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Iomib · 2011-09-10 01:03:01

Is it still possible to buy an new stand alone vcr ?

10-09-2011 02:03AM

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Is it still possible to buy an new stand alone vcr ?

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#2 10-09-2011 02:03AM

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Yes.

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#3 10-09-2011 02:04AM

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i have one its a good one dont know what its worth in great nick mind ya

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#4 10-09-2011 02:05AM

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Only if you own a time machine.

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#5 10-09-2011 02:09AM

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I thought this was going to be another spam thread...

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#6 10-09-2011 02:11AM

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Kojak wrote: »

I thought this was going to be another spam thread...

Spam is had to get these days too!

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#7 10-09-2011 02:11AM

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Check in here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056384216

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#8 10-09-2011 02:20AM

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starbelgrade wrote: »

Only if you own a time machine.

What year is this?

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#9 10-09-2011 02:29AM

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What's a VCR?

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#10 10-09-2011 03:09AM

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Yakult wrote: »

What's a VCR?

Well, prior to the invention of Sky+ boxes, long, long ago people had these magic boxes on which they recorded programmes, films and other such television related items.

A "video cassette" was placed into the magic box and then there was 45 of trying to get the magic box to work properly, by which time the programme you wished to record had finished.

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#11 10-09-2011 03:14AM

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starbelgrade wrote: »

Only if you own a time machine.

Luckily for me, I do

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#12 10-09-2011 03:33AM

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Iomib wrote: »

Is it still possible to buy an new stand alone vcr ?

Try an antiques shop:pac:

Really though, for a stand alone one try ebay, argos have combis: http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=13352&langId=111&searchTerms=vcr&authToken=

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#13 10-09-2011 03:38AM

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we had a top loading VCR, I remember my dad bought us Raiders Of The Lost Ark on vhs in 1982, it had the trailer for Temple Of Doom on it, I think it cost £40 at the time, videos were crazy expensive back in the 80's

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#14 10-09-2011 03:43AM

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Last time I checked (Around a year ago or something) Argos was selling VCR's. Probably your best bet to look in the catalog, OP.

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#15 10-09-2011 03:44AM

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*looks up Videoplus number beside programme*

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#16 10-09-2011 03:48AM

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krudler wrote: »

we had a top loading VCR, I remember my dad bought us Raiders Of The Lost Ark on vhs in 1982, it had the trailer for Temple Of Doom on it, I think it cost £40 at the time, videos were crazy expensive back in the 80's

Very similiar to what me and my bro were talking about the other day
we were going on about prices back in the day compared to now. Random stuff such as a SNES game costing £45-50 pounds! :eek: ... A game thats only a few KB's in data. Even games today cost the same (but at least todays games have a million dollar budget tho) ... its kinda crazy. But I guess the forefront of tech always costs the same.

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#17 10-09-2011 03:54AM

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LighterGuy wrote: »

Very similiar to what me and my bro were talking about the other day
we were going on about prices back in the day compared to now. Random stuff such as a SNES game costing £45-50 pounds! :eek: ... A game thats only a few KB's in data. Even games today cost the same (but at least todays games have a million dollar budget tho) ... its kinda crazy. But I guess the forefront of tech always costs the same.

Street Fighter 2 cost 70 pounds on release, and people complain about 40-45 euro for an new game these days

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#18 10-09-2011 03:57AM

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Hahaha, tapes.

Jesus, i havent said that word in 15 years

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#19 10-09-2011 05:00AM

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krudler wrote: »

Street Fighter 2 cost 70 pounds on release, and people complain about 40-45 euro for an new game these days

Its mental isnt it.
By todays standards SNES/Mega Drive games are a piece of crap (in comparison) Just makes you think what it going to be like in 10-15 years time.

