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Old 02-18-2013, 11:45 PM
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I don't recall ever buying any new pre-recorded tapes; however, I recorded a lot of stuff off of cable.

My last new VCR purchase was a "last gasp" Funai-built Emerson from around '06. Something happened to whatever VCR I had at the time and I wanted to record something; so, I ran to China-Mart and handed them the $39 for the Emerson. As you probably expect, it was the worst VCR I've ever owned. The silver plastic blob weighed maybe two pounds and it wasn't long before it started suddenly stopping on it's own. The final straw was when it ate one of my tapes and that's when I cut off the power cord and tossed the rest. Shortly after, my neighbor died and I ended up buying his late '90's Sharp VCR; which, still works fine.

I think that cheap China-Mart VCR was one of the last ones they had and it wasn't long before the equally crappy DVD/VCR combinations came out that didn't even have a tuner built into them.
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