I have an old
Tatung VCR from th early 80's that worked until a couple years ago. The problem it has now seems to be simple but I haven't bothered to fix it. There are a couple videos in the PhotoBucket gallery showing what it does.
Back in 1996 I upgraded to a Sharp VCR with all the bells and whistles. I have been using that almost daily since then and it is still as good as new. I really like the fact that the clock sets itself.
I will soon be transfering all of my old home movies onto DVD and when I finally get a DVR, I won't have much use for a VCR. However, I will probably keep it around soley for its self setting clock.
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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
BTW, I don't think DVDs are quite as cheap as VHS cassettes yet; at least they aren't at the stores I frequent. I can get RCA and other brands of blank VHS tapes at Big Lots for 98 cents apiece; I haven't yet seen blank (recordable) DVDs that cheap anywhere. I can get CD-Rs designed for data storage at dirt-cheap prices as well (I bought a spindle of 30 Imation CD-Rs at Big Lots last year for something like $3.99), but I wouldn't try to record video on them. I am not really sure what the difference is, if any, between CD-Rs designed for data storage and disks meant for video recording, although I have successfully transferred still images (jpeg) to CD-R from my computer's hard disk.
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I just bought a 50 pack of
Verbaitim DataLife+ DVD+R's for $20 at Newegg. That's about 40 cents per disc. Those are among the best discs you can buy.