I love my VCR. Well, to be accurate, I love Mark’s VCR. He saved up his allowance money long, long ago and bought this dinosaur.
Wait, how long ago? His allowance?
Yep, he bought this back in 1989. Or so he says. I guess he’d know. After all, it was a newfangled piece of technology and cost about a trillion dollars. That sort of thing tends to stick in a young boy’s memory.
Even when he becomes a not-so-young boy.
So, this was before DVR? Before iPods? Before *gasp!* the Internet?
Yes, ma’am, this VCR became a member of our family before Mark and I even met. Before our daughter was even a twinkle in –
Well, you get the picture. The thing is old.
But you know what? The thing still works, bless her heart. We don’t have DVR, and this little machine has kept up with my many TV obsessions quite well.
Lately, we’ve given her a break, watching most of our non-live shows online. But as of last week, I was still taping a few hours of TV each week.
She’s been faithful, this VCR. And I love her.
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Good to know — Panasonic, it looks like? I’ll keep that in mind. :) (of course, I probably won’t be buying a VCR anytime soon, but maybe it’s a good brand! or, maybe they don’t make ‘em like they used to;)
We had one die recently, and so my mom gave us hers. That one just decided it wasn’t going to let Blue’s Clues out anymore so we are done. No more VCR. My daughter has discovered Noggin so I think it’s time to get rid of the tapes.
my hubs doesn’t have ours plugged in to record, just to watch. very frustrating! :)
I wish our VCR had been so faithful. Now it’s impossible to find one that’s half-reasonable. Sigh.
Mine conked out a long time ago!
we got rid of our vcr when we got our dvr. i *sniff* had to get rid of all my vhs movies. most of which were favorites, but i’ve gotten most of them on dvd now.
our dvr conked out after less than 2 years. shoulda kept the VCR!!!
How funny and cute! I don’t think we even *have* a VCR anymore! ;-)
Ours broke last year and I was a little sad, but now that I have a DVR I will never go back. I can’t stand live TV.
i sat here for like….3 minutes trying to remember what “VCR” stood for.
sheesh.
its been a long time since ive seen one of those.
it should be worth trillions, ya know.
Don’t they still sell combination VCR/DVD players? I’m pretty sure they do, and I think you can find them for 60-70 dollars, at least around Christmastime… but maybe they don’t come with DVR. (I’ve never used DVR;)