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My DVD Experience was brief and terrible (Reply to this comment)
by texasrosebelle
I recently bought (and returned) my first DVD player (RCA). I don't know if something was wrong with the player or not. We bought three movies with the player.
1. Traffic
2. Remember the Titans
3. Hunt for Red October
All three movies faded bright to dark during play.
#3 Would not allow us to change the format "to fit the screen."
#2 Would smear (go fast or something) every so often.
#3 Was a terrible picture (color and content). Couldn't stand the movie enough to finish it.
We returned the player and the movies. We have a 52" t.v. that is "only" 5 years old and we're not ready to upgrade our t.v. So, maybe that is the problem.
Also, I'm very disappointed that most DVD movies are in widescreen only format. This is very annoying to watch on a nonwidescreen t.v. We just won't watch them in that format.
I like my VHS movies!
And I appreciate the info you provided!
Reba
rebabelle@hotmail.com
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Jun 29 '01
6:45 pm PDT
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I enjoy DVD very much too. (Reply to this comment)
by GeraldLui
Some further advantage DVD are the 5.1 surround sound like Dolby Digital and DTS. Both of these are more convincing then Dolby Prologic in VHS. However, both these sound tract are also based on compression technology. With good receiver and speakers you should hear a slight difference to audio CD. Good quality CD will and does sound better then video DVD sound tract because they is not compressed before being burn into the disc.
Looking forward to read more of your essays. You have a very good style of writing.
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May 24 '01
4:33 pm PDT
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DVDs & BVDs (Reply to this comment)
by sumo_rhino
If had had an endless supply of underwear and movies, I could be a happy man . . .
:-)
- sumo_rhino
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May 23 '01
7:52 am PDT
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Re: You+do+Laserdiscs+a+disservice. (Reply to this comment)
by jag2112
You made some valid points about LaserDiscs. And the protection embedded in DVDs is a major con (although understandable for obvious reasons).
My apologies for shining a somewhat incorrect light on Laserdiscs.
And thanks for reading :)
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May 23 '01
5:47 am PDT
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A Simple Conman... (Reply to this comment)
by DrJ008
Liked the review and think you make many valid points. However, one other con I'd like to point out when comparing DVD to VHS. I'm not sure if I have configured my system wrong, perhaps my Sony player is on the fritz, or what I'm about to say is something only I get for no apparent reason.
Quick freeze.
It seems to happen in almost every DVD I watch. Sometimes it happens during a chapter change, sometimes for no reason at all. What is "Quick freeze" you ask? It's the sudden freezing of a particular frame, before changing to another shot or scene.
Tell me you've noticed this little devil. It's not something that worries me or that I even care about. I do know, however, that VHS doesn't do it. "Ahh, good old girl. She won't pull a quick freeze on ya...no sir."
Again, nice review.
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May 23 '01
12:10 am PDT
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You do Laserdiscs a disservice. (Reply to this comment)
by grimjack2
Hello there,
You make some good points about the advantage of DVDs over VHS, but your comparisons to Laserdiscs is wrong. You say that laserdiscs had a "the limited quality increase from VHS". This is obviously a subjective opinion, but since their video and sound quality are higher than DVD, you should have mentioned that. I own both a laser and DVD player, and if a new movie comes out with either no extra features, or all the same extras on both formats, I would still prefer the Laserdisc simply because the analog sound is far better on any home theater system, and the non-compressed image is always better. The DVD can offer a darker black, and if it has a true 16x9 mode, will have more information than that the anamporphic laser image, but those damn artifacts that are from the Mpeg-2 compression still stand out like a sore thumb. Even more so on a projected large screen.
And there is another advantage with laserdiscs. You can record the image onto VHS without any problem since there is no copy protection. You can say who cares to this, but another problem with the protection is that it causes noise with higher end double (and quad) scanline sets.
And lets not forget that I can own a Star Wars Phantom Menace Laserdisc AC-3, but they still haven't put it out on DVD after having the laserdisc available for more than a year! And Criterion did a 2001 that is absolutely pristine! No video noise, an interview with C. Arthur Clarke, and stills from unused scenes.
I don't think getting a laserdisc player today would be the best choice, but I don't think you should knock their failure on anything other than their higher cost, their larger size, and that they were never aimed at the VCR market, like DVD is.
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May 22 '01
6:24 pm PDT
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I can see alll (Reply to this comment)
by ned1
your points.
But I'm not much for new technology. We have a sony dvd player and it's nice (but was pretty expensive).
Still we get all our new kid movies in VHS format - why? Because we have four of those players so the child can go just about anywhere in the house and watch a movie. DVD viewing is limited to one TV so everyone has to agree or no one watches the movie.
Once DVD players are more affordable we may add another, but for now VHS works better for us.
Great review and I'm gonna read more of your stuff.
Nancy
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May 22 '01
10:51 am PDT
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Re: A+good+article (Reply to this comment)
by jag2112
You make a VERY valid point.
I'm going to update the opinion.
Thank you :)
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May 22 '01
10:42 am PDT
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A good article (Reply to this comment)
by Greatpilgrim
You obviously are in the DVD camp, you turncoat! ;-) There's another con that wasn't included in here but that is the one thing that prevents me from going DVD: all the money it would take to replace my videos. It's like the people with a 1000-record collection today, who would have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to replace their music. If it weren't for that, I might just start buying DVD.
This was a really good essay. I enjoyed it moiai much.
Victoria
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May 22 '01
10:37 am PDT
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