Sony G90 manual Want My DVD, Major Labels’ Plans for Classical Music on DVD, I D I W a L E S O N

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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

. . . . . . . . .

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

H E I D I W A L E S O N

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