Posted by on 08/26/05 13:43

Ironically, Steve, CED, which I do agree with you was "bad" in that it
skipped, had poor resolution, etc, actually is probably the most
durable home video format we've ever had.

Magnetic tape gets stretched and is prone to drop-outs, laserdisc
"rotted" due to the manufacturing conditions and the glue, and DVDs are
very fragile and occassioanlly develop problems during the layer
change, and some old titles won't play at all (like some copies of the
original release of BOOGIE NIGHTS).

CED was a vinyl disc like an LP record, and they still hold up today.
But, damn, are they heavy!!!

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