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post #46 of 60
6/16/03 at 9:22am
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I'm getting ready to buy one--too many good movies that will never make it to DVD...


That was the first justification I heard for not buying cds!

If people buy them, they will come.





My VCR is retired. 200 DVDs and growing daily.

But there are two things I hate about dvd:
You can't shake and bang them when they stop working.
You can't take them apart and scotch tape the broken movie.
So much for the advantages of digital.


Of course the biggest advantage:
I'll never have to feel guilty about not being kind and not rewinding again!!
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post #47 of 60
6/16/03 at 11:13am
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Originally posted by archosman
That's the life we live with compression. Sad thing is most channels now air off servers compressed anyway. Even my cable is heavily compressed on the higher channels. None of the premium channels are stereo... another space-saving plan. Which makes me wonder... those individuals that have a small digital dish with TIVO... compression on compression.
That doesn't make any sense, if I were paying the extra $$$ for the premium channels I would expect them to at least be Dobly Pro Logic, preffered Dobly Digital. Many movies depend on their sounds, and don't sound right even in stereo, I'd hate to hear mono.

My VCR is still kicking, but has auto-gain control so I can't run my DVD player through it. I need to pick up one of those macrovision filters.
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post #48 of 60
6/16/03 at 11:40am
It's being repaired now (for 3 months allready ) But otherwise I use it to tape stuff that I watch later.
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post #49 of 60
6/16/03 at 1:23pm
Both my VHS AND my betamax are both still hooked up.
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post #50 of 60
6/16/03 at 2:39pm
no way, all of my **** is on vhs, and at least not until indiana jones and the star wars trilogy are on dvd, which may not be for a long time in the case of star wars.
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post #51 of 60
6/16/03 at 4:47pm
yes, in fact i just upgraded to a top of the line jvc s-vhs vcr to record our shows. during the week we can watch movies, etc., on dvd, and on friday catch up on out t.v. shows (minus commercials) on the vcr.
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post #52 of 60
6/16/03 at 4:49pm
It's retired.
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post #53 of 60
1/1/12 at 10:42am

Trying to resurrect an old (and pricey for its time) VCR to playback old Christmas movies for the kids.  Might be cheaper to find them in DVD format...

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post #54 of 60
1/1/12 at 11:34am
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Originally Posted by pigmode View Post

I'm getting ready to buy one--tooo many good movies that will never make it to DVD...


 

^ Dated 6-14-03

 

Gave my VCR away 2 months ago. Either the DVDs finally came out, or I got tired of waiting. lol

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post #55 of 60
1/1/12 at 8:56pm

i retired my VCR a decade ago

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post #56 of 60
1/1/12 at 10:34pm

My VCR failed so I got a Neuros OSD which can record/play from a USB memory. It also worked for the playback of bittorent movies. However, it is no longer useful after the cancellation of cabletv service since it must get an analogue video signal from somewhere. Fortunately, my linux computer with a Haupauge 950 USB tuner can record HDTV from antenna or low-def from cable. I use memcoder to record and mplayer for playback.

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post #57 of 60
1/1/12 at 10:45pm

This thread was a lot more relevant 8 years ago. VCR is as dead as DOS, now.

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post #58 of 60
1/1/12 at 10:57pm
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Originally Posted by Exediron View Post

This thread was a lot more relevant 8 years ago. VCR is as dead as DOS, now.

You have a valid point. However, DOS is still used whenever you copy a file to a USB memory.  VCR was a great invention.  It is only dead because the machines and tapes are no longer made.  The technology would be useful if it was still available.
 

 

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post #59 of 60
1/3/12 at 4:28am
my vcr brings me to the past,present and future. it is a secret time machine capable of making me chocolate milk with my special seseme street cup with swirly straw on long journeys when i become parch.............ohhh yea, it also plays my old DBZ tape collection is another reason why i keep it.
Edited by RexAeterna - 1/3/12 at 4:29am
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post #60 of 60
1/3/12 at 8:47am

Still got my Sony VCR haven't used it in years but can't bring myself to dump it.

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