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Circuit City Phases Out VHS
Rashan writes: "Video Business Online is reporting that Circuit City is becoming the first of the mass merchants to state its intent to discontinue sales of the aging video format."
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But I can still buy Beta, right?
An optimist believes we live in the best world possible; a pessimist fears this is true.
Oh wait. nevermind.
Degrade? My copy of Debbie Does Dallas plays just as well as it did back in the early 90's as it does today!
:grin:
Of which, anyone know where I can locate this great release on DVD?
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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. - Euripides
Note to the unwise - vinyl sales are on the up, they have been for 5 years. At least 50% of the major single releases each week are available on vinyl. 100% of dance oriented ones are. The vast majority of dance music (the biggest selling sector in europe) is ONLY available on vinyl.
"Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976? If these trends continue... AAY!"
And turntables regularly out-do guitars in the annual christmas gift surveys
I don't care, I'm still going to replace my record collection with my own guitar playing.
I know!
I have tapes where uhhh.. certain.. uhh "scenes" are all distorted from repeated rewind-play-rewind-play
-T
I am the lord of the pun. Dance Knave!
I think this is a good sign that it's time to throw out my 8-track player
Instead of VHS, CC will be carrying DIVX Movies exclusively. ;-P
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Given the circuit city in my neighborhood the article could read. 'Neighborhood phases out circuit city'.
"as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee" - Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz. (One man's humorous is another mans flamebait)
If you walk in to any major chain store and ask where they kept all the music that didn't suck they'd probably look at you the same way.
semantics are everything!
He was likely trying to steer you a phone with a better profit margin and of course a better commission for him.
Heh.
"Would you like an extended warranty with that?"
"Provided by the management for your protection."
Although the company doesn't break out its sales of DVD, Circuit City officials said the entertainment software category--which includes music, movies and videogames--accounted for 11% of the chain's first-quarter revenue of $3.05 billion. Total revenue was up 14% in the first quarter compared to the 2001 period.
"So your honor, you can plainly see from these numbers that peer-to-peer filesharing is good. I mean bad. Shoot." - RIAA Lawyer
No. There's a huge, massive, practically engorged difference between the VHS and audio cassette markets.
Audiophiles could limp toward CD purchasing without too much concern, but the true VHS addicts are turgid in their desire to replay and replay particular favorite scenes from old collections, even if they originally shot in the 80s.
Now, I realize that their VHS performance does degrade over time, it's pretty clear these hard-core fans will happily squeeze out 50 or 60 bucks for new versions of the same old tapes.
Clearly, these fans are also being teased by more modern devices, like DVDs and the Internet, but they're not going to wipe up and flush their VHS collections.
And if their VCR breaks, there's no question they're going to buy a brand-spanking new one. They've just got too much stock on hand to ignore.
A friend of mine recently went into a record store and asked where the vinyl was. The guy looked at him and said "What's a vinyl?".
I can just imagine it was the epitome of the pimply-faced kid from Simpsons.
"I'll have to check with my manager on that..."
Every time somebody pirates a video, CD, or DVD, they make it ever so slightly less likely that I'll be able to get the kind of entertainment I want in the future.
I've never pirated a movie before, but I think I'll start now.
Thanks.
Since they purchased a license to the content, and not the physical media, shouldn't it be easy to get a replacement?
You seem so sure, but you won't give any numbers.
A sign that you're lying.
VCR: $80
Cleaning: Huh? Never! Nobody cleans VCRs because you don't need to.
Monthly Fee: What?
Missed Episodes: Only an idiot worries about "missed episodes". Its TV for chrissakes, not a dialysis machine.
Time to Program the device: At your salary, I wouldn't sweat it.
2 dozen blank tapes: $20
Total: $100
Cost/Month over 5 years: $1.40/month
Compared to:
Tivo: $250
Monthly Fee: $10/month or $600
Total $850
Cost/Month over 5 years: $140
HEY WHAT A GREAT FRICKIN' DEAL! A TIVO ONLY COSTS 100 TIMES WHAT A VCR COSTS! HEY, STOP THE PRESSES, I CAN'T BELIEVE THE WORLD HASN'T JUMPED ON THIS DEAL.
You're pretty clearly a person with too much money. Give up the TiVo and give the $10/month to a charity who won't waste it like you seem prone to do. I'll bet you pay $80/month for your cell phone too, when you could get by with a wired phone and only pay $20/month. But hell, you're twenty-six; plenty of time to put away money in savings, right?
Just kidding. Who can put a price on the convenince of TiVo?