Best vcrs according to redditors

We found 21 Reddit comments discussing the best vcrs. We ranked the 15 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about VCRs:

u/pensotroppo · 35 pointsr/ShittyLifeProTips

Oh, you sweet, young child.

u/CydoniaKnight · 6 pointsr/blankies

https://youtu.be/OD93C9L0RUw?t=24

TV/VCR hybrids. I think I can see PV-M393, PV-M2059, and PV-S7680.

There might be a few dvd players in there but I think most are VCRs.

u/thejkm · 2 pointsr/AdviceAnimals

I remember going to a party at a friend's house when I was a young lad and legitimately thinking "what rich motherfuckers" when I saw they had a dual barrel VCR and a fucking rewinder.

u/strtfghtr · 2 pointsr/filmcollecting

I have this player:
https://www.amazon.com/Zenith-VCS442-4-Head-VCR/dp/B00023CFBC?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

It's not great but works.

I also have a Digital Video Stabilizer to ensure that the transfer works. I'm not sure on the rules of this subreddit for overcoming copy protection so I wont post details here but if you want more info PM me.

u/knexfan0011 · 2 pointsr/oculus
  1. Two can work fine, but 3 will be better.

  2. Assuming the big X in the bottom right is a bed, you should consider mounting the sensor to the ceiling there.
    Three sensors would ideally be set up in a perfect triangle, all sensors 120° from the others. You also have to keep the FOV in mind.
    A setup like this or this would give you a 2x2.5m playspace.

  3. I recommend putting them a little higher up than you are tall and then, with them upside down, tilt the camera down all the way.

    The cable is detachable, but I would not detach it all the time, you don't want to wear out the connector. Instead you should make a mount for your headset, maybe on a wardrobe or something.

    I am also currently looking for a cable extension solution, here is what i plan to get:
    USB3 powered hub
    5m active cable
    Passive extensions are ok up to ~2m, anything beyond that should be powered.
u/ComputerSavvy · 1 pointr/funny

Do you think this is this 1970 where TV shows are still played off of analog and linear video tape??

I'm sorry, are you from the past?!?

If you have ever watched On Demand or your cable company's equivalent, it's digital and it's non-linear. You can pause, skip, rewind and jump forward if you want.

You watch commercials and television shows on the network's schedule because your cable company and the networks decided for you that you will.

Even if you subscribe to basic cable, it's still digital and could be controlled by you if they allowed it.

Netflix is coming to your cable box in 2015.

https://gigaom.com/2014/12/10/netflix-wants-to-hook-up-with-your-cable-company-in-2015/

If you are not inclined to buy a Tivo or build your own DVR, you can always pay extra to the cable company to rent a DVR from your cable company to time shift a show only after it has been broadcast, you wait until they decide to deliver a show on their schedule.

The dirty little secret is that On Demand which has been available for years and now Netflix on your cable box, every channel could be watched just like Netflix is now if the cable company allowed it. The fact is that they don't allow it.

The tech has been available for years and storage capacity is going up almost as quickly as storage costs are going down.

Usenet providers can store 5+ years of posts, every single post, including multiple gigabyte attachments to those posts, they BOAST about it in their sales literature. The NSA can copy the majority of the Internet backbone, cache and sift through it.

We have the technical capability to stream every single TV show, song and movie, past and present. Why not?

In the mid 1980's I had a VHS VCR that could grab and display a digital snapshot thumbnail of each channel so you could visually see what was playing on each channel and then compass arrow navigate to that thumbnail, select it and tune to that channel.

In the '90's, I bought this Sony Smart Label VCR that has an RFID chip embedded in the spine label. The VCR could grab the show title from the network, index the show title and fast forward to that point on the tape.

I still have that Sony VCR, one audio channel is out but it still works.

I had that tech in the 80's and 90's! Why didn't all of them have it?

What we are capable of doing today is deliberately being held back so these big companies can charge you extra for every little improvement and feature.

Go to Europe or Japan and watch somebody buy a Coke from a Coke machine with their cell phone, the cost of the soda appears on the cell phone bill. They have had that tech for more than 10 years. Can you do that here? When it eventually appears here, I know you'll pay extra for that ability others around the world take for granted and it's just part of their regular service.

My problem is that I DO think this through and it makes me angry that we are being denied and held back of what's possible. The same goes for Internet access.

Distilled down to it's very essence, it's all due to monopoly power and the absolute lack of competition and the unwillingness of those paid WHORES in government to change it.

> look at 5 minutes of blank screen?

Thank you, I needed that laugh.

u/random_dent · 1 pointr/Showerthoughts

You can buy a VCR on Amazon. There are quite a few models available, so, very easy if you really want to do it.

u/videolebanon · 1 pointr/technology


so cool https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6Q5LFJ
cool 90s AIWA/Sony Region vcr whats the LCD on remote for?

u/chrismanpizza · 1 pointr/nostalgia

Dual-deck VCRs ? No problem!

Edit: crap i forgot about the anti link shorteners

u/khedoros · 1 pointr/PlaystationClassic

> meaning that the second USB port is busy with the flash drive

You'll be best off with a powered hub, if you're going to keep that set-up. Something like this, for example.

u/Slick1ru2 · 1 pointr/amazonprime

I bought this 4 head vcr from them. Didn’t use it forever and go to use it a couple years later and it doesn’t work.

u/spam-musubi · 1 pointr/fixit

>I'm guessing this unit is made particle board? It has very little structural integrity... that's why this type of stuff is so cheap.

Yup. I would have been happy to spend more, but this was the only TV stand that had the space and shelves that I wanted.

>Anyway... It's a little hard to tell exactly what's going on from the pic but I think the whole thing is sagging. Meaning the bottom panel as well as the top. That amp must be heavy.

I think you're onto something here! I scanned in the page from the manual that describes the various weight limits, here. My receiver, a Denon AVR-S900W, weighs 21 lbs. I'm not sure what "50 lbs total" is supposed to mean but if it means the combined weight on all the shelves in the centre section, then I should be within spec - the next heaviest item is an Aiwa MX100 VCR which according to Amazon weighs 11 lbs. The only other devices are a cable box (under 10 lbs) and a slimline Blu-ray player.

Of course, regardless of specs, some sagging is happening...

>Check the measurement from the floor to the underside of the bottom panel at the ends of the unit. Then check it in the middle. Is it different?

Yes it is! By about 5mm.

>The easy fix is to cut two pieces of wood or something to what the height should be. Position them underneath where the two interior partitions are. If you have no wood or the means to cut it, just stack up some old books or something. The idea is simply to provide support for the two interior partitions which should then provide better support for the top. Good luck.

I'll give that a try. Thanks a lot for your help. And to everyone else in this thread for your replies!

u/theaveng · 0 pointsr/cordcutters

VHS was obviously the number one format of the 80s and 90s. DVDs were not introduced until 1995, and then it took some time to climb to the #1 slot (2003). And HDDVD and Bluray did not outsell VHS tapes until 2007: https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/High-Def_Disc_Sales/Industry_Trends/Blu-ray_HD_DVD_Overtake_VHS_in_Sales/845