Recording on old VCR

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by lnx64

Man, I gotta say that I used to be guilty of recording DVD's to VHS.

My old Panasonic VCR (top loader with wired play/pause remote), didn't seem to care about macrovision, it still recorded.

That was then, these days with red box and netflix, pfft, I can just re-rent the movie.

I had a GE (built by Panasonic) top-loading VCR in the early 1980s, also with the wired 2-function remote. The machine served me well for six years, then the heads wore out (it would have cost me $250 -- almost half what I paid for the VCR when new -- to replace the head drum; this was the estimate I received from a TV sales and service shop in my old neighborhood). If it weren't for that, I might have used that VCR well into the '90s, as I understand aside from heads wearing out, these machines were built like tanks.

BTW, I've been following your progress in your construction of a new cabinet for your TV. Are you also planning to build shelves into it (below or above the television) to accomodate your gaming console, extra cartridges, DVD player, etc.?

Also, I think it's a good idea to rent DVDs from Netflix, as they do not charge late fees as do most other DVD rental services such as Blockbuster and probably Redbox. I like to take my time watching DVDs I rent from Netflix; I currently have had three discs here from Netflix for well over a month, but I'm watching them more these days so I can send them back and get the next three in my disc queue. The discs I'm currently watching are of the first season (2002) of CSI: Miami.