Repair of old/cheap VCRs--is it worth it?

[James Sweet]

"Ken G." <goodguyy@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Never thought of the security uses .. i thought people used their
computers for that .

I am not one to collect movie tapes & hardly ever watch movies or keep
much recorded stuff . After i seen a movie once i dont care to see it
again . Most of the stuff i record are music concerts or videos & very
few at that .
I guess alot of people have big movie collections & watch them over &
over .

I like having a reasonably sized collection of DVD's, there's some movies
that are watch once, but others I like to see again sometimes, also it's
nice if there's company and there's already movies around to watch rather
than having to go rent one.

 

[Ken G.]

Never thought of the security uses .. i thought people used their
computers for that .

I am not one to collect movie tapes & hardly ever watch movies or keep
much recorded stuff . After i seen a movie once i dont care to see it
again . Most of the stuff i record are music concerts or videos & very
few at that .
I guess alot of people have big movie collections & watch them over &
over .

 

[Steven V.A.]

laseranddvdfan@aol.com (LASERandDVDfan) wrote:

Same thing even applies to VCRs. If you own something like a Sony SLV-R5UC
S-VHS deck, you are better off getting it repaired than replacing it with a new
S-VHS deck from Best Buy. The SLV-R5UC has A LOT more features than just about

I found this (japanese) page, with nice pictures of Sony VCR's

There are some very nice units in there

http://v-yakata.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Sony.htm

http://v-yakata.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Toshiba.htm

http://v-yakata.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Mitsu.htm

http://v-yakata.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Victor.htm

Steven
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[Alex Bird]

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<8dZSb.198821$xy6.1022938@attbi_s02>...

"Ken G." <goodguyy@webtv.net> wrote in message
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I am not one to collect movie tapes & hardly ever watch movies or keep
much recorded stuff .

I like having a reasonably sized collection of DVD's, there's some movies
that are watch once, but others I like to see again sometimes, also it's
nice if there's company and there's already movies around to watch rather
than having to go rent one.

I keep finding classic (in good and bad ways) films and music videos
in charity (thrift?) shops. Whilst I would never buy a new
prerecorded vhs tape, with the sh***y tape they seem to use these
days, and having dvd, I love finding these old tapes. I'm amazed
these 15-20 year old tapes still work, and look/sound pretty good.
I'll maintain my (1987)NEC and Sony SLV-ER7UY, mid-range but solid
machines, for a few years yet.

Alex