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Article: Scenes from a revolution; It's happened so quietly that we've hardly noticed, but the DVD has invaded our homes. Now, it's about to change the way TV is made.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2005
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Byline: NORMAN LEBRECHT
THE start of a cultural revolution is often imperceptible, and there is one taking place right now on your living-room shelves.
In between the tattered paperbacks and last year's birthday cards, a new format is demanding space, pushing at the party walls of categoric hierarchies. DVD has invaded our homes and the cultural consequences will be considerable.
The intrusion has occurred in the past year or so, without fuss or fanfare.
I hardly noticed its effect on my own habits until a New York friend with an Adams-to-Zemlinsky opera collection and more CD versions of the Brahms concertos than is probably healthy ...