I'm still buying another VCR and tapes to keep as an instant recorder if something should "happen" in the news...
1 posted on
11/27/2006 1:02:08 AM PST by
Dallas59
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To: Dallas59
I bought a DVD recorder for $100, its much more user friendly than a VCR and I no longer have a need for one.
2 posted on
11/27/2006 1:05:05 AM PST by
RWR8189
(Support the Republican Study Committee)
To: Dallas59
Dang!
They keep this up and the next you'll know is that buggy whips ar being phased out! To that I say "Pashaw!"
3 posted on
11/27/2006 1:10:07 AM PST by
truemiester
(If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
To: Dallas59
VHS won the popularity battle over Beta because the porn industry adopted VHS. The various approaches to making purchases online were also pushed to a consensus by online porn sales. Today we have a battle over HD-DVD vs BlueRay for high definition format. There doesn't seem to be a compelling player in the mix to push one format over the other yet. Movies are being issued in standard DVD, HD-DVD and BlueRay. The PS3 adoption of BlueRay might be enough to nudge that format into the lead.
4 posted on
11/27/2006 1:10:57 AM PST by
Myrddin
To: Dallas59
I purchased a DVR with internal hard disk last year. It can record 28 hours of standard quality video to disk. The timer driven record and ability to use over the air "guides" make it easy to capture programs to disk. It even has a "one touch" feature to do that "instant" capture. You can edit out the commercials and burn the programs to DVD-R or DVD-RW. You can watch directly off the hard disk too. If it doesn't float your boat, it can be deleted with no waste of DVD-R media.
8 posted on
11/27/2006 1:14:10 AM PST by
Myrddin
To: Dallas59
I dont like the DVD. The problem? It wont let you fast forward through the crap they put at the front of the movie. With VCR you can just fast forward thru all that crap. Also I find that I have more problems with the discs that wont work and the machines go bad too fast. Once in a while an older tape would be eaten but the discs have a lot more problems.
11 posted on
11/27/2006 1:28:25 AM PST by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: Dallas59
Funny but I just bought a VHS movie last night.
20 posted on
11/27/2006 1:53:55 AM PST by
Centurion2000
(If the Romans had nukes, Carthage would still be glowing.)
To: Dallas59
The DVD format won't even make it to 20.
23 posted on
11/27/2006 2:08:36 AM PST by
durasell
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To: Dallas59
WOW, he was so young. I knew him well, he was my exercise partner for years and we often went to the movies together.
24 posted on
11/27/2006 2:35:23 AM PST by
McGavin999
(Republicans take out our trash, Democrats re-elect theirs)
To: Dallas59
I believe most households still have VCR. Not to watch movies, but to record news, TV programs, etc. It's just cheaper and easier to operate. Yeah, there will a day when VCR dies. But not today... not yet.
26 posted on
11/27/2006 2:49:39 AM PST by
paudio
(WoT is more important than War on Gay Marriage!)
To: Dallas59
Can you tell me how to stop the blinking 12:00 on the face of my VCR?
33 posted on
11/27/2006 3:29:53 AM PST by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese, that why I don't sing.)
To: Dallas59
Jeez, I still haven't gotten over the demise of 8-Tracks. Glad I never got one of them newfangled video cassette machines.
The Luddite.
37 posted on
11/27/2006 3:36:48 AM PST by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: Dallas59
I'm sitting on about 1000 worth of disney dvds and wondering if hd dvd or Sony's Blu Ray will be the next big thing. Does anyone want to guess which one will come out on top?
42 posted on
11/27/2006 4:10:18 AM PST by
sportutegrl
(This thread is useless without pix.)
To: Dallas59
Excellent. More cheap chinese crap for the landfill.
43 posted on
11/27/2006 4:12:18 AM PST by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, thats how you sell clothing.)
To: Dallas59
We have a little TV-VCR combo in my twins' room. It's pretty easy to find kid vids on tape still, and it's easier for 3-year-olds to handle tapes over DVDs, which would be destroyed in mere moments...
47 posted on
11/27/2006 4:34:19 AM PST by
atomicpossum
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To: Dallas59
51 posted on
11/27/2006 5:14:00 AM PST by
JCEccles
To: Dallas59
After a while, we'll say the same about regular DVDs. Time moves on. I for one won't mourn the passing of phenomena such as having a tape tangled in the player.
Regards, Ivan
57 posted on
11/27/2006 5:32:50 AM PST by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: Dallas59
Lokks like the life expectancy of new technology is declining faster than Russia's.
The 33 1/3 LP
1948-mid 1990's
The rotary phone
Appx: 1920's-1980's
58 posted on
11/27/2006 5:35:34 AM PST by
Dane
("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
To: Dallas59
Long Live the DVD!!!
All Hail Tivo!!
61 posted on
11/27/2006 6:03:48 AM PST by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts!!)
To: Dallas59
I dumped my Beta and tapes last year. I still have the VHS around to play some of my old home movies and a few documentaries.
But now that I think of it, I haven't pulled it out in a couple of years.
69 posted on
11/27/2006 6:29:56 AM PST by
RobRoy
To: Dallas59
VHS will survive for years via e-bay. I think you can still find 8-tracks there, too.
Finding a working VCR may get difficult after 10 years or so.
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