Gary Handman
At 11:32 AM 11/02/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>We are a medium-sized state university, California State
>University Sacramento. Our collection consists of about 4500
>video titles of which about 10%, or 450, are "movies" -
>theatrical releases. If 50 of those titles are used as
>curriculum support, I'd be surprised. The balance of our
>circulation of movies is pleasure viewing by students, staff and
>faculty. I haven't had a request yet for DVD. Unless or until
>educational titles are released in DVD format, I really can't
>make a case for owning DVD equipment or titles. Am I the only
>one who feels this way?
>
>Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:30:03
>-0800 (PST) Reply-to: videolib@library.berkeley.edu From:
> Rick Provine <rep3s@virginia.edu> To: Multiple
>recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re:
>DVD Cometh
>
>I think this will go much like the laserdisc market went, only better.
>Laser never caught on as a consumer format, but was absolutely necessary
>for collecting feature film in something like its original form
>(widescreen, decent audio, decent picture quality, commentary, etc.) DVD
>as least has the advantage of more widespread consumer acceptance, due
>mostly to the industry's unprecedented support across companies for the
>format (Circuit City excepted).
>
>If you want to collect feature film, then DVD is an absulute must due to
>its features and picture quality. Because of the large install base of
>DVD-ROm drives, there is a broader acceptance of the format. The rap on
>laser was that it couldn't record. That was set up as a condition for the
>success of any new format. But most people never record with their VCR's.
>And they are now realizing this.
>
>We may never see the more esoteric titles on DVD, but VHS isn't going away.
> Multiple formats is part of doing media these days, and why we all have
jobs.
>
>Ramble ramble....
>
>At 08:46 AM 11/2/99 -0800, Gary Handman wrote:
>>Hi folks!
>>
>>In my frantic desire to justify buying ten new DVD players ("cheapie" Sony
>>DVP S330's about $250 a pop...if you care), I began nosing around industry
>>other trade sources in search of indicators of the viability of this
>>medium. Some interesting stats from an Oct. 18, 1999 Phillips Businss
>>Information report:
>>
>>Projected growth of DVD Content and Devices:
>>
>>DVD Discs in U.S. and Europe for '99 -- 77 million units (sold)
>>DVD Discs expected by 20002 -- more than 2 billion units (sold)
>>Worldwide DVD Devices for 99' -- 17 million (sold)(I think this may include
>>DVD-ROM drives as well as DVD players)
>>Worldwide DVD Devices expected by 2005 - 144 million (sold)
>>
>>The August 16, 1999 Phillips report quotes the International Recording
>>Media Association in its projection that "there will be nearly 25 million
>>DVD players and a billions discs sold worldwide by 2003
>>
>>
>>The Phillips report for May 14, 1999 indicated the following projections:
>>
>>US DVD-ROM Title releases (I think this includes both movies and games?)
>>
>>1998 - 100
>>1999 - 750
>>2000 - 2000
>>2001 - 4000
>>2002 - 7000
>>20003 11,000
>>
>>Still, one wonders how much of the current body of analog
>>video--theatrical, documentary, educational,etc.--is likely to make it over
>>the fence into digitaldom... Somehow, I have this continuing fear that a
>>lot of wonderful and weird will never make the transition...It occurs to me
>>that, like Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens, we're likely to see the
>>evolutionary dead-end and the evolutionary vanguard existing in uneasy
>>tandem for some time to come.
>>
>>gary handman
>>
>>
>>Gary Handman
>>Director
>>Media Resources Center
>>Moffitt Library
>>UC Berkeley 94720-6000
>>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
>>
>>"Everything wants to become television" (James Ulmer -- Teletheory)
>
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>Director for Media||Robertson Media Center
>Clemons Library||University of Virginia
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>
Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley 94720-6000
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
"Everything wants to become television" (James Ulmer -- Teletheory)