This is one of those times when I am glad prices are still way too high for most people to seriously consider a DVD recorder for either the family room or the computer room. But within a year or so, I expect they will be common on new PCs.
By the end of this week, I hope to have nosed around enough help readers avoid some of the pain associated with choosing the losing side in the latest version of the Beta/VHS war.
Bottom line: I think this is a market in which the vendors will decide what customers get rather than customers actually voting with their dollars. Yes, there will be some competition, at least for a while, but in the end I suspect we will all settle on what everyone seems to settle on--and it will be the consumer electronics companies that make the decision for us.
I would ask you not to buy anything until I can report back, but with prices high and availability limited, I guess I don't really have to worry about that.
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