Where is the VCR's replacement?

 

  My wife and I are still using our VCR.  We got one of those digital tuners
so that we could keep using the tube tv after things switched to ATSC.

  I figured that by now, there must be DVR's that let you choose between
using a USB flash drive, SDHC cards, or perhaps a hard drive.

  I figured there must be a replacement for VCR's out there by now -
something you can use to just see what is on broadcast TV, set up recording,
and which costs maybe 3 times what a decent VCR was going for. ($60 x 3 =
$180)

  Trouble is, the VCR's are all gone, but nothing seems to have replaced
them.  All I see in the stores are loads and loads of players that
essentially force you to buy pre-recorded entertainment.

  Ok, sure there is TV and a few other devices that are $250 on up, and
which want you to subscribe and pay a monthly fee.  But where is the
replacement for the VCR?  I want one!

 



recording,

Yeah, so do I.  I never understood why people changed to DVD's - OK so the
picture is maybe better and you can randomly access stuff on the disc, but
you can't record.

The closest substitute I've heard of (excepting stuff like TIVO) is to get a
TV tuner for your PC, and record to the machine's hard drive.

 

Lou wrote:


It's called a DVD recorder.  Some record only to DVD, others record to a hard
drive OR a DVD. No subscription or monthly fee necessary.


You can here in the 21st century.  Check it out :-)


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Right Answer is DVD recorder.  They are getting harder to find, though.  The
ones with the hard drives are getting near impossible to find.  And the ones
without hard drives are useless, IMHO.  Even if you want to record to DVD,
it's much more elegant to record to the hard drive first.  Makes editing
easier, and you don't have to worry about a coaster losing your program
forever.

I suspect (and hope) that the lack of dvd recorders with hard drive
available in NTSC only for sale in the U.S. might be due to the recent
digital switch.  -Dave

 

Dave wrote


Nope, its just one of the replacements for VCRs.


Wrong again.


Wrong, as always.


More fool your horrible opinion.


hard drive first.  Makes editing easier,

Doesnt happen with the best DVD recorders.


in NTSC only for sale in the U.S. might

Corse it is. Only a fool wants one of those now.