Steve Brantley
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Gary Handman wrote:
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> Hullo all:
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> This from the June 17, 2002 issue of Video Business
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> CIRCUIT CITY DUMPS VHS
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> Circuit City stores has begun to "phase out" VHS product in its 622 stores
> around the country, becoming the first national mass merchant to go public
> with specific intent to discontinue the aging format [italics mine--gary].
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> .."Consumers want DVD, and we want to meet the demand," said a Circuit
> City spokesman. "Since shelf space is limited, it's coming at the expense
> of VHS."
> Gary Handman
> Director
> Media Resources Center
> Moffitt Library
> UC Berkeley
> ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
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> Hullo all:<br>
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> This from the June 17, 2002 issue of Video Business<br>
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> CIRCUIT CITY DUMPS VHS<br>
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> Circuit City stores has begun to "phase out" VHS product in its
> 622 stores around the country, becoming the first national mass merchant
> to go public with specific intent to discontinue the <i>aging format
> </i>[italics mine--gary].<br>
> <br>
> .."Consumers want DVD, and we want to meet the demand," said a
> Circuit City spokesman. "Since shelf space is limited, it's
> coming at the expense of VHS."<br>
> <div>Gary Handman</div>
> <div>Director</div>
> <div>Media Resources Center</div>
> <div>Moffitt Library</div>
> <div>UC Berkeley</div>
> <div>ghandman@library.berkeley.edu</div>
> <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC</a>
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Steve Brantley
Visiting Assistant Reference Librarian & Visiting Instructor
Main Library--Reference
University of Illinois at Chicago
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