Jay, your argument is too complicated. When you record on DVD-R you often face the problems of a pausing during playback, this also occurs with a lot of commercial discs, especially those which have been poorly pressed. I went through two copies of one DVD I bought before I got a third, working copy of it. D-VHS does not have that problem, consumers can watch a pause-free playback, guaranteed. The potential of the format is huge. If it is marketed correctly, I do believe the market would adopt it over Blu-Ray/HD-DVD.

I'm not arguing that it's a better format, no ... just that it's a more consumer-friendly format, one that will satisfy more consumers.