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Jules Richardson wrote:
Topfield. It performs the same sort of function as a VCR, except it
uses a computer hard disk (HD) to store the video rather than a
magnetic tape.

I had the impression that the hard disks are less-than-trivial to
remove/ swap, and (obviously) they only have a limited amount of storage
space - in other words, good for temporary "watch it a little bit
later" storage, but not really analogous to what people used VCRs for.

Would depend on how many VCR tapes you had. The basic 250GB HD holds IIRC
something like 200 hours worth of programmes. And it's meant to be able to
work with bigger drives.

However, you can link it to your PC and transfer stuff there for storage
if you prefer.

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