--- Forwarded Message from Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:36:47 -0500 >From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]> >User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #9007 The death of VHS is upon us! >References: <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> I had a grant, so I got multi-standard players without converters and TVs that would play the VHS any standard. I think you can still get a converter box separate from the player. But that's complicated for the viewer. Judy LLTI-Editor wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from "David Flores" <[log in to unmask]> --- > >> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:20:35 -0500 >> From: "David Flores" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: The death of VHS is upon us! > > For some odd reason two of our three Samsung SV-5000W multi-standard VHS players > died at about the same time a few weeks ago, so I called Samsung, got an RMA and > sent one off to be repaired. Well, today I got a call from Samsung informing me > that the unit cannot be repaired and that they're refunding the repair cost. >>From a brief chat with the Samsung rep. I came away with the impression that > we've pretty much reached the end of the line as far as these units go. Samsung > doesn't seem to even have much in the way of parts left to service them. They're > also not selling anything in the way of a replacement. > > So it looks like you should begin converting your foreign video holdings now, if > you've still got some and want to be able to play them back in the future. If > VHS hasn't yet fallen under the "obsolete format" exemption to the DMCA, then I > suspect it will shortly. > > David Flores > Director: Language Learning Center > Loyola College in Maryland > 4501 North Charles Street > Baltimore, MD 21210 > Ph: (410) 617-5230 > Fax: (410) 617 2859 > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language > Teaching > and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > ***********************************************