On Jan 6, 6:58*pm, myfathersson wrote:
.. *not only
that, but if you want to skip to a bit of the tape where your primary
film is or some 30 minute TV show is, it takes an age to do this. *Not
to mention find the right tape to do it!!

(Back in the good old days when VCRs were sophisticated, you used to
be able to mark a bit of the tape and go straight to it in a mere five
minutes).

the trick is to use a vcr with real time counter (nearly all made
since about 1990 have this). write a note on the tape box of the start
point time of key sections. Then all you have to do is insert the
tape, rewind if need be, then use the 'goto' or 'time search'
function, or just keep an eye on the counter in ff. sounds complicated
compared to dvd, but if you've done it a few times it gets to be
second nature.

Another wise move might be to dub a compilation tape (or a few) of the
most common programme material, to save hunting thru countless
casettes.
-B