DVD vs. VHS

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I miss the mentioning of Video2000 from Philips (and Grundig) in this thread.
wich is way superior, it has (good) recording ability and superb picture quality. Plus it can store up to 16 hours on one tape.

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KennyR wrote:
...but you can't buy movies on it.

But you can record or copy movies with hardly any picture/sound quality loss. Plus, if I'm right, newer models of Video2000 players can also handle VHS (not sure though)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

but a really good movie can be enchanting even on the most lousy video systems. So I think you watch kinda utterly bad movies if you think you need such a super-system.

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KennyR wrote:

but a really good movie can be enchanting even on the most lousy video systems. So I think you watch kinda utterly bad movies if you think you need such a super-system.

And vice versa, even the best movie can be ruined by really poor visual and audio quality.

(And besides, once you've watched a DVD movie on a 38" widescreen system with a home theatre system, you'll find it hard ever to go back. You just miss so much of the film otherwise. Its a truncated sensation.)

I can tell you from experience that it is untrue what you state.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

I prefer not watching action movies, so probably you're right on that one. Btw. other kind of movies are also to be experienced (especially, actually), but that doesn't happen by crisp picture quality.

But evenso, one action movie that I like is Lord of the Rings, and it was as good on a vhs as in the cinema

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KennyR wrote:
On a big screen, they're amazing.

wow :-/
actually, I can't care less about such effects. It's all about atmosphere, as well as the book as well as the movie (should be).