DVD's- Are they taking over videos?
 

Round my area, loads of video shops are closing down. How soon do you think DVD's will take over?

Balatantly. Better sound, quality of image and a hell of a lot more space. They have interactive menus and are much better than videos in every way.

I have no sympathy for these video shops which are closing down. It's already been said that the DVD will take over videos and in several years VCRs and VHS tapes will become obsolete. They should move with the times and sell DVDs.

It's plain common sense.

- Rexy

I agree, DVD's are way better, but I'll still miss my old video player. *Sigh*

Why did you throw it out? I think that VHS will be obsolete in several years time but why waste money and throw out tapes and buy the DVD equivelent when your VCR works perfectally well?

You can still buy VCRs, they're quite cheap now.

- Rexy

I didn't throw it out, it broke, but I never got a new one. I just replaced it with a DVD player.

What are you jabbering about? DVDs have already taken over. BBC Worldwide (for instance) stopped producing videos since 2003. It's all about Blu-Ray and HD-DVD now.

DVD Revolution
 

They are definitely taking over, if not already fully taken over. Most so called video rental stores actually have roughly 70% of their stock in DVDS. Even then, normally about 10% to 15% is games for rent, so that leaves 20% to 15% VHS. They'll probably become extinct in the next four years

I always feel some sort of sympathy for people that try to stick with the ways of the old, but the businesses you speak of should have finally realized they needed to switch over to DVDs before it was too late.

I still have some old movies on VHS and a VHS player, but I rarely ever use them.

Video stores... shutting down? Do they just refuse to sell DVDs or something?

I really dont think Blu-Ray will catch on. DVDs were miles ahead of VHS tapes when they came out, Blu-Ray isn't that much better a little more storage and minimal definition differince. Yes(DVDs have taken over), the only reason I have a VCR is to tape things(too cheep for Tivo)

I don't know about Bluray. Could go the same way as laserdisk, but perhaps not. Then again, so could HD DVD. It's all just a matter of time.

Well thats just plain stupid. If I would own a store/bussiness I'd go with the flow and start selling/renting DVD's. The video rental around the corner here called 'Videoland' could better be called DVDland because the store in my street here threw out all their video's last year and went to renting soley DVD's. I don't even have a video player anymore, but I do have a lot of tapes which I will be putting on eBay! Yay eBay!

Well...its not really gone. Just wondering have they release DVD recording over here in America or UK? If not :lol: feeling proud.

I am sure people do all their recording of movies and programme on vhs still. I think countries are taking one step at a time. A little birdie told me that 'in the year 2010 every household is going to own a HD TV. So what I saying once that is adapted maybe the latest DVD player will be part of the household. Is the new sky digital connected to something? How does that work? I have telewest so it works different.

plus with all the tape gone...it really hard to get the old junk back. The classic personal stereo (cassette). These are really hard to find. Mp3 players are the latest range. I have an ipod nano¬_¬its a franchise now...it annoys me that they could releasing and releasing. Its like buying a phone...you can't catch up!!! Sorry I am rambling..:)

I think it's mainly because videos aren't bringing in enough money, so when they started selling DVD's they became absolutely rich. So they had to choose: money or none.

I work for Blockbuster and we finally within the past month got rid of all the VHS that were left (only in the family section). Back when I started in April, we still rented out VHS to people then we had a massive sale in June and on June 16th all of the VHS were destroyed. I think it's been a slow death for VHS ever since DVD has become the industry norm.

I suppose everyone wants the newest and best technology now.

DVD will also be replaced. I recon it will be either:

HD-DVD
Blu-ray

~or~

FMD: Fluorescent Multilayer Disk.

A lot of things are being replaced nowadays.

DVD will be the norm for another 5 years or so, and after that technology will go to fast and we will have 6 diffrent kinds of medium...

Now, it's this kind of mind-blowing news that makes me want to dry hump my computer screen.

You do know that even computers might be getting replaced some day.

You do know that isn't true. They will just make more advanced computers, I really doubt they will get replaced.

Wrong again. We are going to have brain implants that automatically connect to the world wide web. Supervilliany arise!

dvds are cheap enough now that i can't see how they won't replace vhs, or better yet how they didn't already

Have some of you guys been living in a cave? DVDs took over years ago.

And what kind of dumbass runs a video store but refuses to stock DVDs?

OH OH I KNOW! An American?!

Yea okay that was cheap XD.

I'm Northern Irish Havoc.

hahahah that's worse. What kind of idiot wears orange and goes parading all around the republic of ireland, gloating in front of brawny drunken thugs?

Northern Irish. Not Irish, Northern Irish. And I don't get drunk because I am 12.

Good for you, I'm Dutch.

WTF!? Since when did this delightfully 'intelectual' discussion on DVDs start being a stupid[er] thread about what nationality you are.

z0mg. LV you hate your countries stereotype? Get over it. According to stereotype I have a stiff upper lip, say pip-pip, smoke pipes and wear tweed.

Every country has a stereotype. Accept it, grow up and move on. You might not like it but it doesn't affect you in anyway.

- Rexy

I dunno, I made an American joke and this bloke felt spoken too...

that was really below the belt lol but true, no but seriously dvds took over in like 2001 but for people who still love their VCR theres always SVHS

Well, I think we can safely say that videos aren't going to be around for much longer.

Well done LV. You read the thread. *Applause*

- Rexy

:bow:

Don't do that...

Sorry Havoc. I won't do it again.

Don't do that...

Ahem, DVD's taking over videos? Hello?