well i still use my VCR

same here

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I have one for “just in case” purposes. It maybe gets used once or twice a year.

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I stopped using my VCR for recording ever since I got a tv tuner card.

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i dont use the vcr, but my parents do.  and no, they have not learned how to program it.

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I actually got my first TiVo back in 1997 when they first came out.  I don’t think I have used a VCR for anything since then.  In fact it once created a crisis when I had to watch a vcr tape for work and realized I had no active VCR to view it on.  I did manage to dig one out of storage and hook it up.

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My mom still uses her VCR all the time - she hasn’t learned how to program it either. I still use mine as well. I like tapes… they have some sort of nostalgia attached to them. Also, I can get lots of cheesey horror movies for really cheap on video… hehe.

I’ve never checked, but aren’t TIVOs really expensive? I always thought that because the only people I knew that had them were celebrities.

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I still use my VCR to tape an occassional television show if I know I won’t be home to watch it.  Doesn’t TiVo have a monthly fee attached to it? That’s why I like my VCR…one purchase price and that’s that.

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that is pretty hilarious. I have been wondering how long the VCR would last, and I was doubting it would be in my generation. haha.

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does this mean i should throw out my laserdiscs too?

what’s wacky is that i hear dvrEverywhere used to be called TiVo Anywhere - before TiVo decided that it was time to start laying on a little Not Invented Here harshness

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My Scientific Atlanta cable box isn’t very receptive to the device, so changing channels takes about 3 whole seconds from start to finish, whereas it used to take less than 1.  One thing is for sure: I wouldn’t channel surf with this thing.  It would take me forever to get through my 100 or so channels.  Fortunately, I know what I want, and this isn’t an issue for me.  Plus, TiVo provides you another solution, which I’ll talk about in a bit.

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I don’t get the “pot-calling kettle black” comment. Are you saying that the TIVO technology is dead? If so, where can I get the TIVO-killer appliance?

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