Re: DVD vs VHS? VCR vs DVD Player?

[Diane Guiett <guiett.1@OSU.EDU>]

There are educational DVD out there; you just need to know who to contact.
Pioneer has been the leader of Laserdisc technology and they have also
worked with companies to develop DVD materials for education. Check with
them to see what new materials they have. One of the reasons that they were
not able to convert the older Laserdiscs to DVD is due to the copyright
restrictions that the companies had. They did not want to have the digital
format.

>Well, I haven't seen any DVD's that fit the curriculum. I bought two
>laser disc players 5 years ago and a bunch of laser discs - rarely are
>they used......If I was buying...I'd buy 3 VCR's and 1 DVD player to
>have - but as noted if one doesn't own any DVD's - and most DVD's seem
>to be commercial movies - why have it in a school?
>
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>Kate Stirk, Media Specialist
>stirkk@annunciationacademy.org (school)
>Annunciation Catholic Academy, Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA
>stirkk@juno.com (home)
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Diane Guiett
Library Media Specialist
Columbus Public Schools
Editor, The Ohio Media Spectrum
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