Comment Re:Fast forward a year after your purchase... (Score 1) 411
Although I do agree with the 'be kind-rewind' point for the rental market, I think quick access to the special features is less important than improved picture quality.
Further, it seems like DVD, as a high-density optical medium, does not react very well to fingerprints and scratches. My guess is that magnetic tape, enclosed in a plastic shell, is far less likely to receive this kind abusive handling.
Although it's hard to say what all that fast-forwarding and rewinding will do over the years; properly handled DVDs could theoretically last as long as the plastics they're made of.
Ever waffling,
shmeck
Further, it seems like DVD, as a high-density optical medium, does not react very well to fingerprints and scratches. My guess is that magnetic tape, enclosed in a plastic shell, is far less likely to receive this kind abusive handling.
Although it's hard to say what all that fast-forwarding and rewinding will do over the years; properly handled DVDs could theoretically last as long as the plastics they're made of.
Ever waffling,
shmeck
