Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore? - Page 2

jenzie · 09-03-2007, 02:48

i still rent mine, along with my tv .....
can't really live without it, as i still have absolute tons of tapes
and still watch films on it

luftys · 09-03-2007, 15:23

Wat a VCR?,I still use a video player if that the same

orangebird · 09-03-2007, 15:41

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Originally Posted by luftys

Wat a VCR?<SNIP>

Video Cassette Recorder

Halcyon · 09-03-2007, 15:47

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Originally Posted by jenzie

i still rent mine, along with my tv .....
can't really live without it, as i still have absolute tons of tapes
and still watch films on it

Is it still worth renting ?
I used to think so years ago but now things are so cheap you've probably bought ten VCR's in that time, no ?

Pikem4n · 12-03-2007, 00:50

Hi there

I install alot of dvd recorders and the like for a living, and i have recently noticed that alot of my companie's customers seem to be buying vcr/dvd recorders so they can copy old video's to dvd.

But buying ( and even selling) vcr's seems to be so yesteryear, and i doubt anyone really bothers with recording onto tape anymore.

Matthew · 12-03-2007, 01:01

We have on downstairs that the parents and brother use to record TV but I just have a TV/DVD up here. Got some videos but currently selling them on eBay as I get the DVD version.

MovedGoalPosts · 12-03-2007, 01:01

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.

Stuart · 12-03-2007, 01:01

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Originally Posted by CrC-3rr0r

Trouble is that a lot of people still use the tapes as a medium... I mean my missus brought home a tape the other week with so called study materials on it.

Tell me about it. A couple of months ago, one of the guys at work had a birthday. As a joke, someone suggested going to the pub at lunch, and getting them to play Stevie Wonder's happy birthday.

Then, for some reason, somebody suggested putting it on tape. So, not having a tape recorder to hand, but being in charge of the equipment we lend to students, I start rooting around looking for a tape recorder. We used to have a load of rather nice Denon tape decks in our studio (at work). Seems these had probably been sold off when the studio was refitted. So, no luck. I eventually (after about 1.5 hours) found an old marantz portable, which I used to record the song (had that on itunes).

We get to the pub, explain the situation, and ask if we can play something on the hifi. He says yes. We hand him the tape, and he looks at us as if we are stupid..

valor · 12-03-2007, 06:44

To add to the numbers..I know a least a dozen people who use VHS, my m8 actually bought a brand new samsung CRT tele with on combined..I myself have one plumbed in as I sometimes use it to record stuff.

Graham M · 12-03-2007, 08:50

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

Is it still worth renting ?
I used to think so years ago but now things are so cheap you've probably bought ten VCR's in that time, no ?

You get the added benefit with renting of an ongoing Warranty I guess that's one benefit.

mart44 · 12-03-2007, 10:50

We have both a VHS and a DVD recorder and use both. Strictly speaking, VCR was early Philips system only wasn't it? A patented term and that's why the name VHS had to be used?

Stephen · 12-03-2007, 11:10

Since I got my V+ installed in October of last year my VCR has been removed and stored in the loft.

MikeyB · 12-03-2007, 13:19

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Originally Posted by mart44

We have both a VHS and a DVD recorder and use both. Strictly speaking, VCR was early Philips system only wasn't it? A patented term and that's why the name VHS had to be used?

The Philips system was called Video 2000.
Then there was Betamax (Sony)
And JVC did VHS, which won the battle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS

VCR just means Video Cassette Recorder, which all of the above 3 are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCR

Gareth · 12-03-2007, 19:25

Still got one, although don't use it much... keeping it though, as we've got loads of cassettes kicking around.

My granddad only recently bought a DVD player... which is good for me, as I tried to get him a Tommy Cooper video for xmas but couldn't find anywhere except fleabay selling 2nd hand ones. Can now get him a brand new DVD for a quarter of the price of a used VHS cassette - and it's his birthday in a couple of weeks

Dude111 · 06-02-2018, 23:26

Its good to see you here Gareth!!

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Originally Posted by Action Jackson

Does anyone still use these lumbering beasts of yesteryear?

I love my VCR,I do not like DVD at all (digital) -- I love and prefer analogue and always have...... To me its a much nicer experience........ (More natural) My VCR is Linear Mono and I love her so much

I have a concert from PHIL COLLINS recorded in 1990 (SERIOUSLY LIVE) and its composite analogue video...... And on the linear track,ITS THE ORIGINAL ANALOGUE CONCERT AUDIO and is goregous!!!!!! (You cant hear most of his solo 80s stuff IN PURE ANALOGUE because it was all digitally compromised on records and casettes -- The concert was digitally recorded also and that is on the HIFI track and to me sounds aweful (thin,etc)))

Im sorry Paul for replying to this thread but I just had to mate........ I love VCRs and I wanted to reply to an existing thread and not make a mess by starting a new one...... (Especially on the same base (doesnt look good having duplicates))