"VHS is dead, long live DVD".

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“VHS is dead, long live DVD”

This statement can be looked at in two ways, either true or false. People that would say that this statement is false would mostly be for nostalgic reasons. I myself feel that this is true because technology is evolving minute by minute, and the future is key to technology. Although I think that it’s good to have new technology, it also means that more and more people will be taken advantage of. This will not just be the consumer, as prices are very high, but the poor exploited Asian communities that will be paid less than a dollar a day. Apart from this I do think that the digital versatile disc is the way forward for our viewing needs.

The acronym DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc. Each word is key in showing how “VHS is dead” and that the DVD is the future. The ‘Disk’ is the future because unlike a video, it is not at all bulky and is only 120mm wide, where as a video is 187.5mm. This obviously means that the way we view films, music etc is getting smaller and also means that it will continue to decrease in size. Even though a video is larger than a disc it does not mean that it holds more memory, in fact a disc holds seven times more memory than a video, which is the main reason the DVD has taken on. The word ‘Digital’ has great benefit over the VHS because videos are predominantly analogue and all DVDs are digital. This is a great advantage for the consumer because people would rather watch something digitally, than something analogue. The word ‘Versatile’ is the solution to how we interact with our TV. They way it is versatile is by holding so much more information and the ease with which the consumer can range through what is on offer. The DVD has the versatility to view special feature for example commentary and deleted scenes, and it also has the versatility to select the scene you want with the easy touch of a button.

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The new step of the DVD is the format of DVD-RW otherwise known as recordable DVDs. This is much like VHS videos because it uses blank disks and you can record what you want onto them. The film industry is not for the DVD-RW format because a DVD has copyright on it, which makes it illegal to copy. As it stands, anyone can log onto a powerful computer and by using the right software can gain the file of codes of which a film comprises of, and by using another piece of software known as DivX can reproduce the film.

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The report is in the font colour 'Blue', which makers the report quite difficult to read. The font colour should be replaced to 'Black'. In addition, the report could be broken into paragraphs to allow the examiner to read the report more easily. The report states the term 'nostalgic', however the student hasn't explained what is meant by this. All technical terms within the report should be explained, to allow the examiner to understand what the student is talking about. On the flip side, the report explain the term 'DVD'.

The student states 'The ‘Disk’ is the future because unlike a video, it is not at all bulky and is only 120mm wide, where as a video is 187.5mm.'. However what is this intended for? The report could include 'People's property now store a number of digital devices, and this reduces the space available for a number of consumer's. DVD's allows consumer's to store films easier and this would save space within a home environment'. This is similar with the other two words of 'Digital' and 'Versatility'.

The report describes how people are able to record DVDs with using a recordable disk, although there is a copyright issue. The film market is promoting an appropriate use of these disks, although there are now a number of people who record films using these disk which is illegal. This section is quite good, as this describes the drawbacks to DVD's. The report states how DVD's have different regions, and this is quite an in-depth description. This is quite good, as this shows the examiner detailed knowledge of this area.