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Have you retired your VCR yet?

post #1 of 60
6/14/03 at 4:38pm
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Standard curiosity fair.

I'm wondering how many people still have their VCRs in use. For the sake of being explicit, answer Yes only if the VCR is unplugged, in a closet, sold, donated, etc. Answer No if you still have it hooked up and ready to play even if you haven't watched anything on it in a long time.
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post #2 of 60
6/14/03 at 4:47pm
One of these days I will possibly get a TIVO but I find myself recording shows I think I want to wtch and never finding the time. A TIVO would only make it worse.
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post #3 of 60
6/14/03 at 4:52pm
No. Rarely used, but it's still hooked up.
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post #4 of 60
6/14/03 at 4:53pm
no, but it's rarely used, if at all. Our pvr has replaced it for casual recording, so the only time we use it is if somehow what we need to watch/play is vhs only.
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post #5 of 60
6/14/03 at 4:54pm
I've still got two of the Go Video sonic blue DVD/VCR combos, and a Go Video dual VCR. Most of the movie watching is through my brothers philips 963SA though. So no they're not retired yet.
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post #6 of 60
6/14/03 at 4:57pm
Got one in the livingroom and one in the bedroom...use them to tape when I have conflicting programs on. They worked overtime for a couple years when Sopranos and X-Files were on at the same time. Now, I use em less.

John
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post #7 of 60
6/14/03 at 5:36pm
I have it, and still use it. I have so many VHS tapes, that I don't think I could ever get rid of it. Maybe someday I will buy one of those videophile VCRs that re-masters your VHS to S-VHS quality in real time.
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post #8 of 60
6/14/03 at 5:47pm
For recording TV specials then passing along to friends I still use the VTR.
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post #9 of 60
6/14/03 at 5:47pm
Yes but it was a fate thing. When my last VCR took the big dirt nap, I knew there was a DVD player in my near future so I didn't bother replacing it. It's still hooked up. I use it to route Dish Network movies and music through my stereo.
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post #10 of 60
6/14/03 at 6:23pm
Yup, i have two, a top of the line Sony and a cheap Panasonic. The Sony still rocks, i've never had a problem with it, great picture quality too. There's some movies not available on dvd just yet, such as "Hoffa," "Pumping Iron," and so on, maybe that Philips DVD/VHS combo unit will come in handy...copy all your VHS tapes to DVD
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post #11 of 60
6/14/03 at 6:28pm
I haven't used it in years... First TIVO, then Replay.
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post #12 of 60
6/14/03 at 6:31pm
No way. I use it to record my favorite TV shows for posterity, or later viewing. Current use is to record Farscape every night at midnight for viewing at a later, more decent hour. It's great to do a marathon of a week's worth without commercials.

I may graduate to a recordable DVD player soon, or certainly eventually when my two Sony VCR's die.
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post #13 of 60
6/14/03 at 6:31pm
No, I use mine daily as a sort of poor man's reel-to-reel machine.

NGF
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post #14 of 60
6/14/03 at 6:37pm
NO .

i still use mine to record tennis matches and watch them to learn .
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post #15 of 60
6/14/03 at 6:50pm
I'm getting ready to buy one--tooo many good movies that will never make it to DVD...
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