Re: Is the Sencore VC93 All Format VCR Analyzer any good?

From: Bradley1234 (someone_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:45:36 GMT

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Bradley1234" <someone@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > Yes VCRs are trying to be phased out, but I dont believe it will fully
> > happen. DVDs are too fragile,
>
>
> That's just not true, DVD discs are very durable, so long as you don't
abuse
> them too much they'll hold up to
flexing, moisture,

heat, cold, vibration,

heat? > dirt,

dirt?? scratch the surface too much and its over, put a dent in there and
the disk wont play anymore

magnetism, defective players, etc. They're a non-contact media so they
> don't wear out.

right, mostly non contact but there are DVDs made to wear out after a few
plays arent there? the rental ones?

Tapes stretch, tangle, get contaminated, are sensitive to
> heat, as well as they simply wear out and degrade with time and a busted
VCR
> can easily destroy an irreplaceable family video in moments.

yes, but so can a faulty DVD player. I had one do it, sounded like a
blender going off and the disk was ruined

Not to mention
> the convenience factor, DVD's are very compact, lightweight and easy to
> store and catalog. The picture quality is leaps and bounds ahead of VHS
and
> the players are mechanically simpler, lighter, more compact and
inexpensive.
> The random-access feature is also a real convenience.

compact, better digital picture, more features but VHS is more rugged, mag
tape recording technology is out there, its like why didnt the US switch
over to the metric system? Its this or that, so much better? When I design
mechanical assemblies, its exclusively with US measures, not metric.

video tape works, there are too many tapes to convert over to disk, they are
and will be like the cassette. 8 track and records? They were great but
the media wore out too fast.

What happens when the vcr gets dirty? clean it. if the DVD mechanism gets
dirty? maybe once or twice it can be cleaned, then its scrap. Lasers burn
out, so side by side the vcr transport is more rugged, people stick with
what works.

Im betting on the vcr for many years to come, DVD? it will probably fade
when something better comes along, they are great for what they do, but DVDs
are not a replacement for the vcr

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