bob haller wrote:
On Oct 1, 8:37�am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:37:54 -0400, LouB wrote:
bob haller wrote:
What's a VCR?
A Visual Cueing Resonator.
actually a obsolete device, like a buggy whip
note a DVR is now affordable, easier to use, and far more convenient.
you cant start watching a program recording on a VCR till its finished
recording.......
with a DVR that easy and just one advantage, no tapes to mess with.
Yabut you can not save the recording in the box with other old tapes:-((
Sure you can. �Just hit 'record' on your VCR while playing back on
your DVR. � g

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or DVR the show, watch later and skip thru the commercials while
recording to a disc which takes up very littl;e storage space

A couple of points- other than for geeks with PC-based setups, or a few
people with old gen-I TIVOs, DVR = monthly cost for subscription to
signal (and usually rental of hardware). Does anybody even SELL a box
with OTA tuner, hard drive, and DVD burner any more? I haven't seen one
in several years. Even hard to find a box with OTA tuner and DVD burner,
at least in retail stores. The entire industry assumes everyone is on
cable or satt service, and uses the vendor's damn box as the signal
source. ****es me off a little.

Second point- VCRs were pushing the geek skill set for many people (one
reason DVRs became so popular so fast.) Any multi-box recording setup
that requires practice to set up and use, ain't gonna happen. Almost
like for stereo geeks in the late fifties to early seventies. Act like
you are going to start flipping button on their techno wall, and watch
their head explode- it took them hours to get it set up 'just so'.

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aem sends...