RE: Some DVD bargains if you're interested, including DVDR!

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [ukha_d] Some DVD bargains if you're interested, including DVDR!

Yes and no Mark.

 

The advantage in a “normal” consumer’s eyes is that the DVDR format is portable to other locations, a PVR by its nature is not and when discussing the likes of TiVo with people that are not as tech orientated as we are this is the one thing that kills the argument in their favour. Personally, I can live with a PVR and indeed do, but when some relative asks me to record something it’s a pain in the ass to do it and the quality, even from S-VHS is not brilliant, but then I can’t use S-VHS cassettes because the vast majority of people I know do not have a VHS deck capable of playing them back.

 

However, most of them do have a DVD deck that is fairly recent, so suits me, suits them. ;)

 

Remember also that most consumers know what a VHS deck is, they know what a DVD deck is but many have not got the first clue what a PVR is.

 

K.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 July 2002 20:56
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Some DVD bargains if you're interested, including DVDR!

 

LOL - No :-)

 

Seriously, though - do we think DVD-(some recordable format) is going to beat PVR technology?

 

Personally, I think that PVR will win in the consumer space.)

 

(Jason - please comment here, particularly if you disagree - I'd far rather have someone eloquent and opinionated arguing against me than 100 yes-men !)

 

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Lee [mailto:jasonjlee@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Sun 07/07/2002 18:55
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Some DVD bargains if you're interested, including DVDR!

> Philips are being *very* aggressive about it and if you look around at
> DVDR VCR replacement machines it would appear that they lead the field
> as it stands and now we have the second generation of those machines
> which look to be a hell of a lot better than the first ones. Although
> that's always the way with new technology isn't it?

Yeah, and would we change that for the world? :)

J