vcr

[Mrs N]

I am a bit of a dinosaur and still want to record on VCR from my TV. Does anyone know where/how to get hold of VCR recorders please as mine is no more!?

[Postdog]

VCR's are no longer really made as JUST VCR's, tho you can still by combis with a DVD player/writer. Given that even they are old hat now, I wonder how long that will last.

[Gizmonster]

Why don't you try an all-singing all-dancing system??

I can't remember exactly how much we paid for ours - but we recently bought a system that will record programmes onto DVD, or onto a video cassette, or onto the inbuilt hard-drive.

From there, you can copy your programme onto any of the others ......
so you can copy DVD to VHS,
or DVD to hard-drive,
or VHS to DVD,
or VHS to hard-drive,
or hard-drive to DVD,
or hard-drive to VHS.

It costs quite a bit more - but well worth it in my opinion.

Sorry I can't offer any advice on where to find stand-alone VHS players.
Ebay might be a good place to look.

[Buenchico]

Dinosaurs rule!!!

I love my VCR because it enables me to watch loads of old movies and TV shows, which I buy on VHS tapes from charity shops for 'next to nothing'. (49p is a typical price these days. Some charity shops sell 3, 4 or even 5 tapes for a pound!).

My current VCR came from a British Heart Foundation charity shop (for around �15 as I recall). All of their stuff is checked and guaranted so, if you happen to have one of their big 'electrictrical and furniture' stores in your area, that might be a good place to try.

New VCRs are hard to come by but Argos are still dinosaur-friendly. Their cheapest model (with mono sound) costs �34.25:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servl et/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001151&l angId=-1&searchTerms=5336827&Submit=GO+%3E

They've also got a stereo version of that VCR, for �43.93, as well as a more expensive LG model, together with 3 VCR/DVD 'combis'.

Chris

[The Cowboy]

Google recycle in your area. You may get one for free. In my area at least two or three are offered every week.

[VHG]

While there is some attraction for still using VCRs and tapes the best method for recording nowadays is to a hard disk.

No physical tape to insert or rewind.

Recording is a simple process of pressing one button and it knows when to start and stop recording.

You can also record a number of different programs in one evening without having to switch tapes.

Very easy to watch afterwards, you can easily fast forward to the start of the program or skip through the adverts.

Many freeview boxes now come with a hard disk included and once you have used one you will never want to go back to VCR tapes.

I have a Sky+ box, which includes a hard disk, and my family love it, it is just so easy to use.

We hardly see any programs at the "normal" time nowadays, we record almost everything we want to watch and then watch it when WE want to and not when it is on TV.