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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Nov 22 00:14:52 2009, in response to Re: Time Warner Cable tells VCR owners to go to hell, posted by R36 #9346 on Sat Nov 21 22:55:20 2009. VCRs have been doing that for well over 20 years.It's a pain in the ass having to switch out the tape, and keep track of timeslot changes when they occur. Not to mention there's usually a limit to the number of programs you can create. My VCR (admittedly a 1989 model) could only do 8. Any of those 8 could be a recurring recording but basically that meant you could only watch 8 programs or 8 blocks of programs. Then one has to keep track of which tape has what and when (what time on the tape, or what order of recording). A DVR is to a VCR what a computer with a GUI is to a computer with a text based OS. I'd pay more for a GUI. Extending that analogy, compare a computer that can multitask to one that can't. a DVR to a VCR is the same. I can't watch any prerecorded program on a VCR while a new one is recording, and if I expect to record something soon, I would have to know that and then make sure to set the right tape and stop watching the recording and either watch the new program or something else while it records. I don't have to worry about that with a DVR. A VCR only allows you to record one thing and watch another if either program is unscrambled analog cable, it doesn't work with a box unless you have a second box (or a Dish Network dual tuner box with TV2 connected to the same TV) and in order for that, some (relatively) complex wiring is involved. A DVR allows one to watch one thing while recording another, or record two things while watching a prior recording. That is absolutely impossible with a VCR unless it has two decks. Finally, VCRs have nothing remotely comparable to the ability to pause live TV. So yes, VCR have been "doing that" for well over 20 years (actually it's well over 30), just like horses and buggies did transportation for thousands of years until trains and cars were invented. I'll take the train or car. That's akin to cell phone users who no longer know their own cell phone number. Not at all. How is a 10 digit number unique to me the same as the timeslot and channel of a number of programs subject to change with little or no notice? How often am I going to tell people when a program airs vs. what my phone number is? |
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