Thread: stupid VCR's.

We've been doing the same, buying the cheap ones now, becuz the expensive ones don't last any longer. A majority of our movies are dvds, and now we have a dvd recorder too, alot of the kids older movies are vhs still so we still keep a vcr for that because it would be way to expensive to replace their vhs library with dvds but I guess we will eventually.

Maybe it's a conspiracy.....LOL! Make all the VCR's crappy so everyone will change to DVD players.

You are so right. I went to walmart today to replace the vcr that bit the dust and guess what..... walmart is phasing out vcr's they only have vcr/dvd combos and the guy at walmart said they don't even record on tape just playback. So I went to k-mart and guess what seems they are doing the same . I got the last freaking vcr in Shawnee.

We have the same problem, Well ours is a tv with the vcr built in and it spits the tape back out. If you want to tape something you literally have to turn it on 10 mins before and play catch with it till it gets tired and keeps the tape

Originally Posted by whatever

We have the same problem, Well ours is a tv with the vcr built in and it spits the tape back out. If you want to tape something you literally have to turn it on 10 mins before and play catch with it till it gets tired and keeps the tape

LOL we've bought 2 of those in 2 years and both did the same thing!! Also when we would put in a tape it would turn off the whole tv. When we called about getting it fixed the guy said, the parts would be more expensive than buying a whole new one!! So we did, the 2nd one started doing the same so my hubby took it apart and finally got it working again...so far anyway lol

I have a couple of VCRs and thankfully they are doing ok. Unfortunately VCRs and tapes are going. Staples told my sister in law they were going to stop making the VCR tapes. I don't know when that is suppose to happen.
I guess I am going to have to look to see if DVD recordables can be hooked to a tv and use to record shows.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=20&cs=1

VHS, 30, dies of loneliness
The home-entertainment format lived a fruitful life
By DIANE GARRETT
After a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS has died of natural causes in the United States. The format was 30 years old.

No services are planned.

The format had been expected to survive until January, but high-def formats and next-generation vidgame consoles hastened its final decline.

"It's pretty much over," concurred Buena Vista Home Entertainment general manager North America Lori MacPherson on Tuesday.

VHS is survived by a child, DVD, and by Tivo, VOD and DirecTV. It was preceded in death by Betamax, Divx, mini-discs and laserdiscs.

Although it had been ailing, the format's death became official in this, the video biz's all-important fourth quarter. Retailers decided to pull the plug, saying there was no longer shelf space.

As a tribute to the late, great VHS, Toys 'R' Us will continue to carry a few titles like "Barney," and some dollar video chains will still handle cassettes for those who cannot deal with the death of the format.

Born Vertical Helical Scan to parent JVC of Japan, the tape had a difficult childhood as it was forced to compete with Sony's Betamax format.

After its youthful Betamax battles, the longer-playing VHS tapes eventually became the format of choice for millions of consumers. VHS enjoyed a lucrative career, transforming the way people watched movies and changing the economics of the film biz. VHS hit its peak with "The Lion King," which sold more than 30 million vidcassettes Stateside.

The format flourished until DVDs launched in 1997. After a fruitful career, VHS tapes started to retire from center stage in 2003 when DVDs became more popular for the first time.

Since their retirement, VHS tapes have made occasional appearances in children's entertainment and as a format for collectors seeking titles not released on DVD. VHS continued to make as much as $300 million a year until this year, when studios stopped manufacturing the tapes.

When i worked at the video store last year they were selling off all vhs for .50 cents and not getting any more in

Originally Posted by myashley89

LOL we've bought 2 of those in 2 years and both did the same thing!! Also when we would put in a tape it would turn off the whole tv. When we called about getting it fixed the guy said, the parts would be more expensive than buying a whole new one!! So we did, the 2nd one started doing the same so my hubby took it apart and finally got it working again...so far anyway lol

Exactly, I forgot. It will turn the tv off!!! what did he do to fix it?? My dh gets very po'd at it!! Its kinds of funny sometimes

I live in herndon (LOL, NOT even on the map though) Its about 50 miles west of Des Moines. So i'm about 3 hours from Iowa city