Mike, It seems to me that the most compelling reason for using video is analagous to the reason we use Norton Critical Editions when we teach literature--studying texts is quite a different activity from the more common forms of consuming texts (or what we would like to think are more common forms under the assumption that people do read books outside school) and special forms of texts are best suited to that odd activity. Specifically, the great advantage of video, it seems to me is the ability to manipulate special effects--freeze frame, varying speeds of slow or fast motion in either direction, etc. I would even venture to say that videodisks are even better suited than tapes, if they have search capabilities or other means of quickly locating specific frames. A. Scholar ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]