anyone still kickin' it old school?

[POStech]

I was wondering last night does anyone still use a VCR to record TV shows?
I got my self a TV tuner card a few months back and love it. Saves me from getting up at 7:30am Sunday mornings to watch an F1 race.

 

[Professur]

My VCR is programmable. So was the one before that.

 

[chcr]

Why would you kick your VCR?

Linux based PVR in the living room, DVD recorder in the bedroom. The kitchen TV has a built in VCR but we never use it.

Edit: Guess I'll have to upgrade the PVR when we get HDTV for christmas.

 

[Starya]

My vcr hasn't been used in... uh... very long. I think I used it one time when my ma visited, to record her favourite tv-show while we were out. And all my vcr's have been programmable.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

My VCR is used frequently and is programmable for multiple days and times.

 

[Inkara1]

I have two VCRs. One in the computer room (I got it for my 13th birthday) and a combo VCR/DVD player in the bedroom (to be able to watch movies in bed).

Don't use either one much these days.

 

[tonksy]

We have a VCR in the girl's playroom for kid videos I do not wish to buy on DVD and then we have a combo VCR/DVD in our bedroom.

 

[Aunty Em]

Can't remember the last time I used mine, but its programable too.

 

[Altron]

At my parent's house, I have a nice Sony VCR that I picked up Open Box with a remote and everything for $20, retail is $85 on it.

My mom used it to tape The Office in case I wasn't around to see it.

Now, though, I don't have a VCR or even a television. Just a computer.

 

[unclehobart]

I point an old 8mm camera at the tv and devlop the film by hand! It gives every show that 1950s backyard grainy home movie quality.

 

[Luis G]

I don't watch TV so having a VCR is useless for me.

 

[unclehobart]

I thought you bought a projector thingy?

http://www.otcentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22323&highlight=projector

 

[Luis G]

Yeah, but I use it to watch movies, not the TV

 

[tonksy]

Split hairs much?

 

[Nixy]

I have a VCR, my mom's friend gave it to me. I rarely use it but I do have some things on VHS and I sometimes use it to record stuff.

 

[Gonz]

I think it's in the basement along with the casette player & the non AC3 receiver.

 

[Luis G]

Split hairs much?

 

[OldHippie]

My VCR gets used constantly. Mostly for taping races.

 

[Error]

We've used our VCR to tape races and... we taped a movie on it recently seeing as before it was played on tv, it had only ever been released in theaters in a few cities... why it went straight to tv is anyones guess... but it's not even on DVD yet... so we taped it... maybe thats illegal...

 

[Inkara1]

If it was played on TV, it's legal for you to tape it for personal use.