My brother has Down's Syndrome and one of the main advantages of VHS tapes is that he can easily put in a tape to watch a Disney movie or something to that effect. It would be much more difficult for him to open the DVD player's "drawer" put a DVD (right side up) into a DVD playerand successfully play it.
I suspect that there is a similar difficulty for young children.
In addition, the elderly, or those with muscular difficulties are less likely to have problems with dropping a VHS tape.
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BW
This is one of the few things that
As a warehouse coordinator for a major electronics chain I can tell you that we first started getting HP models with this technology about two weeks ago.
Check web sites for the HP a832n, a820n
As for the media, Verbatim has a 10 pack (non-spindle) of the CD-Rs for $7.99.
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My brother has Down's Syndrome and one of the main advantages of VHS tapes is that he can easily put in a tape to watch a Disney movie or something to that effect. It would be much more difficult for him to open the DVD player's "drawer" put a DVD (right side up) into a DVD playerand successfully play it. I suspect that there is a similar difficulty for young children. In addition, the elderly, or those with muscular difficulties are less likely to have problems with dropping a VHS tape. -- BW This is one of the few things that
As a warehouse coordinator for a major electronics chain I can tell you that we first started getting HP models with this technology about two weeks ago. Check web sites for the HP a832n, a820n As for the media, Verbatim has a 10 pack (non-spindle) of the CD-Rs for $7.99.