DVDs Gaining In Popularity
DVDs are so much sleeker than the standard VHS tape, and in a few years the VHS tape will be completely obsolete, the market overtaken by DVDs. And why not? DVDs are a medium which can provide a number of options that a VHS could never do. Like the CD and the music world, the DVD is overtaking the film world and becoming the standard. It offers superior quality in both picture and sound, and is much better in its packaging. There is a difference between DVDs and CDs. It all has to do with the number of grooves on the readable side of these mediums. Both are digital, and contain the information that is readable by a laser. DVDs simply have smaller and a lot more grooves on the bottom, which can handle larger amounts of data. Video needs are much larger than audio, which is why DVDs can hold entire movies and CDs can’t. DVDs can also hold other information, and make it possible to run different soundtracks with the movies. That is why you see director commentaries on DVDs. It plays the movie, but if you choose certain options you are in essence, changing the soundtrack on the DVD. Another great benefit of DVDs is being able to choose specific chapters and jump right to scenes in your favorite movie, without having to fast forward or rewind. DVDs are much more