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Telecolor 3007

07-25-2016 11:57 AM

I think V.H.S. haves more fan then D.V.D.

centralradio

07-25-2016 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by NowhereMan 1966 (Post 3167108)

I still use VHS to record off the TV.

Me too every day.Blank DVDs suck.

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Originally Posted by Jon A. (Post 3167137)

I'd still be using 110 film if anyone around here sold or developed it anymore.

There's a Garfield and Friends episode called "The Record Breaker" in which almost no one knows what a record player is. Such a parody of the digital audio world seems surreal these days.

Yes .Its hard to find people who still develop this format.I think B and H Camera in NYC still does it . I still have my 110 camera here and its right here in front of me on this desk.Nothing high class since its a Ansco Tele Motor 900 from Kmart.It work great at concerts before I got my 35mm setup.

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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007 (Post 3167164)

I think V.H.S. haves more fan then D.V.D.

I agree.

centralradio

07-25-2016 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by centralradio (Post 3167090)

I agree.They copy their home videos to DVD and 4 years go by and find out the DVD are flaking ,scratched,corrupted and by that time they got rid of their home videos of their loved ones .How sad is that.Those Magnavox decks I've mentioned probably are Funai made.When I make copies of home videos like I'm doing now is I make a copy for myself and give another to my sister and rip a copy to my computer and move it onto my backup external drive and save the VHS master tapes.There is to much to loose of those memories of family home videos and photos due to the unstable world of digital.It really burns me up when people dump their home videos and photos.

Update.Walmart has the Sanyo combo's there as I saw 4 on the shelf.Don't see the Maggie combo any more.

dr.ido

07-26-2016 06:58 PM

A lot of people like the combo units. Since they've disappeared from retail shelves (I haven't seen any recently, though I haven't been looking hard) I've noticed an increasing demand for used ones.

We did get a couple of models here with digital TV tuners and HDMI upscaling. These are especially sought after. Most of them were playback only on the VHS side, but I did play with a Panasonic unit that recorded digital TV straight to VHS (and the tape left in the machine suggested the previous owner was using it as such).

Unfortunately the Panasonic combos are prone to the U61 error that effects a lot of their DVD recorders and the digital tuner is SD MPEG2 only. Most channels here are still SD MPEG2, but the transition to H264 has begun.

centralradio

07-26-2016 08:28 PM

I would not mind finding a DVR that I can record the shows and let me take them off the DVR and transfer them to my computer for I can move them onto an external HD.
I know Hollywood would kill me for doing it with their copyright BS but Oh well.It will be like the Betamax case over again. If I can get a system to do that.I can stop worrying about the VHS blank tape supply's drying up.

Sandy G

07-26-2016 09:08 PM

I managed to snag an S-VHS machine right B4 the curtain fell. Played it practically not at all.

Dude111

08-01-2016 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

I think V.H.S. haves more fan then D.V.D.

I couldnt agree more....... Its more natural,more warm,etc...........

I love analog soooooooooooooo much guys :)

crt89

08-05-2016 11:01 PM

My parents bought me a Sony VCR/DVD for Christmas 2007. It does not record to DVD though, only to VHS. But it doesn't have it's own tuner. I forget how I recorded on it, must have fed it from cable box. In fact it's been so long that I used it I can't remember IF I ever recorded with it. lol

Dude111

08-06-2016 10:27 PM

I saw a VHS/DVD combo one time..... It was horrible!!!

VHS playback was aweful......... (It had noises in it,etc)

Alastair E

09-20-2016 04:32 PM

VHS with DTV Tuner

Toshiba made a few combo models with DTV tuners in them and had HDMI sockets on 'em too.

I know--Because Ive got one at work...:D

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