Well nothing is "lost" in the sense of ceasing to exist, but a ton of stuff has not made it to DVD. I suspect that the percentage is far higher with educational, non fiction material than standard feature films. Many companies gone, rights and materials in limbo. Things will continue to trickle out, but the economics make it prohibitive for a rights holder to release a lot of less popular material, some of which may be dated.
I suspect that with feature films the number released on DVD that were never released on VHS might be equal or higher. While there are important rights and materials issues per above in most cases these films would make it to DVD IF there was enough of a market. However just a reminder , do not throw out films on VHS that you can not replace on DVD. Even if you don't want them somebody else might so at least post here before junking anything. There are a lot of titles that won't make it do DVD, save what you have. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Rosen, Rhonda J. <[email protected]>wrote: > Does anyone have a quote or bit of fact regarding how much film is lost > with the move to dvd? Or how much will not make it to dvd? > > Rhonda > > > > Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media & Access Services > William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University > One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 > [email protected]| 310/338-4584| > http://library.lmu.edu > > "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where > people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of > employing wild animals as librarians." > *--Monty Python* > > > > > > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
