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...2/ndvd22.xml&s
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electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~diverse

"N Cook" wrote in message
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| Good news for VCR repairers ?
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| 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 ?

DVD-RW/DVD+RW are often rated for 1000 rewrites now. Looks like we'll all be
moving to Tivo type units with hard drives and DVD writers.

N

"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...2/ndvd22.xml&s
Sheet=/news/2004/11/22/ixnewstop.html

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.

"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.
xml&s
Sheet=/news/2004/11/22/ixnewstop.html

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)

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

"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 ?


Dixon's are just in it for the money - there's next to no profit on VCR's -
and because they're cheap (and old technology) they can't push their
extended warrantee onto unsuspecting customers, so losing 99% of their
profit margin.

No other retailer has yet decided to stop selling VCR's - no doubt they will
in time, but until recordable DVD's have proven themselves to the general
public as being reliable and 'worth the money', and include DVB tuners so
they aren't obsolete in X years, I can't see any reason to recommend one
over a throw-away VCR.

"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.
xml&s
Sheet=/news/2004/11/22/ixnewstop.html

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.

I bought a home dvd recorder at a return center for under 200$ . I dont
record much but it does have antenna/cable jack .
The quality of the recordings is 100% better than the vcr and much nicer
to pay back

Simpy changed (for the time being) to: "I might as well pick up a *used* one
for that price." They're going to be a glut of old, working ones on the
market...and at your local dumpster...for some time.

jak

"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...2/ndvd22.xml&s
Sheet=/news/2004/11/22/ixnewstop.html

electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~diverse

It could happen faster than you think. Was in Wal-Mart the other day, and
noticed that they only carried 3 100% tape vcr models, 4 combo VCR/DVD
models, and 10 DVD models.
The 100%VCR models are fairly expensive as well, compared to the DVD units.
So while there may be no OFFICIAL phasing out, I think that the market is
phasing out the VCR all by itself.
During my short 1 year stint between jobs, I was a manager of the local
WalMart Electronics Department .
I noticed that 4 out of 5 units sold were DVD units, and 3 out of the 4
were the REALLY inexpensive ones...the $24.00 kind. Most people said when
buying the cheaper units that "I know that it will die in a year or so, but
it seems like the expensive ones die in about a year too, so I might as well
buy something cheap then".
A earlier poster sort of hit the nail on the head. The days of frantically
programming the VCR to make certain that you recorded your favourite show
are sort of slipping away, when you can buy a complete boxed DVD set...sans
commercials, for less than the cost of VHS tapes. I remember a friend of
mine, poised like a hawk, waiting to pause his VCR when recording his
favourite shows, just to make certain that he would not get any commercials
included in the recording.

Kim


"jakdedert" wrote in message
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Simpy changed (for the time being) to: "I might as well pick up a *used*
one
for that price." They're going to be a glut of old, working ones on the
market...and at your local dumpster...for some time.

jak

"N Cook" wrote in message
...
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...2/ndvd22.xml&s
Sheet=/news/2004/11/22/ixnewstop.html

electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~diverse

"FoulDragon" wrote in message
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The 100%VCR models are fairly expensive as well, compared to the DVD
units.

Theory: The "floor price" on a VCR's higher than on a DVD. The
electronics
continue to approach near 0 cost, but the mechanicals don't. VCRs have
more
mechanicals. A DVD player needs really just about two motors-- one to
open the
tray (possibly a feature you'll lose in a 15 dollar model) and one to spin
the
disc.

I think he was comparing VCR's to the VCR/DVD combos, which are almost
always more cheaply made than even the cheapest junk VCR's for some reason.