Should I purchase VHS or DVD videos.
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Calico
Cathlete
Go DVD hands down! There are so many more possibilities with DVD over VHS. You can mix and match workouts easier. With some DVDS you get premixes which give you more workouts for your money.(which is always a + in my book). Your workouts are endless with all the combos you can make up using a programmable DVD player and DVDS.
I just switched over back in October and it was the best thing I ever did.
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I just switched over back in October and it was the best thing I ever did.
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kathryn
Cathlete
DVD, with some reservations. Cathe's DVD's, especially the Intensity Series, are excellent: good chaptering (except for the earlier DVD's, but the sound and picture quality makes them worth it anyway), excellent premixes in the Intensity series and BB Series.
The reservation I have is that many people seem to be having problems with the BB DVD's playing on their players. And newer players seem to have more problems than some basic players. I personally have a cheap RCA, one-disc player, and aside from a longer pause than usual when there is a layer switch (though SNM has not replied to my question about where the layer switches are, though I've asked several times), I haven't had any problems.
Do you already have a DVD player? If you're thinking of the BB series,, you might want to ask if anyone with the same player had the problems.
The reservation I have is that many people seem to be having problems with the BB DVD's playing on their players. And newer players seem to have more problems than some basic players. I personally have a cheap RCA, one-disc player, and aside from a longer pause than usual when there is a layer switch (though SNM has not replied to my question about where the layer switches are, though I've asked several times), I haven't had any problems.
Do you already have a DVD player? If you're thinking of the BB series,, you might want to ask if anyone with the same player had the problems.
DVD!
Cathe & crew have done a tremendous job with chaptering & premixes on the newer workouts. But even with older workouts or non-Cathe workouts that aren't organized well, it's so much easier to select what you want to do.
The only irritant I've had w/ DVD's is that you have to go through some marketing & the FBI warning without jumping to the start of the workout - you can't fast forward to the menu. So I start the DVD & get organized while it goes through it's spiel.
Debra
Cathe & crew have done a tremendous job with chaptering & premixes on the newer workouts. But even with older workouts or non-Cathe workouts that aren't organized well, it's so much easier to select what you want to do.
The only irritant I've had w/ DVD's is that you have to go through some marketing & the FBI warning without jumping to the start of the workout - you can't fast forward to the menu. So I start the DVD & get organized while it goes through it's spiel.
Debra
kathryn
Cathlete
>The only irritant I've had w/ DVD's is that you have to go
>through some marketing & the FBI warning without jumping to
>the start of the workout - you can't fast forward to the menu.
> So I start the DVD & get organized while it goes through it's
>spiel.
>
>Debra
This isn't true on Cathe's DVD's, at least not most of them. Just hit the "menu" button right away, and you can skip all the preliminary stuff.
>through some marketing & the FBI warning without jumping to
>the start of the workout - you can't fast forward to the menu.
> So I start the DVD & get organized while it goes through it's
>spiel.
>
>Debra
This isn't true on Cathe's DVD's, at least not most of them. Just hit the "menu" button right away, and you can skip all the preliminary stuff.
Mckmain
Cathlete
I have most all of Cathe's Step workouts on video. I just started getting her DVD's. I am keeping my videos because my DVD/VCR player lets me go back and forth between the video and DVD's. But I would recommend DVD's for the premixes, mix & matching and the newest ones have a Workout Blender, so you can really change the workouts. I also read a couple of weeks ago that the future workouts would only be on DVD.......Carole
...CaroleCarole,
Which DVD/VCR player do you have? I have been looking into getting a DVD player and when I saw the combo player I thought 'Great, now I don't have to worry about replacing all of my VHS for DVD.
The one I have been looking at is at Wal-Mart. Can't remember the brand though. :-(
Thanks for your help!
Angie
Which DVD/VCR player do you have? I have been looking into getting a DVD player and when I saw the combo player I thought 'Great, now I don't have to worry about replacing all of my VHS for DVD.
The one I have been looking at is at Wal-Mart. Can't remember the brand though. :-(
Thanks for your help!
Angie