Re: Is the Sencore VC93 All Format VCR Analyzer any good?
From: Leonard Caillouet (no_at_no.com)
Date: 01/09/05
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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:16:30 -0500
Do you realize what happens to tape as it ages? Try playing a 10 year old
tape a few times. Try playing a 20 year old tape a few times. You will
likely clog a head.
I don't think you will have the same sort of problem with a DVD. VHS will
fade away like Beta did. Sure, there will be a niche market, but no one is
going to make much of a living working mostly on VCRs anymore.
Leonard
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> "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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