[Publib] RE: Publib Digest, Vol 17, Issue 36

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--- Beverly Choltco-Devlin My <BDevlin at midyork.org>
wrote:

> Most of our member libraries still circulate a great
> number of VHS tapes.  Many of the patrons in our
> service region live in the inner city or poorer
> rural areas and cannot afford DVD players (or CD
> players for that matter) and still use their VCRs
> heavily. 
> 

That's interesting.  DVD players have been less
expensive than VCRs for quite some time. DVDs are also
less expensive to manufacture than VHS tapes.

I saw a DVD player at Target recently for $29.  How
times have changed!  I remember when the cheapest DVD
player was a $300 Toshiba.