[TheForge] Re: DVDs

Tue Oct 28 15:57:00 2003

Andy,

This would have to go through Dave Mudge and refer it to the ABANA 
Board. But, there is no question that DVDs are the way to go.

jack

On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 12:55  PM, 
[email protected] wrote:

> Message: 13
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: ABANA rental library
> From: Andrew Vida <[email protected]>
> Organization: Proof Technologies LLC
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:45:42 -0800
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:52:38 -0500, jack andrews 
> <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Dave 7 others,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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