Posted on 07/21/2016 8:28:29 AM PDT by Coronal
It’s been almost two decades since the DVD arrived, sparking the long, slow decline of video cassette tapes. But the tape era is about to come to a final close.
The last maker of VHS-compatible video cassette recorders, Japanese manufacturer Funai Electric, says its going to stop producing the devices at the end of the month due to declining sales. Sony said it would cease production of video tapes in its Betamax format last year, 13 years after it stopped making compatible recorders.
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Will the DVDs play on another player? Ideally, you should not be using the recorder as your main player.
My first DVD recorder was a Panasonic. After it wore out after years of use, I got one of those Magnavox ones that is really a Funai. Everything that I have recorded and finalized in either player plays in everything I put them in. DVD recorders are supposed to output the exact same sort of file as you would get on a commercial DVD.
I tried to find a VCR about 10 years ago. Stores no longer sold them. A few years later, they did have a VCR-DVD, but IIRC, it would only play DVDs, not record to them.
DVRs replaced them. But DVRs were very poorly constructed. The first one, an iO brand, lasted just beyond the 90 day warranty before the drawer locked. I tried about 4 more. Samjunk lasted just beyond the year warranty. Magnavox DVR-HDD lasted about 2 years before it started having problems switching from the DVR to the HDD.
About 6 months ago, I went with a TiVo Bolt. It records to a hard drive and works semi-okay with cable. But it will record 4 channels at the same time, while the cable offering of about the same price will only record 2 channels.
You can if you don't include all the movie previews...
LOL
None of the DVD players have a rewind button. It’s a pain in the ass to do it by hand.
DVDs have already been replaced, by streaming.
I’m old, I like physical media. My kids will stream a movie with a copy of the same movie on disc, sitting in the player, not exaggerating!
LOL, a friend once returned a VCR to Sam's Club with one of his porn tapes still in the machine.
It’s still available on some microwaves.
And if you're very, very good boy or girl, your overlords will let you access it.
anyone who relies 100% on “the cloud” deserves what happens to them when it dissappears.
When ‘physical media’ disappears, books, music and movie tapes, or digital equivalents, we are in BIG trouble. Then the elitists will control whatever they want you to see hear or read..................
You need to get some expert help with your router. If you don't lock it down, anyone nearby in the neighborhood will piggy-back off your ISP connection. Best way is by hidden router name that only you know and can type into your computer in initial connection, along with a strong password. Additionally, you can limit the number of connections allowed to a small number. Additionally you can only allow a small list of IP addresses to connect, that you type into your computer rather than have the router randomly assign an address (if you are real paranoid).
I second that sentiment. I use the cloud for perhaps 5 percent of my content, for stuff that I don't care if anyone hacks and I have the content on my local backups.
The disks are finalized, but will not play on a Funai DVD player. They are the silver disks.
They seem to play OK on a Sony, not the best quality, and other Magnavox players.
Thanks, but doesn’t look quite right in the bedroom...
I should mention that they play OK on my ASUS laptop and Curtis portable DVD player.
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