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What do you prefer?

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DVD 16 (89%)
VHS 1 (6%)
I go to the cinema to watch a film 1 (6%)

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28 Oct 2005, 02:37

depthcharge wrote:

Patrick wrote:

depthcharge wrote: Perhaps when you get it set up, LE and I will drop over with a few Police Academy films and buckets of popcorn.

:\pimp3:

How did you guess that I was a fan of those, DC?

Have you been investigating my Amazon purchase records?

No, I think I just picked it up from the nature of your posts, P.

Something about them cries out 'big Steve Guttenberg fan'.

:\pimp3:

Sometimes your insights leave me speechless, DC.

I listened to that album from 1989 last night.

If you exclude the singles, it's not so bad.

28 Oct 2005, 02:45

VHS - because my kids can ruin a dvd with scratches in about 15 seconds! (it takes them weeks to ruin a video - & they are cheeper to replace!)

If I want to relax away from the kids - I'll go to the cinema

28 Oct 2005, 03:11

yeah i just love rewinding and fast forwarding tapes these days.

28 Oct 2005, 04:58

DVD obviously... I have 2 VCRs, but they are pretty useless, I record on my cable box or my computer now...

I'm buying tomorrow (I hope I'll be able) a "digital media receiver", which allows me to plug that on my TV and send media over my home network.

D-Link MediaLounge 802.11g Wireless Media Player Plays Audio, Video & Images from your wireless network to your Entertainment Center

The DSM-320 unites your network with your home entertainment center, allowing you to share, access, and enjoy your digital media-whether it is music, videos, or photos-in the comfort of your living room.

The DSM-320 supports 802.11g wireless standards with a maximum wireless signal rate of up to 54Mbps, giving you maximum throughput for your digital media.

Setting up the DSM-320 is simple, and the sleek design makes it a natural addition to any home entertainment center. AV jacks on the back panel of the DSM-320 allows direct connection to the TV. Using the included remote control, access media content stored on the PC, browse music files, watch videos, and display photos, all on the TV! In addition, the DSM-320 lets you access online media contents such as Radio@AOL™ on your TV through an existing broadband Internet connection.

I wonder if it's shit or a nice gadget to have... :confused2:

28 Oct 2005, 06:00

Scary poll !!!

what would be the results if...

Do you like to see NO :

on VHS ?
on DVD ?
live ?

28 Oct 2005, 12:20

I never minded VHS, but the advantages of DVD is that I can watch movies on my computer. What annoys me most about DVDs are all those "extra" features. Who cares? I just want to watch the movie. Now, if it's a concert DVD, the extra stuff is usually of significance. DM's 101, for example, has a second disc that is mostly the Pasadena Rose Bowl concert, which, although you get excerps from it in the documentary, has extra songs that aren't on the first disc and there are no interruptions.

The "extra" features annoy me the most when the movie is crap and the director and cast are all praising the film and saying how good of a time they had making it. Maybe you had to be there, even though the film bombed in the theaters and had bad reviews.

31 Oct 2005, 08:14

Spotnick wrote:

I wonder if it's shit or a nice gadget to have...

It might just be shit. It's a D-link.

:evil4:

31 Oct 2005, 12:33

DVD is a shit format - it isn't going to last 10 minutes. (Oh, it's now about 7 minutes on my watch). The day the major industry standard was decided upon, in 2001, to go with the MPEG2 compression, a new patent was filed for a compression code that can get 5 hours on one disc in less "lossy" quality. It's all a charade.

What if you ever want to cue films to watch a certain scene? How easy is it to do this on VHS compared to DVD. With the latter, you're dependent on "scene selections". My arse.

I'm not sure I like the fact that I HAVE to watch copyright notices/logos/idents on DVD without being able to fast forward them. I hate renting a DVD movie and then find myself unable to skip the trailers that are locked in to the system.

DVDs might look alright on a TV monitor but blow most of them up on a large screen and you'll see how shitty the conversion generally is. And most people think they're buying an upgrade. It's a big thing. Even worse than CDs, and that's saying something.

1 Nov 2005, 08:49

veronika wrote: I hate renting a DVD movie and then find myself unable to skip the trailers that are locked in to the system.

But not having to rewind anything is worth a lot ;)

Anyways, DVD will disappear with direct digital distribution, it's already available in most places, so renting a movie will be mostly ordering it "on demande" off the cable box or satellite box.

The only problem so far is that they still give "exclusivity" time to video stores where the movie isn't on "on demand pay-per-view"... hence keeping alive an industry that should vanish very soon.

1 Nov 2005, 10:37

But not having to rewind anything is worth a lot

fair point, also with regard to direct digital distribution

(btw. a great selection of artists' film and video and sound can be found at www.ubu.com for free download)

1 Nov 2005, 11:20

DVD

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