Does anyone still have/use a VCR?

[Razor X]

We still have one. Haven't used it in years. Makes mw wonder why I'm letting it take up room in the closet.

I think I have three of them in my basement, including the one that I got for my sixteenth birthday -- top loading with wired remote.     I don't currently have a VCR that is hooked up; I'm sure the picture quality would be terrible on a flat screen.   And I'm not sure if it's even possible to record on them anymore now that all broadcasting is digital.

The only thing I really miss about VCRs is the ability to record something on a tape that can be watched in a different room of the house or loaned to a friend.

[BBCnorthants]

You could do that with a self-recorded DVD too

[TheSlyBear]

Or a thumb drive! 

[BBCnorthants]

Or you can record to an external hard drive, I do that sometimes. The thing I hated about VCR was the bulkiness of the cassettes.

[Razor X]

You could do that with a self-recorded DVD too

I don't think that there are any recordable DVD devices for high definition programming.

Or a thumb drive! 

My cable box/DVR doesn't have a flash drive port.  I don't even know how to transfer the recording from the DVR to the flash drive.  I'm pretty sure they are deliberately designed so people can't do this.

[BBCnorthants]

Yes I think you could be right about hi def/hi res.

Nice beard btw Razor X, I wish mine had some colour to it instead of being a boring browny blacky colour

[Razor X]

Nice beard btw Razor X, I wish mine had some colour to it instead of being a boring browny blacky colour

Thanks.

[Sir Harry]

I know that this topic is more than a year old, but I just wanted to share it with you. Last Sunday, for Mother's Day, my aunts, uncles, cousins and nephew(who turned 14 the same day) got together at the house. We hooked up the VCR to my 50-inch TV.(you must use an AUX cable plugged into the USB cable port to play the VCR. We watched tape of Mother's Day 1991, the last Mother's day my grandmother was a live (passed away in January 1992). It was still playing just as well and clear...It was nice seeing myself with a low-top fade too! . Brought back some fond memories and even those who weren't around had fun looking at how we looked "back in the day".

[4fit]

 Yes beta

[K5mow]

Yes we still have one and my wife uses it sometimes.

Roger