DVD over the VHS.
BTW, her TV is a nice 32" Panasonic, the same model I have for my family room except hers is one model higher so it has two-tuner PIP.
However, picture quality aside, I still think people like DVDs for their convenience -- small, light, no need to rewind -- and comfort level with CDs ...
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- Mostly agree -- one disagreement - Dalancroft 11:17:49 07/31/03 (0)