| Ascended_Saiyan3 said: To prove that VHS tapes are MORE durable than DVDs, slide both across the pavement and try to play them. The one that plays is more durable. I can't tell you how many times I would DREAD opening a DVD order shipment or DVD from the store that's rattling! You just KNOW that DVD is scratched to hell! You didn't have that concern with VHS and you don't have that concern with Blu-ray. BTW, auto-tracking was implemented on VHS players YEARS before DVD came out. VHS wasn't as portable as DVD or was it that the VHS portability wasn't that popular? VHS could be viewed on camcorders and those camcorders could be hooked up to portable radio/TVs, etc. There were also, VHS players in cars. I vote for VHS portability just not being as popular. I know MOSTLY people older than 60. They ALL see the difference between DVD and Blu-ray (including my father that's legally blind without his glasses). These people have a hard time with the remote controls for their TVs! I believe I have you beat by a good margin. BTW, those people are almost ALWAYS the last to adopt a new technology. They are the same people that were last in adopting DVD over VHS. It will most likely be the same for them this time. Also, along with durability over DVD, VHS has the ability to skip the FBI Warning and other such scenes. VHS, also, still has that advantage over Blu-ray.
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Ok, yes, if you try destroy a DVD you're going to destroy a DVD. Stop playing stupid, you know what I mean when I say it's more durable. I'm not talking about rubbing it against the pavement (and if you rub the actual tape against the pavement, same result as the DVD).
I'm talking about with age, the DVD wins. After 100 viewings, the DVD wins. Also, DVD's players rarely destroy your DVD (I'm not saying they don't) but VHS players eat tapes A LOT. I don't think I've ever lost a DVD due to a player malfunction and I've lost maybe two DVD's due to wear(and that was due to being in a freshman dorm) but I can't count the number of VHS tapes my VHS player has eaten or how many VHS tapes that have just become unwatchable due to wear and age (and I in general take excellent care of all my media).
I still have a good 50 or so VHS tapes at my parents house and I would say a good half half of those I can't watch anymore. I guarantee you if I come back in 20 years and try to play my DVD's, they'll still work.
That is what I'm talking about with more durable.
And I guess we just know different people because just about every non-tech person I know either doesn't see enough of a difference to care or just doesn't care (and this counts for all ages).
And I can skip every FBI warning by pressing fast forward or pressing skip chapter. And even if I couldn't skip that, I would take the 10 seconds of FBI warning over the minutes it takes to rewind. Jesus, talk about grasping at straws. :-p
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Whoops, forgot portability.
Perhaps portability is the wrong word I'm using, forgive me, I suck at words today. I'm merely talking about the sheer number of devices you have that support the media. Today, how many things do you have that play DVD's? Ok, how many devices do you have that play BluRay? If you're thinking about the switch, you have to sacrifice that, shall we say flexibility?
Yes, your DVD's still work everywhere but your BluRays don't.
And I said before, VHS just didn't have that flexibility. You had your camcorder and your VHS player(s), today we have our DVD players, computers, consoles, portable DVD players, and probably other things I'm just not thinking of. As soon as you go to BluRay, new movies can't take advantage of that.
