[Publib] VHS tapes & DVDs & DVD-Rs

[Judy Anderson]

History channel and A&E are among those selling the DVD-R format. When I was 
buying it was for a college. The Rs don't have menus, you can only play them 
like a VHS. For educational purposes, instructors want to be able to quickly 
go to a certain part of the DVD. I only bought one because it was topic an 
instructor really wanted and there was no other recording on the topic and 
it was the only format available.

Judy Anderson
Oregon
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>From: Mike Tribby <mike.tribby at quality-books.com>
>To: "'publib at webjunction.org'" <publib at webjunction.org>
>Subject: [Publib] VHS tapes & DVDs & DVD-Rs
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:44:21 -0500
>
>In response to a question about VHS tapes in library collections, Laurel
>Toole posted in part:
>"Now, however, since vhs are no longer being made"
>
>In point of fact, VHS tapes are still being made although not in nearly the
>numbers they were previously. Some smaller video vendors still market VHS,
>but many are switching to DVD-Rs, which cost less to produce but may not
>play on all DVD players. Do any libraries have specific policies about
>collecting or not collecting DVD-Rs? We have had a smattering of 
>complaints,
>some rather vociferous, about the quality of DVD-Rs, but not carrying them
>severly limits the range of subject options we can easily obtain.
>
>
>Mike Tribby
>Senior Cataloger
>Quality Books Inc.
>The Best of America's Independent Presses
>
>mailto:mike.tribby at quality-books.com
>

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