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Quality? My JVC Super VHS gives my DVD player a real run for the money in picture quality...Heck, I'm getting ready to buy a Super BETA if I can find one for the right price as my old Toshiba BETA has given up the ghost. I've got tons of VHS and Beta movies and tapes. BTW, Beta is superior to VHS....😀
 
i use the dvd machine to play burned recorded/downsampled/other-sourced movies on the vcd format, and to watch dvd movies
 


<< Quality? My JVC Super VHS gives my DVD player a real run for the money in picture quality...Heck, I'm getting ready to buy a Super BETA if I can find one for the right price as my old Toshiba BETA has given up the ghost. I've got tons of VHS and Beta movies and tapes. BTW, Beta is superior to VHS.... >>


No doubt about it. The wrong format won. Used to get into huge debates with VHS fans back in the format wars.
 
never really bought any movies... our VCR was for recording and some renting. And our VCR has recently been almost eating lotta tapes. I think we're gunna get a DVD player to replace it. Why? We still have one more vcr t record, and DVD on our Wega is pretty nice.

But for myself, I have a DVD in my PC. Why? The dorm reason pops up big... my computer is my entertainment center, dvd, tv, games 🙂 Beats brining in a separate TV, space, and move in/out wise. Also, my family doesn't always like same movies i do, so I have my DVD player to watch w/ my friends or what not. My only downside right now.. i'll prolly never get a 19&quot; monitor 🙁 It's fun for lans too.

But i haven't bought many DVD's yet, some free rentals, and the good ol' checkout.com 50% days 🙂
 
I've had my DVD player since around July. I've bought 4 movies for it, rented countless others. I rent them through NetFlix.. $20/month, you get to keep out 4 movies at a time. Watch one, return it, next one is sent to ya. Pretty nifty service, and whole helluva lot cheaper than Blockbuster. I guess it's not good if you all of a sudden decide you want to watch a movie on a Friday night, but I'm able to plan what movies I wanna watch, rent them, and watch at my leisure with no overdue fees. Neat program, well worth the money.
 
I bought a grand total of ONE movie on VHS, and that was Lethal Weapon 2 for $2 from a guy as part of a deal which included a computer game (video tape was an afterthought, cheaper than a rental). The thought of buying a movie on tape did not agree with me considering the deterioration of the tape after playing a few times and after a few years. Why buy a tape for $20 then re-purchase it in five years when its quality is terrible? No thanks.

DVD, on the other hand, struck me as excellent for several reasons. First and foremost, DVDs do not degrade to any measurable degree in the same way as VHS. Second, there is no rewinding of a DVD (big plus), which also implicates the improvements in slow motion and pausing over VHS. Third, digital audio is exquisite. Fourth, picture quality is fantastic. Fifth, extra bonuses on the DVDs -- something which I've only recently started to watch (the Highlander director/producer commentary is quite interesting). Sixth, DVDs are much, much more storable than VHS tapes, which are just so bulky and scream &quot;old technology&quot;. 🙂

Right now, my collection comprises about 20 movies which I have purchased over the last 10 months or so. Compare that to the ONE tape I bought in the last five years I have owned a VCR. Incidentally, I bought my first standalone DVD player just prior to Thanksgiving and acquired most of my DVDs before that. It was incentive to buy the player when I had the movies (mostly bargain finds -- paid a maximum of about $15, average is around $10).
 
Wow.. my parents just bought the Wega XBR, damn I was suprised. Thought they would only consider it, but seeing as how our TV was going loco, I guess they got tired of it too. Let me just say this, you can really, I mean really tell the difference between DVD and VHS, DVD being great, while VHS being a bit lackluster. 🙂

Anyways, anyone know of a good movie thats out right now? I'm going to go to blockbuster tomorrow and see what they have. 🙂
 
I probably own about 100 VHS movies, that I collected over about an 8 year time span. I've got about 30 or so DVDs now. If there are any from my VHS collection that are truly great, I'll probably replace them with DVDs. (Batman and Falling Down for instance, I've already replaced with DVD)

There are some movies though that still can't be gotten on DVD, and who knows if they ever will be. So I still do buy a VHS movie from time to time. Elvis meets Nixon for example. It's a hilarious movie, but I doubt it will make it to DVD anytime soon.
 
its good to see all the different views.

rahvin, you have slightly missed my point, because i have never bought any VHS movies either. just blank tapes for recording stuff from TV, or copying tapes that we rent. your point about CD and Cassettes was good, i hadn't actually thought of that. but even when CD's were new, i still only bought ones that i would listen to more than once. i didn't just buy any CD for the sake of building up my collection, or because it is better quality than cassettes. the main reason why my CD collection is bigger than my tape collection is because, i was farily young when tapes were taken over by CD, so i didn't really have the opportunity to buy tapes.

the most common arguments are that DVD's are better quality and that they are the &quot;in thing&quot; in home theatre. that is true, but how many of you dont have home theatre setups or even half decent TVs? i have seen many people pay nearly $1,000 (aussie dollars) when the TV they will be watching DVD's on isn't even worth half that amount, has poor display and terrible sound. surely the extra quality of the DVD would be lost on such a setup.
 
My DVD Drive on my computer Rules, Smooth Frame Rate! Crystle Clear Picture better then my TV can do. Crystle Clear ass Picture the DVD player can do.
 
For christmas I should be getting one of these: Utobia DVD Motion for use with a 12x toshiba dvd. I'll be running cables out to the tv/dts surround sound system. I'll be a happy camper come christmas day.

I think that dvd is finally having its day. Players and movies are dirt cheap. Home theatre is even becoming mainstream. For many years, DVD players for computers looked cheesy (small screen, poor output) and home players were too expensive for the average joe. Now every walmart and target have dvd movie sections.

Now if only lucas would start releasing dvds... 🙂🙂🙂
 
I don't have a standalone DVD player, but since I have one in a PC I occasionally rent DVD movies. It's usually when there is a new release and the VHS copies are all rented out, but it's available on DVD because not as many people have DVD players.

I'm rearranging my room so that I can comfortably view my 19&quot; monitor from the confines of my queen-size bed. 🙂
 
You're wrong Gorgonzola 🙂

I almost never bought VHS because we've had lots of problems with our VCR.....

* been broken often

* it's in the living room where I can't go watch movies when I want to, at any time

* no surround speakers in the living room

etc.....first of all, DVD's are....well, I admit, cool. but I love movies, and i love the cool sound and image quality, even on a computer screen with DTT 2500 speakers, and they're much smaller that VHS and nearly unbreakable, I think that's pretty cool as well.

btw they cost around $25 where I live 🙁 VHS is $18-20
 
As for the TV setup, ours is quite crappy (25&quot; Samsung), but I will shortly be receiving an Infinity home theater system for the audio which should complement my recent Pioneer Dolby/DTS receiver quite nicely. The TV is fine for now, but we're at an impasse since we'd need to abandon the current entertainment center to have a larger TV. So, I can enjoy great audio quality and the best possible video quality, or I can stick with the VHS format and be less than satisfied (and not own any tapes).

I specifically didn't invest much into the DVD player because I knew the TV wouldn't show the difference. I did require Dolby/DTS capability, however, to match the speakers.
 
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