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Old 02-03-2007, 12:13   #1
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Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

At Christmas I bought my mother a DVD recorder, plumbed it in for her and showed her how to work it. I visit her a few weeks later and she had re-installed the VCR, citing 'irreconcilable differences' between her and the DVD recorder.


I haven't owned a VCR for about 5 years now. I simply don't think I could go back to watching films or recordings that were VCR quality.


Does anyone still use these lumbering beasts of yesteryear?
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Old 02-03-2007, 12:16   #2
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

I know a fair few people that do yes.

I have one wired into my other pc up here - which I use to convert vhs to dvd.
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Old 02-03-2007, 12:25   #3
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

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I know a fair few people that do yes.

I have one wired into my other pc up here - which I use to convert vhs to dvd.

I could see the point in having one to convert VHS to DVD, especially if it was old home video footage.


I just don't think I could watch a VHS movie these days, not with DVD quality films being available. I binned my entire collection of VHS movies years ago and have managed to replace all of them with DVD equivalents.


Admittedly, I'm a bit of an audio/video snob.
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

Anyone got a spare betamax?
Parents' one died a couple of years back and they have tapes they want putting on DVD.
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Old 02-03-2007, 12:26   #5
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

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I know a fair few people that do yes.

I have one wired into my other pc up here - which I use to convert vhs to dvd.
I do - I have a dvd-video combi thing. I own a lot of series on video and am not about to spend money replacing them with dvds. As for the quality of recordings...the sound & picture is fine for me.
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Old 02-03-2007, 12:29   #6
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

My parents still use videos.
I keep telling them about the advantages of a DVD recorder with built in Hard drive for easy recording, but still no go as yet.
Everytime they rewind a tape or play it, I keep telling them the tape gets stretched and damaged.

It would cut down the room taken by videos by half if they converted to DVD's.
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Old 02-03-2007, 12:36   #7
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

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My parents still use videos.
I keep telling them about the advantages of a DVD recorder with built in Hard drive for easy recording, but still no go as yet.
Everytime they rewind a tape or play it, I keep telling them the tape gets stretched and damaged.

It would cut down the room taken by videos by half if they converted to DVD's.

I don't ever record anything to be honest, preferring to download anything I miss on telly (if not available on-demand). So I don't really have any need for a VCR or a DVD recorder these days.

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Anyone got a spare betamax?
Parents' one died a couple of years back and they have tapes they want putting on DVD.
Top loader?


Have to jump on it to get the tape in?


Ahhh, the memories.......

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Old 02-03-2007, 12:39   #8
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

I have a vcr in the cupboard, been there since we moved 14 months ago just never got round to connecting it up, don't even know if it still works either. Probably dump it soon too, when I can be bothered.
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Old 02-03-2007, 12:50   #9
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

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Anyone got a spare betamax?
Parents' one died a couple of years back and they have tapes they want putting on DVD.
I do have one in the attic but have no idea if it still works. Give me the weekend and I'll check.

Got a lot on my plate atm so PM me Monday if you've not heard anything ('cos I've no doubt forgotton )
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Old 02-03-2007, 13:29   #10
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

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At Christmas I bought my mother a DVD recorder, plumbed it in for her and showed her how to work it. I visit her a few weeks later and she had re-installed the VCR, citing 'irreconcilable differences' between her and the DVD recorder.
I can see my parents having the same thoughts.
Their VCR is easy to use, put a tape in, rewind it if needed, and press record.
My DVD recorder, put DVD-R in, wait a minute (feels like a whole minute anyway!) while it reads it, check anything on it, go into the menu, delete the existing program(s), come out of the menus, and then finally press record!

But then maybe it's just my particular DVD recorder that's a bit slow & fiddly to get going.
Wish I'd spent a bit more and got a DVD recorder with HDD...

But I haven't used my VCR to record anything since I got my DVD recorder, but I do have a load of videos, so how would I watch those if I got rid of the VCR?
I have copied a couple of Videos to DVD just to try it, but will have to do more soon.
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

Yes, I have a lot of home movie stuff on VHS still.
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

Still use a VHS, i see no point in buying a DVD recorder until the VHS breaks. Its not as if the quality is that poor when recorded off of TV to make it a burning desire to change.
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Re: Does anyone actually use a VCR anymore?

Went out to buy a VCR a few years back and BOY was it difficult ! So little choice and such ugly looking chunky boxes. The machines of yesteryear were slimmer and had better specifications !

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.
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Went out to buy a VCR a few years back and BOY was it difficult ! So little choice and such ugly looking chunky boxes. The machines of yesteryear were slimmer and had better specifications !

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.
This is a very good point.

Imagine the fun I had when I realised that I had to find a cassette player
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This is a very good point.

Imagine the fun I had when I realised that I had to find a cassette player
LOL I still have my beloved Sony TCK-611S which I had to really struggle to buy when I was working as a sales assistant many years back !

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Maybe one day I'll plug it into my i-river and rip some tapes to mp3
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