"Jim Yanik" . wrote in message
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"James Sweet" wrote in
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"N Cook" wrote in message
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Good news for VCR repairers ?

Dixons (major UK electricals retailer ) will be no longer stocking
VCRs
from
6 months henceforeward. Other countries retailers doing the same ?
Have I missed something along the way and individual writable DVD
discs
can
now be re-written to hundreds of times like VCR tapes ?

story

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...4/11/22/ndvd22.
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electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~diverse



They're getting less and less common, but they're still available,
they're just even more cheaply made. I doubt it'll be the end of the
"buy a new one" thing, they're not selling them as much because people
aren't buying them because everyone's gone to the even more
disposeable DVD players.




Yes,but you then need a DVD recorder or DDR if you want to record
something
off the air or cable.


How's the longevity of recorded DVD disks? I've heard that recorded CDs
are
not lasting all that long.
(not that VHS was any great standard for longevity,either)



DVR's are the wave of the future for recording, probably at some point we'll
start seeing a lot more units with a built in DVD burner as well.

I know many fewer people who record things for long term storage anymore
though, many TV shows can be bought on DVD, full seasons without
commercials.