[TheForge] Re: ABANA rental library

[Andrew Vida]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:52:38 -0500, jack andrews <skipjack394@mchsi.com> 
wrote:

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> Dave 7 others,
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> One of the problems with that the ABANA video library has faced is the 
> constant need to make new tapes after they are damaged. The master tapes 
> are not circulated. This happens as a result of heavy use and being 
> bounced around by the USPS. Normal use is about 6 to 10 times, so you can 
> see that the expense is in making new tapes.
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> DVD's next?

	This was going to be my response to the initial post.  DVD burners
	are cheap, and rather than rent the "tapes", just sell them.  Cheap.
	Cost plus some small percentage and postage.  They are smaller and
	cheaper to mail, and you don't have to keep track of them once they
	are out the door.  It would cut the overhead by a large degree and
	folks can build libraries of their own.  It's a win-win.

	In fact, I'll make ABANA a deal.  If they send me masters, I will
	burn DVD masters from them and return everything if they will pick
	up the postage and perhaps the material cost for the disks (I know
	DVD blanks are not nearly as cheap as CDs).  I can do them in small
	lots.  Send 5 tapes, get them back, sigh in relief, send 5 more, or
	whatever they would feel comfortable with.  Just a thought.
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