How far behind the times am I?

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I don't own a DVD Player & my VCR is broken . I don't own a laptop , & my computer is running Millenuim Edition . I don't own a dishwasher . I got my first Credit Card about 18mths ago , & hardly use it , as you can probably tell :tongue:
It's almost like I'm living in the stone age :biggrin1:
 

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Dong, I guess there is the difference: My TV has a 20-inch screen, which covers up most of the flaws you think you see.

I was actually referring to the difference in image quality between streaming a compressed (say) Mpeg over a lan as opposed to viewing it direct from source via a DVD player. I was also referring to my home cinema which has close to a 10 foot screen, this tends to highlight deficiencies in the source.

I suppose it depends several factors but VHS quality played over such a setup would be most notably inferior (technically) to DVD in almost anyone's opinion...:tongue:

I agree, and I prefer on the whole to watch movies from disc rather than hard drive, also I can't be bother ripping movies to disk, lazy you see. On a small screen (say up to 42") the difference is acceptable provided the encoding is good. But VHS quality on the other is (technically) pretty poor and would look bad next to a DVD of the same subject. As that seldom happens it's not usually a consideration.

By the way, does anyone here have any LaserDisc movies? I have seen those offered until like 1997, even though this data carrier never had a major breakthrough. It lead nowhere at that time to invest several thousand bucks in equipment plus $ 80 - $ 100 in a disc if all the movies offered are B-type action flicks and C-type splatter movies.
 

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I'm a dinosaur with DVDs. I don't like that you can't rewind/fast-forward to a specific part of the film the way you could with videotapes.
What gave you this idea? You can rewind/fast forward at up to 32X speed.Faster than any videotape! If you know the time of the scene you want all you have to do is programme it in and you're there instantly.