CORTEZ, David
English 90
Mr. Disbrow
April 09, 2008
VHS or DVD? Which is the Better Escape?
Nowadays, many of us go to the cinema to see a movie or event that will let us escape to another world for at least 90 minutes. Until around 30 years ago the only way to relive that escapist feeling, was to wait for it to come on television. In the early 1980’s a new format arrived: the VCR and with it the VHS cassette. The VCR allowed anyone with a VHS tape to play, fast forward, rewind, stop, and pause any movie with ease. It even offered a record option which allowed a user to create and can then later watch their own VHS programming. Around the last 15 years, an upgrade on how we watched our media came to a shift with the Digital Video Disc or DVD. The DVD allows you to do anything a cassette does, but different. Instead of a rectangular block you have a disc similar to a CD, instead of just a movie; you can access extras, such as deleted scenes or commentary. With all the......
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