What I need ot get are the good copies of my favorites liek The NUNs story, the ODD COUPLE, Sunshine boys. I like the moies ofr the 40s, 50 and osme from the 60s.
I Am not so sure that teh DVD will go out as quickly as teh VHS. Of course the VHS hada long history as well.
If you think about it you can put two or three movies on one DVD and keep your collection small.
I dont think worrying about what will come down teh pike next is something to consider, I think just keeping the movies in any collection is the most important thing.
Now I was wonderinga botu the game memory chips that can hold movies as well... making duplicates in cross media might solve the question. at least your covered ona few fronts that way.
julie

Looks like HD-DVD and BlueRay are the front runners of the next generation (although not compatible with each other.) Video-on-demand is already here (and quite affordable in our area.)

Sit back and enjoy your collection of 480i vids. Wait until things get sorted out. You'll drive yourself crazy trying to keep up. Hell, even the industry can't decide on standards - don't even get started on aspect ratios, refresh rates, up/down sampling, etc.....C