Alot of people like Call of Duty for a great example. Next game comes out in November. Will sell millions all at 50 euro a pop. Despite its popularity it'll soon be nothing but an old game that could be downloaded in seconds as current Snes/Mega Drive games can be done today. Personally I dont think it'll take 10-15 years thinking about it. Nothing stopping me from downloading a ps2 game from 2000-2005 era in about 15 mins and thats only 5 years ago. Gotta love it tho :pac:

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#20 10-09-2011 08:25AM

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What is crazy is the price to convert VHS tapes to DVD! :eek:

Also that even if you think you have kept your tapes in good condition that they can still develop a mould which makes them impossible to convert and therefore next to useless.

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#21 10-09-2011 08:55AM

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Xtravision used to threaten to fine you if you didn't rewind the tape for the next customer :eek:

Yes OP, it's still possible to buy a VCR, Argos has them

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#22 10-09-2011 09:15AM

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Ahh VCRs them was the days, when they first came out they truly were life enhancing,

I think all we had was 5 channels and the odd decent film on Saturday or Sunday, then all of a sudden we had a world of choice and you could actually record a programme as well, incredible.

Now that is all routine and everyday,

But lets not forget the pirate Porno whose quality was always bogus, I think I learned how to speak German while reading Dutch subtitles. EErrrrrr not that I watched a lot of it.

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#23 10-09-2011 09:32AM

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Hank_Jones wrote: »

there was 45 of trying to get the magic box to work properly

WTF are you trying to say? "45" is a noun now?

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#24 10-09-2011 11:10AM

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I have one. Do you want me to fax that over to you? I have a spare boombox, rubix cube and keytar as well if you're interested?

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#25 10-09-2011 11:19AM

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New Video recorders are very hard to find in Ireland/UK but they do exist.

On the continent they have decent chain stores like Saturn and Media Markt which still stock them although their tuners (for recording off the TV) may not work in Ireland (with digita switchover its probably a moot point at this stage)

Whats really pi$sing me off at the moment is the difficulty finding a DVD recorder that will work with Saorview. (I know one can get external boxes but who the fup wants all that faffing around with extra plugs/leads/remotes/complicated timeshifting) Damn RTE and their policy of lets-pick-a-different-system-to-whatever-the-Brits-use.

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#26 10-09-2011 01:10PM

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Yes.

It's funny how people think they automatically vanished when superseded by DVD players.

As if crack commando SWAT teams were breaking into people's houses at night and robbing their VCRs.

I'd recommend you buy a decent second hand machine though. The majority of new VCRs manufactured post-2000 are rubbish.

JVC HR-S9600 S-VHS is a great machine.

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#27 10-09-2011 02:21PM

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I don't think so. I remember reading something about the last factory making them shut down about 2 years ago.

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#28 10-09-2011 02:46PM

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You can still get them on amazon uk. I'd imagine that if you went into an independent electronics store you might have a better chance of getting one there? You'd be surprised who still uses them. What I found mad was how popular audio cassettes continued to be amongst older people

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#29 10-09-2011 04:43PM

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I have one - it sits neatly beside my cassette deck and record player & wireless

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#30 10-09-2011 05:02PM

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LighterGuy wrote: »

Its mental isnt it.
By todays standards SNES/Mega Drive games are a piece of crap (in comparison) Just makes you think what it going to be like in 10-15 years time.

Alot of people like Call of Duty for a great example. Next game comes out in November. Will sell millions all at 50 euro a pop. Despite its popularity it'll soon be nothing but an old game that could be downloaded in seconds as current Snes/Mega Drive games can be done today. Personally I dont think it'll take 10-15 years thinking about it. Nothing stopping me from downloading a ps2 game from 2000-2005 era in about 15 mins and thats only 5 years ago. Gotta love it tho :pac:

I find snes games to be better than the junk they pump out now tbh

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#31 10-09-2011 05:04PM

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krudler wrote: »

Street Fighter 2 cost 70 pounds on release, and people complain about 40-45 euro for an new game these days

MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) Get the actual original arcade game for... nothing.

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