DVDs still not the common household item?

[burgundy]

Originally posted by bahn
Good point, but that may very well change when the PSX launches. CDs are a LOT cheaper I am sure than blank VHS tapes.

What does the PSX have to do with DVD player penetration?

Originally posted by Tones
It's really annoying when "fullscreen" or "widescreen" is hidden somewhere on the back in small text. Luckily, I haven't picked up the wrong version yet. Heh, whenever I'm looking for a movie and I notice that there are both fullscreen and widescreen in the same rack, I always make sure to stick the fullscreen editions all the way in the back.

I never think to look, but I always wind up with widescreen. I definitely prefer widescreen but I won't pass up a cheap DVD I want just because it's fullscreen.

Originally posted by gamevet
How often do you see people at Walmart, flocking for the $150, 25" television that only has an RF input. Is that television really going to show any advantages to DVD?

I just bought a $125 24" flat tube TV that has component. Most new TVs have S-video - even low-end ones. However, even people that have access to better video inputs don't use them. I bet the biggest reason that manufacturers cut out the better inputs is to cut down on calls from Joe Idiot when he plugs the composite cables into the component jacks. I doubt cost is much of a factor.

Originally posted by gamevet
Yeah, but people buy tons of those 25" televisions, that have no added features and nothing but an RF input. These are the same people, that continue to use VHS and have'nt bought a stereo in 10 years.

I don't think you can find a single new 25" unit without composite input, and I like I said, I don't think you'll find that many without S-Video.

[FX]

Originally posted by bahn
Man. I HATE full-screen. My friend couldn't understand the difference between fullcreen and widescreen (or at least why I preferred the latter).

Once you start watching the movie, you forget all about the black bars and they disappear.

I can't STAND fullscreen.

[Korly]

If you have any friends that don't understand the difference between fullscreen and widescreen, you should get your hands on a copy of "A Bugs Life" collectors edition. On disc 2 there is a really cool feature on the difference.

[lordsnarf]

I can't speak for the population asa whole, but RF adaptors for the game consoles are one of the best selling accessories in the EB I wwork at. I sell like 10 of those a week, and I sell about half to two-thirds of the systems going out of my store with RF adaptors. I know this topic is on dvd players, but still, the indication is there.

[Schlep]

I'm sure most of the RF adapaters are so kids can play the systems in their rooms without bugging mom & dad.

[Captain Vegetable]

Bah! All the important people have DVD players.

[Josh]

My thoughts exactly... fuck the rest of you late adopting beatrice.

[gamevet]

I'm sure most of the RF adapaters are so kids can play the systems in their rooms without bugging mom & dad.

That and over half of the population is over 50. How many of those people are running out and buying DVD players, or even a new television? My parents are in their late 50's. They bought a 25" television around 6 years ago. It was a peice of shit, with RF as the only input.

[Tones]

The TV in my room was purchased in '94 or '95, and I didn't learn that it had s-video until a few years ago.

At the moment, I have three things in my room capable of playing DVD's, and in the house, we have a total of six... we're in good shape.

[Josh]

we have a total of six...

I only have four. You win.