For all the boasting in the home theatre world about the advantages of DVD versus VHS, it really comes down to choice. Of course, you do not need to take all the VHS tapes off your shelves and trash them like yesterday's 8-tracks. The quality of VHS tapes is proven. There is no convincing reason for abandoning VHS for DVD. Some movie programs, like the Disney Movie Club, elect to offer both DVDs and VHS tapes.
There are boasts that the DVD picture has finer vertical resolution, but that is only true if your television has the ability to maximize on it. If your older television contains a lower standard for vertical resolution, all the higher resolution in the world is useless. In a "blind" test standing VHS and DVD pictures against one another, 63% of the subjects could find no difference, and 16% actually thought the VHS picture superior. Many think the analog sound quality of VHS to be warmer than that of its compressed digital competition. Some have no quarrel with DVD sound.
The question of wear and tear gets a lot of attention, too. Certainly, there are many individual copies of 101 Dalmations out there that have seen weeks of near continual play without breaking or wearing out. DVDs, however, with the large amount of info stored on them in comparison to a music CD, can be ruined by the littlest scratch.
When it comes to ease, the DVD may be a winner, depending on how much you are prone to jump from scene to scene. On the other hand, turning on a VHS and letting it play is no problem. With a DVD, it can be time consuming finding the right place. Scene selection, however, is a great advantage of DVD. Anyone who has ever tried to get to a certain spot on a VHS tape can attest to the frustration. If you are concerned about the cost, VHS tapes are usually a few dollars lower in price than DVD's of the same movie.
To sum up, if you are content with VHS, there is no reason to change over to DVD. That is why the Disney Movie Club offers both options to its members. You can get all their blockbusters and new releases in the format you like best.
There are boasts that the DVD picture has finer vertical resolution, but that is only true if your television has the ability to maximize on it. If your older television contains a lower standard for vertical resolution, all the higher resolution in the world is useless. In a "blind" test standing VHS and DVD pictures against one another, 63% of the subjects could find no difference, and 16% actually thought the VHS picture superior. Many think the analog sound quality of VHS to be warmer than that of its compressed digital competition. Some have no quarrel with DVD sound.
The question of wear and tear gets a lot of attention, too. Certainly, there are many individual copies of 101 Dalmations out there that have seen weeks of near continual play without breaking or wearing out. DVDs, however, with the large amount of info stored on them in comparison to a music CD, can be ruined by the littlest scratch.
When it comes to ease, the DVD may be a winner, depending on how much you are prone to jump from scene to scene. On the other hand, turning on a VHS and letting it play is no problem. With a DVD, it can be time consuming finding the right place. Scene selection, however, is a great advantage of DVD. Anyone who has ever tried to get to a certain spot on a VHS tape can attest to the frustration. If you are concerned about the cost, VHS tapes are usually a few dollars lower in price than DVD's of the same movie.
To sum up, if you are content with VHS, there is no reason to change over to DVD. That is why the Disney Movie Club offers both options to its members. You can get all their blockbusters and new releases in the format you like best.
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