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M U S I C & M U L T I M E D I A

I Want My DVD!

Major Labels’ Plans for Classical Music on DVD

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	I	f you’re looking for DVD movies at the Lincoln Cen-	getting consumers to sign on to the
		ter Tower Records in New York, there’s no prob-	format, tells us that two years after

		lem: Just head down the escalator	the introduction of the VCR, there
	and there they are – banks and banks		were 877,000 of		them
	of them. Classical music video on		out there. Now, two
	DVD is something else. Those are		years after the intro-
	buried deep in the classical depart-		duction of	the DVD
	ment upstairs, in their own small		player, there are two
	rack in the opera room. Small is the		million, to say noth-
	operative word. On a recent visit,		ing of the 16 million
	there were only 23 titles available.		DVD drives that			are
		DVD may be the fastest adopt-	supposed	to	be	in
	ed new medium to come down the		home computers			by
	pike. Just ask the folks who are pro-		the end of the year.
	moting it: Statistics from the DVD Video		But if you like watching
	Group, an industry nonprofit aimed at		classical concerts and operas

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