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Posted by Jaszmin on 10/18/05 09:45
Wait until you see what they're going to be
stuffing into the Ipod video player. We want
it smaller and smaller with more bandwidth
available in a smaller place.
I have an idea. It will all make sense if they
find a way to make us SMALL ENOUGH (we
feel this way already, thanks to them!) to find
the IPOD experience a BIG SCREEN THRILL!
Mike Rice
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:11:46 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>In article <delenn-91E940.21134731082005@news1.east.earthlink.net>,
> Diane <delenn@nospamatmindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> VHS isn't *that* old,
>
>I dunno. 30 years is pretty darn old...
>
>> and it's garbage only because something newer came
>> out (hey, remember laserdisc???).
>
>I can't say I agree with that. Despite being the most successful(well,
>until DVD came along), VHS was infact inferior to most other video
>formats. It's closest relative, Betamax was technically speaking the
>better format even though it lost the format war to VHS. Laserdisc of
>course mopped the floor with VHS on any technical level, although I've
>gotta say it was probably the worst video format ever created for rental
>purposes. Could you imagine trying to rent those huge discs? *shudder*
>Also, the Phillips Video 2000 format was vastly superior to VHS.
>
>By no means do I object to anyone still owning one or more VCRs. They
>certainly still have some use. I just think everyone should own at least
>one DVD player at this point.
>
>> But save the sarcasm. Recently I've
>> developed hearing problems and just don't watch much of anything any
>> more. It's not worth the investment at the moment.
>
>Can 35 bucks even be considered an investment? DVDs have been around for
>8 years. I think you can safely purchase a player now. :)
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