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>>I am thinking of purchasing a D-VHS recorder I live in >>England. I currently use a SVHS deck and have been >>impressed with what I see. Four things worry me. 1. >>Lack of availabliy of recorders and tapes i.e. models, >>manufacturers and places to buy them! 2. The high >>price doesnt seem to being going down. 3. Is D-VHS >>going to take off? >> >>Can anyone give me some advice? Thanks. >> >>Robin > >You bet it's going to be successful. How can I tell >this >early in the game? Just repeat the last three letters >in >it's name. V-H-S. The VHS name has been sononomyous >with >home video almost since it's inception (beta was a >clost >call, it should have won.). And JVC will not let it's >little baby die. And before next holiday season, there >will >be D-VHS-C, and camcorders, and dozens or more models >of >D-VHS VCRs, all with better features than the last >(Not >particularly useful features.). And since it got out >the >door before the new year, I would bet a large chunk of >my >business (videograhy) that every new movie will be >'Availible for D-VHS, DVD, and VHS. And by the middle >of >2002 I would say D-VHS takes over he videotape market. >I >mea, it is backward compatible with VHS. The VCRs cost >$750 >american where I live, and they'll probably cost $300 >american soon. If the Beta Vs. VHS war showed anyone >anything at all, it was JVC never loses.

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