Jeff
Supporting Actor
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- Jun 30, 1997
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VHS is to DVD as Laserdisc is to.....?
It seems the VHS Joe Six Pack crowed are fastly seeping into DVDland and with that they are turning the format that some of us here helped shape, into their format. I had a feeling this was going to happen eventually. When I was into laserdiscs 5 years ago I never worried that a title would be pan and scan. This format was for the home theater elitist that wanted the best picture and sound and that's what LD delivered. Now, in video stores, I see 60 year old ladies with their grand children renting DVD's. One part of me thinks this is great and that DVD is finally beginning to go primetime. But another part of me worries about the future of DVD when Warner is releasing popular titles in P&S only. Maybe this is an isolated thing and hopefully other studios won't follow. But what if it continues and other studios do follow? And I don't want to get into rental pricing, which could be just around the corner.
Is it really going to get to a point where DVD is so mainstream that another LD type format will come along for us elitist?
I'm curious what you guys think...
Jeff
[Edited last by Jeff on August 16, 2001 at 08:09 AM]
It seems the VHS Joe Six Pack crowed are fastly seeping into DVDland and with that they are turning the format that some of us here helped shape, into their format. I had a feeling this was going to happen eventually. When I was into laserdiscs 5 years ago I never worried that a title would be pan and scan. This format was for the home theater elitist that wanted the best picture and sound and that's what LD delivered. Now, in video stores, I see 60 year old ladies with their grand children renting DVD's. One part of me thinks this is great and that DVD is finally beginning to go primetime. But another part of me worries about the future of DVD when Warner is releasing popular titles in P&S only. Maybe this is an isolated thing and hopefully other studios won't follow. But what if it continues and other studios do follow? And I don't want to get into rental pricing, which could be just around the corner.
Is it really going to get to a point where DVD is so mainstream that another LD type format will come along for us elitist?
I'm curious what you guys think...
Jeff
[Edited last by Jeff on August 16, 2001 at 08:09 AM]