John Corn
09-12-02, 06:53 AM
Say good-bye to your VCR.
A new type of DVD recorder announced by Sony Monday is the beginning of the end for traditional VHS videotapes.
Sales of DVD players have already outstripped the aging VHS format, but most folks who own DVD players still have VCRs, too. That's because DVD recorders have posed two problems. Different recorders use different types of discs, so you can't be sure your recorded DVDs will work in someone else's player. And the darn things have been stratospherically expensive.
That doesn't mean people don't lust after DVD recorders. Recording on disc means crisp digital formats that don't stretch and degrade over time like a VCR tape. A DVD recorder in a PC gives you 4.7 gigabytes of space on every disc, a huge improvement over the 700 megabytes on most CDs.
Full Story (http://www.freep.com/money/tech/newman10_20020910.htm)
A new type of DVD recorder announced by Sony Monday is the beginning of the end for traditional VHS videotapes.
Sales of DVD players have already outstripped the aging VHS format, but most folks who own DVD players still have VCRs, too. That's because DVD recorders have posed two problems. Different recorders use different types of discs, so you can't be sure your recorded DVDs will work in someone else's player. And the darn things have been stratospherically expensive.
That doesn't mean people don't lust after DVD recorders. Recording on disc means crisp digital formats that don't stretch and degrade over time like a VCR tape. A DVD recorder in a PC gives you 4.7 gigabytes of space on every disc, a huge improvement over the 700 megabytes on most CDs.
Full Story (http://www.freep.com/money/tech/newman10_20020910.htm)