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To: John Rieman who wrote (32873)	5/1/1998 5:07:00 PM
From: Ian deSouza	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

However, "it does me absolutely no good to get a DVD three to four weeks after the video street date unless there's something really special about it," said Stacey Robillard, buyer for 36-store Planet Video, based in Milwaukee. John Knapp, owner of 15-store Knapp Video, Newton, Mass., needs to see more evidence of consistent day-and-date release of DVD and VHS before increasing his commitment to DVD rental, now offered in four of his stores. He makes a good point. If the VHS is in the rental stores before the DVD on a hot new movie, people will pick the VHS and not bother with the DVD (might slow the adoption process). I'd bet the studios will deliver the DVDs at the same time soon, considering the investment Hollywood has put into the whole DVD industry. This whole thing reminds me of the conversion from records to CDs. How many "record" stores do you see these days actually selling records?