*mildly on-topic alert*

Hi All,

With Today Tonight recently doing a story on set top DVD recorders (cheap
and nasty models starting from around $450), I estimate it'll be only a
year or so before the mums and dads of Australia will begin to replace the
family VCR when they get to around the $300 mark.  I have to wonder though,
after all a family's video tapes have been converted to DVD, what will
happen to the video tapes?  Can they be used for anything else?  Recycled? 
Throwing them in the bin seems like a real waste.

I note DVD writers for PCs have now reached sub-$150 and prices continue to
fall.  CD writers are sub-$40.  Amazing.  I suspect it won't be long before
they stop making CD writers altogether in favour of DVD writers (which also
burn CDs).

Also, dual layer (9 Gb) DVD writers have started appearing, but the media
is a bit expensive.

Also, an announcement was made recently about HD DVD writers (with discs
holding up to 30 Gb) to start appearing in the next year or so.  Although,
by then an entry level PC's hard disk drive will probably hold 200 Gb...

Regards
Andrew

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