The DVD film memory on most players has a limit to how many it can remember....and YES I have lots of VHS video's half way through. Only Fools and Horse, Men Behaving Badly being the highest level really. If you watch a few films through too...you soon run out of spaces for these positions.
Seconds, I KNOW VIDEO PLAYERS DIE>...but that doesnt take the tape with it very often....whereas Hard Disks die...and you loose everything on them :(
Now...recordable DVD players....very clever. Ace in fact. Are they compatible with each other? I mean if I record a TV show on my brand new DVD recorder and take it to work and lend it to someone with a DVD player OR recorder that is 18 months old....wil it play? Can I even cue it up for him to watch the 30 minutes he's interested in?
Can I pull the DVD out in a hurry and whack a new DVD in and hit record in 5 seconds flat without scartching either disk...in a hurry? Can I drop it out of the door of my car and not worry about it scratching as it slides down the drive?
VHS and SVHS exist for a reason. POPULARITY.
CD exisits for that reason too....but people still use Turntables.....blimey...Dixons still SELL turntables.
So why on earth drop VCR's?
Publicity...it causes a stir.