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Mostly agree -- one disagreement

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Posted by Dalancroft on July 31, 2003 at 11:17:49

In Reply to: the gullibility of the common man posted by Some Guy on July 31, 2003 at 06:00:35:

I have to disagree with one statement you made:

"Honestly, DVD doesn't look much better on most TVs than a quality VHS player."

My wife, 2-year-old (at the time) daughter and I visited my mom last Thanksgiving. We brought movies, including Shrek, "just in case," and when we arrived my brother had thoughtfully brought a VHS copy of Shrek over.

Now, my mom's VCR isn't state of the art, but as a housewarming gift we bought her an $80 DVD player from Target so I think the comparison is apropos. I fast-forwarded both DVD and VHS versions of Shrek to a gorgeous outdoor scene showing a lot of detail. Even my 60+ year old mom, no video- or audiophile she, was amazed by the terrific and easily noticeable improvement in color saturation and detail of the DVD over the VHS.

BTW, her TV is a nice 32" Panasonic, the same model I have for my family room except hers is one model higher so it has two-tuner PIP.

However, picture quality aside, I still think people like DVDs for their convenience -- small, light, no need to rewind -- and comfort level with CDs ...

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Topic - Why are some DVDs (of music content) so relatively poor in quality? - John C. - Aussie 17:49:12 07/29/03 (13)

Hey John, still enjoying your HLD-X9 player? - Michael 13:59:53 07/30/03 (7)

Yes, and I'm having the audio output modified - John C. - Aussie 15:22:33 07/30/03 (6)

Re: Yes, and I'm having the audio output modified - IPY 13:20:50 08/01/03 (3)

HLD-X9 - rbest1_97@yahoo.com 18:41:26 08/15/03 (1)

Re: HLD-X9 - rbest1_97@yahoo.com 09:28:38 09/01/03 (0)

Have not detected any improvement in the video - John C. - Aussie 16:16:56 08/01/03 (0)

Re: Yes, and I'm having the audio output modified - Michael 19:41:19 07/30/03 (1)

Smearing & the change over to s-VHS - John C. - Aussie 16:05:04 07/31/03 (0)

You nailed it in your first sentence - Dalancroft 08:06:02 07/30/03 (4)

Re: You nailed it in your first sentence - caa 09:05:23 07/30/03 (3)

Re: You nailed it in your first sentence - Dalancroft 10:15:46 07/30/03 (2)

the gullibility of the common man - Some Guy 06:00:35 07/31/03 (1)

Mostly agree -- one disagreement - Dalancroft 11:17:49 07/31/03 (0)

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