Imagine you slip into a coma in 1995 and wake up a decade later. After getting over the initial shock of the country having gone straight to heck, you start settling in. Let's pretend that once you've thrown out your outdated wardrobe and gotten your life in order, there's still one thing you haven't updated yet: Your trusty old VCR.
You notice that everyone around you is getting DVD players now. You ask them why they dumped their VHS for DVD players. They explain about the superior image quality and how it doesn't degrade over time and so forth. You're faced with two alternatives..