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[personal profile] jack
DVD:

No need to rewind
Easy skip ahead
Menus to view different options non-linearly
Subtitles
Small storage space

Video:

Built-in ability to skip stupid intros, piracy ads, menus, etc
Low hassle recording
Cheap
No stupid bonus features

Date: 2008-05-06 08:31 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] simont
Also...

DVD: does not gradually degrade in quality when left in the same room as a small magnet.

Video: tape position naturally stores information about where you'd got to, so it's easy to stop watching and resume some other day or even in someone else's player without losing your place.

Date: 2008-05-06 10:31 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-05-06 12:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robhu.livejournal.com
However IIRC DVDs do degrade in sunlight. I have more of a problem with sunlight than with magnets :)