On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:19:16 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

For about $6, you could pick up a VCR cleaning cassette and see if it helps.
If not, toss the machine, unless it's really high-end thing with features
you can't find any more.

It's definitely the case that there are many features that can't be
found on current machines. Mine kept track of how much tape was LEFT
on the reel. Displayed the time and station and everything else at
the same time. Enabled me to mark spots on the tape, just by pressing
a button, in addition to the spots marked when I started recording,
and to ERASE marks that I or the machine had put there.

That machine needs r epair and my current machine won't even tell me
what station it is recording off of.

But even if cheap, I would keep the old machine to PLAY tapes that
were recorded elsewhere.


You can pick up a new VCR for around $100 these
days. Less, actually, if you don't mind a brand you've never heard of,
imported by a company which may or may not have a working telephone number.

Myt friend bought a cheap one, with a DVD player. Doesn't even keep
track of the time or presets during a power failure. Drives her
crazy.


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