Originally posted by: boba feta
Perhaps its the degradation factor, perhaps its the possibility of breaks, snags and stretches, perhaps its just the inconvenience of having to rewind your tapes, the relative ease of duplication, the lower price and ease of digital distribution afforded the DVD all probably play a factor.
Yes, well D-VHS is digital. People don't want it because it doesn't come with all the bells and whistles that disc formats come with. Just like beta had it's limitations, even if it did have better picture quality (from what I remember about beta it had worse sound though?) Perhaps its the degradation factor, perhaps its the possibility of breaks, snags and stretches, perhaps its just the inconvenience of having to rewind your tapes, the relative ease of duplication, the lower price and ease of digital distribution afforded the DVD all probably play a factor.