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Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 14:36:59
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wailsy
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I seem to be the only person at work who still uses a good old video to record telly on - as far as I'm concerned it does the job so why buy 'owt else. Anyone agree?
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 14:50:11
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The only means of recording TV progs available to me is by video but the only video player is a built-in one in the kid's 15" TV. So I generally make sure I'm in if there's anything on I want to watch.
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 14:51:56
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Wake up mate,this is 2008,not 1988. 
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 14:52:01
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i still have a vcr,but record telly through my dvd player,i find the quality much better (well i am up with the latest technology lol) 
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 14:56:51
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quote:
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I seem to be the only person at work who still uses a good old video to record telly on - as far as I'm concerned it does the job so why buy 'owt else. Anyone agree?
What a truly bizarre first post...!! Congrats & welcome
As to the question - no. VCR's even when box fresh weren't a great solution for recording TV, nowadays with good Freeview PVR's knocking about for £80, I scarcely see the point of a VCR at all...
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 15:01:42
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Cheers Barnesy, been reading this forum for ages now just as a guest and thought I'd start and make the odd bizarre contribution or two
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 15:07:55
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ginasmg
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oh ya, sory welcome to mt mate
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 15:08:44
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Yeah, I use VCR for recording. Need to start thinking about a DVD recorder tho, seems a bit daft as I have a decent DVD player so until the VCR gets knackered I may as well stay with it.
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 15:12:26
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my only problem with taping with dvd is its very very noisy for some reson 
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 16:11:15
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Tony Barnes
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Tony - what's a PVR?
Sounds like a Sky+ type affair but could you confirm.
I wanted to use BT Vision but my broadband is so poor it wouldn't work, so an alternative would be welcome
Yes, Personal Video Recorder. I've got the 160gb thompson dual tuner one, works a treat ~£90. It comes with top up TV crap, so delete all that, and you get about 60-70hrs or recording on it.
You can record one channel whilst watching another, pause, rewind, record 2 at a time, etc. Not as snazzy an interface as Sky+, but it works just fine 
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 16:13:55
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Once you use a PVR you'll never go back to VCR or even DVD recording.
I had one of those Thompson things - terrific features, tended to be temperamental and noisy. Now got BT vision which is really pretty great.
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 16:40:27
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My mom does, ive shown her every device and expalined them all, but she aint budging lol.
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 17:10:33
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Once you use a PVR you'll never go back to VCR or even DVD recording.
I had one of those Thompson things - terrific features, tended to be temperamental and noisy. Now got BT vision which is really pretty great.
Yeah, that's true, it's gone nuts a couple of times, but nothing serious. Noise ain't much of a problem - want to take it apart and put a silent fan in, but missus ain't amused!
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RE: Anyone still use VCR? - May 2 2008 18:36:25
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i got a goodmans PVR, bought it from work for £29.99 (£27 after staff discount) 80gb hard drive, Have a look in sainsburys for them, GHD8015f2 is the model, they are discontinued now so you might get lucky and find one.
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