Coming soon to own on videocassette

[Archived in Dvd Versus Vhs, Entry]

Alexei Kosut on 2004/05/02:

  „I don’t use my VCR much; I bought my last prerecorded VHS movie circa 1999, and have hardly touched a blank tape since getting TiVo nearly two years ago. Recently I popped in a few movies from the late ‘90s, and discovered how much of a different experience watching a VHS tape is versus a DVD. The main difference, interestingly, was not the lack of menus or random access, but the ten minutes of coming attractions I had to sit through (or fast-foward) prior to watching the movie.“

http://akosut.com/log/2004/05/02/000201.html - Cached

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The Video Cassette Recorder (VCR)

  „How The VCR Works The Helical Scan System In an audio cassette deck, which only registers audio signals, the tape passes over a static recording/playback head at constant speed. The higher the speed of the tape, the more tape particles pass the head opening and the higher the frequencies that can be registered. Thanks to the extremely narrow head opening, it is possible to record and play back the entire tone range, up to 18,000 or 20,000 Hz, despite a slow tape speed of no more than 4.75 centimeters per second.“

http://repairfaq.cis.upenn.edu/sam/icets/ vcr.htm - Cached

NextBase Tablet DVD Player Review

  „In the early 80s, it became common to see movies that had recently finished their theater runs avaiable for rental in the VHS format, which played on VCRs. Actually buying a pre-recorded videocassette was cost prohibitive, but renting wasn't bad. For those that didn't own a VCR, those were available for rent, too.“

http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/ nextbase-tablet-dvd-review.html - Cached

Digital Video Recording

  „The Sony and Panasonic camcorders claimed 500 TV linesof horizontal resolution achieved by a luminance sampling rateof 13.5 MHz and chrominance sampling rate of 6.75 MHz (4:1:1 YCrCbformat for NTSC), which is a substantial improvement over thebandwidth of Hi8 and S-VHS formats that offer about 400-line resolution.“

http://seaspray.trinity-bris.ac.uk/~altwfaq/graphics/video/.../ 1394formats.html - Cached

Why Can't I Watch this Video Here? - Part I

  „These requests raise questions concerning possible copyright infringement as the owners of copyrights in audiovisual works17 attempt to protect their rights when librarians provide access to the information *843 stored in video formats.18 Most librarians are unfamiliar with one of the most important rights that a copyright owner has in an audiovisual work such as a videocassette or videodisc-the right to control a public performance of the work.19 Neither Congress nor the courts have addressed whether viewing a protected videocassette or videodisc in a library constitutes a public performance20 and, if so, whether the performance is permitted by one of the limitations of a copyright owner's rights or one of the exemptions from infringement.21 Recent cases22 provide only part of the answer.“

http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/cochran/cases%20&%20readings/.../ comment-pubperfom.htm - Cached

Things that annoy me, part twenty-seven

  „But what actually annoys me more is other bikers, who flout the law with ready abandon. In the fifteen minutes a day I spend biking, I see at least half a dozen people on bicycles (and, of course, without helmets or lights) riding on the sidewalk, on the wrong side of the road, through red lights and stop signs, and generally making a menace of themselves to pedestrians, drivers, and other bicylists (last year, one such biker ran into my car.) With bikers like that on the road, I can hardly blame drivers for thinking ill of the rest of us.“

Found at a page of Alexei Kosut, posted on 2004/05/23

http://akosut.com/log/2004/05.html#000210 - Cached

The Unapologetic DVD Enthusiast by Drew Reiber         Nolan's Pop Culture Review #119

  „The price of a regular videocassette tape and recorder in 1995 is now about the exact same cost for a digital videodisc and player. Yes, I do understand you can’t record onto a DVD, but as blank VHS tapes now cost a few dollars apiece… I’m sure you can afford to hold onto your VHS player until DVD recorders become cheap and commonplace. They have already broken into the standard market place (such as Best Buy), so it’s just a matter of time before they are sold in enough volume to become affordable as well.“

http://www.crazedfanboy.com/nolansnewsstand02/ dvdenthusiastpcr119.html - Cached

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