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Unless you run to the expense of a Hard Disk recorder, the VCR is still, for most people, the more convenient medium, especially if you are less technically minded.

You can look at the window in the tape and see if there is likely to be space or not. Rewind a tape and start recording again.

The DVD seems much more complex. Rewritable disks have to be reformatted to erase them. Until it's in the drive you don't know what space is left. Do you need a + or - disk. So many questions, too much to explain.

And of course there is then the stuff that was bought, or you historically have on video, like those home movies. No wonder VCRs are still selling well the legacy of content means they will be here for a long while.