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Subject: 1997- The that DVD first was introduced to this World!
Written By: MasterSplinter on 06/10/04 at 4:48 pm
I currently do not have a DVD player, but part of me is thinking about purchasing one years from now, how much longer will
VHS tapes and VCR's continue to be sold?
Subject: Re: 1997- The that DVD first was introduced to this World!
Written By: Bobby on 06/10/04 at 5:30 pm
Videos will continue to be sold for a while yet, MasterSplinter, but I think it will be a matter of time when you will only find them in car boot sales. I'd give it about a couple of years for them to completely phase out.
You can get a DVD player pretty cheap now and DVDs are always being reduced. It is as cheap to get DVDs IMO as it is to get a video recorder and videos.
Subject: Re: 1997- The that DVD first was introduced to this World!
Written By: PoPCultureGirl on 06/10/04 at 10:53 pm
Believe it or not, it's almost cheaper to buy a DVD/VCR combo than just a DVD player. :P
Subject: Re: 1997- The that DVD first was introduced to this World!
Written By: LyricBoy on 06/11/04 at 2:50 am
I think that there are some movies that are no longer available on VHS any more.
I saw a DVD player at Wal-Mart for like $32.00 the other day. Hard to beat that price, Splinter.
Subject: Re: 1997- The that DVD first was introduced to this World!
Written By: Fred on 06/12/04 at 10:02 pm
A while back I heard that VHS, would stop production in a year, but I don't believe this. But you should definetly get one. They have new DivX certified DVD players, unfortunatly these are probably quite expensive.
Subject: Phasing out VHS
Written By: Echo Nomad on 11/28/05 at 12:05 am
It's been over a year since the last post but already there are signs of the VHS format being phased out. One of the two movie rental stores in town just had a major clearance of it's VHS tapes, about half of their stock which has been replaced with more DVD's. And at the Movie Gallery all the new releases are DVD I believe.
Subject: Re: 1997- The that DVD first was introduced to this World!
Written By: Roadgeek on 11/28/05 at 8:31 am
I got my first DVD player in 1999. It was about $300. The last DVD player I got for myself was for Christmas last year and it was about $40. The most cheap VCR I could find at Best Buy was about $80 for some reason.
If VCR's and VHS's will stop being made, I'm going to keep all of my VCR's and buy a huge supply of blank tapes. I still have a lot of old VHS tapes that I can't get on DVD. So I need at least one VCR. I do however have this little thing on my computer that can convert VHS to DVD. I've converted a few tapes, but I still want to keep a VCR and tapes.
Subject: Re: 1997- The that DVD first was introduced to this World!
Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/28/05 at 4:16 pm
We got our five years ago. However next year, it will be DVDs that will be phased out with HD DVDs and Blue Ray DVDs coming out soon.