Home Video Asylum

TVs, VCRs, DVD players, Home Theater systems and more.

RE: I know what you're saying...

Well, I'm 53 and I love 'legacy' formats like 78s, LPs, reel-to-reel and cassettes as much as the next man or woman, mainly because I've accumulated the different types of software and they're kind of a record of my life and the years before.

But I find it weird to have this new format marketed 'at' me whilst commonsense tells me it's almost a legacy format already. Some of the low prices (like Wendell's player, above) certainly make it tempting but I really don't want yet another box to dust (or, rather, not dust) if I can help it.

And surely PC technology can only integrate better into the home in the near future? I, too, like the tactile and visual aspects of handling a physical medium but I suspect such pleasures will be priced out of the market by the combination of electronic transactions and near-instant gratification that downloads provide.

Or am I getting ahead of myself?


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