DS> The only thing I fear is this whole DVD business. I don't want to 
purchase
 DS> a CD-writer, only to discover that it is obselete in two years.
 RL> I wouldn't worry about something that'll be obsolete in two years...
 RL> that's a given as fast as technology is advancing.  What I worry about
 RL> is the item that's obsolete by the time I take it out of the box. 
     If I can put my little 2 cents in the conversation, I'd say that I for
     one am not worried at all by DVD... What plays a part in the success of
     a new media is not it's quality, but it's release timing, which is 
     something the DVD doesn't have, in my opinion, as the CD is just getting
     installed in computers and home-burning... I'm not worried the DVD will
     replace the CD (at least for a reasonable time), but rather that it'll
     replace the LaserDisc (which has already started... I'm not even sure
     they still release movies on LaserDisc...)
... Experience is directly proportional to ruined equipment.
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