Videographer Marc Kleiman began offering DVDs as an option to his wedding clients a year ago. Today, nine out of 10 request the modern video disc, and ''the ones who don't come back later and ask for them,'' says the Pinebrook, N.J., owner of Kleer Video Productions.
Instead of sifting through a two-hour videocassette to find that one magic moment, brides and grooms prefer the convenient chapter stops of the DVD to skip straight to the vows, cake-cutting and celebration.
Kleiman hasn't added a DVD recorder to his home computer yet, but ''I'm sure I will eventually. As soon as prices come down, that's it. VHS as we know it will be over.''
The revolution may not be too long in coming. The regular DVD player is the fastest-growing electronics product ever, and the biggest hit of last Christmas' selling season. And while it took more than 10 years before the CD player was followed by a recordable version, the recordable DVD is becoming a mass-market reality far more rapidly.
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