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12-29-2006, 11:10 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hometown of Canada
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Buying a VCR
Ok, so in normal stores VCRs still cost $80+! Does anyone know a reliable place online to buy lower-cost VCRs? I still use it to tape shows (no DVR, and no digital cable either)... but to buy a replacement for $80? Seems kind of steep for that old of a technology...
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12-29-2006, 11:13 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Minneapolis
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its not really that old of a technology. it was only this year that DVD players caught up to VCR players in % of homes containing one.
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12-29-2006, 11:16 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hometown of Canada
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Sorry, I mean that I can get a good DVD player that plays DivX for the same price... and I've seen combo DVD/VCR units for $120 or so... shouldn't there be cheaper VCRs out somewhere?
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12-29-2006, 11:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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I've seen VCR's for 30-40 dollars. However, those are mostly brands I've never heard of that I wouldn't trust to run reliably.
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12-29-2006, 11:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Wal-Mart has a cheapo Emerson 4-head VCR for $40
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12-29-2006, 11:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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And I'd imagine that DVR's haven't yet caught up.
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12-29-2006, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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That doesn't really make it any less of an old technology, it's just that it is one still in use since it has been around for so long. I'd say some of the price comes from the production cost, and the preference of them having you choose a DVR or DVD player alternative. |
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12-30-2006, 06:16 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Buy a combo unit for like 80ish.
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12-30-2006, 06:18 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Serious junk tho, mine broke within a year or so. My own fault, should have known better. Pretty much you get what you pay for. |
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12-30-2006, 09:44 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
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Bought daughter a combo DVD/VCR combo from Wal MArt for $49
Not the worlds greatest but my oldest has the same unit and has had it for 3 years. Though I paid 129 for his |
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