On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:16:30 GMT, Rex's Mom
wrote:

:My VERY old VCR (purchased 1988) has suddently stopped
:recording in color and/or shows a bit of color.
:
:It happily coped with 2000, so it is obviously a good machine.
:
:Is it even worth investigating a fix or should I just buy a
:new one?

This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I thought of posting but
found the problem. Question: Does the picture have color when you use
the tuner in the VCR? Or does it only come out black and white when you
make a recording? In my case, everything was suddenly B&W, and there was
a channel or two it wouldn't pick up at all. Fixed when I changed a
position of a switch from Cable to TV. It had somehow gotten changed
inadvertently. This VCR was almost as old as yours - bought in 1989, I
believe!