Re: DVD/VCR Recorder Combos
cumberland, do as you feel you should, but I would just buy a DVD recorder and hook the existing VCR to it with the red, white, and yellow RCA cables. Once you've got all your stuff onto DVDs, you'll have that big ol' VCR slot sitting there in your machine with no further use for it. Just my two cents.
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macro
cumberland, do as you feel you should, but I would just buy a DVD recorder and hook the existing VCR to it with the red, white, and yellow RCA cables. Once you've got all your stuff onto DVDs, you'll have that big ol' VCR slot sitting there in your machine with no further use for it. Just my two cents.
Thanks but my VCR's are just about worn out. They are old and at times have had problems playing and recording things on them. You can't find just a VCR alone in a store anymore. It's just the combo's.
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I know next to nothing about them, but Sears had some on sale last weekend.
$65-90
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LoganBuck
I know next to nothing about them, but Sears had some on sale last weekend.
$65-90
If the DVD has recording capability then that sounds like a good deal. I'll check them out. Thanks!
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cumberlandreds
If the DVD has recording capability then that sounds like a good deal. I'll check them out. Thanks!
That was a typo it should have read 165-190
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cumberlandreds
Thanks but my VCR's are just about worn out. They are old and at times have had problems playing and recording things on them. You can't find just a VCR alone in a store anymore. It's just the combo's.
Walmarts has VCR-only players for $29.
But what macro says is best.
I bought a Magnavox VCR/DVD Recorder combo last year, for just under $200, in order to transfer my VHS home movies over to DVD. I got a majority of them done before the unit finally puked on me. It was constantly giving me trouble with DVD record errors. I did everything I could to correct this.... tried different format of DVDs, cleaned the unit, etc., etc.
Walmarts has that same model now for around $149.
I went out last week and bought a Sony DVD recorder for $120, and I'm going to hook up our VCR to it to finish the task.
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GAC
Walmarts has VCR-only players for $29.
But what macro says is best.
I bought a Magnavox VCR/DVD Recorder combo last year, for just under $200, in order to transfer my VHS home movies over to DVD. I got a majority of them done before the unit finally puked on me. It was constantly giving me trouble with DVD record errors. I did everything I could to correct this.... tried different format of DVDs, cleaned the unit, etc., etc.
Walmarts has that same model now for around $149.
I went out last week and bought a Sony DVD recorder for $120, and I'm going to hook up our VCR to it to finish the task.
That was the one at Wal-Mart I was looking at,a Magnavox. I'll probably get it and give it a try. The Wal-Mart here in northern Virginia doesn't have any stand alone VCR's. If I could find one at that price I would get it. One of our VCR's has just about bit the dust. Thanks to all for your input.
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cumberlandreds
That was the one at Wal-Mart I was looking at,a Magnavox. I'll probably get it and give it a try. The Wal-Mart here in northern Virginia doesn't have any stand alone VCR's. If I could find one at that prive I would get it. One of our VCR's has just about bit the dust. Thanks to all for your input.
Like I said.... it worked great for a while, as far as recording (dubbing) went; but it soon developed problems in that area on the DVD side. But both sides still worked great though individually as far as playing VHS or DVDs.
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I have a Panasonic DVD/VHS combo that also burns dvds. I've honestly never tried to burn a dvd with it, but otherwise its a very nice unit.
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My cousin has a theory that anything that's two machines in one never works for long. VCR/DVD, phone/answering machine, electric can opener/wine corker, etc. I've found his theory to be correct most of the time.
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vaticanplum
My cousin has a theory that anything that's two machines in one never works for long. VCR/DVD, phone/answering machine, electric can opener/wine corker, etc. I've found his theory to be correct most of the time.
Very sound reasoning to me. You can add all in one washer/dryer combos, surround sound systems that have dvd players built in, TVs with built in VCRs and/or DVD players, and Wily Taveras.
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LoganBuck
Very sound reasoning to me. You can add all in one washer/dryer combos, surround sound systems that have dvd players built in, TVs with built in VCRs and/or DVD players, and Wily Taveras.
Also add those 3-in-1 copiers, printers, faxes to that list. Once one goes bad you're screwed.