VCR

[hessian]

Now my VCR has failed where can I obtain a NEW model to play my old tapes? I don't want to buy someone elses clapped out model on e.bay.

[Answerprancer]

Argos perhaps.

[Postdog]

Amazon

[Answerprancer]

...although I would recommend getting one for nothing from Freegle (Freecycle).

[joko]

amazon is probably best - but ebay sellers do often sell brand new stuff - its not all second hand stuff, as i doubt you will find many brand new models these days...manufacturers would bother making them... but you may find somewhere that has old stock left over...
do you have any local electrical shops that may have a few left over in the back room...? worth ringing round a few.

i agree try freecycle, as you may get a good one, you may not, but the giver gains nothing so if they knew the machine was crap they wouldnt bother to donate it and just bin it.

[Buenchico]

Your local British Heart Foundation Furniture & Electrical Store will sell you a fully-tested secondhand one, with a warranty, for between £10 and £20.

Alternatives include these:
http://www.kikatek.co...=63237&source=froogle

http://www.justforele...m-VHS-Recorder_i28358

Chris

[Wak]

You could always buy a VHF/DVD recorder and copy the tapes to DVDs???

[cupid04]

I still use a video recorder/player. Will I still be able to record on it when we go
digital?

[Buenchico]

For Cupid04:
Your VHS recorder can either record from its own internal tuner or from an external source (by setting it to record from 'Ext', 'Aux', 'AV', or whatever other label the manufacturer chose, rather than from a numbered channel).

The internal tuner is only analogue so you'll no longer be able to record by choosing 'Channel 1', 'Channel 2', etc after the digital switchover.

Theoretically you will still be able to feed the output signal from a set-top Freeview box to the socket on your VCR which accepts an external signal, but it can be rather fiddly. You'd need to select the channel to be recorded on the Freeview box, leaving the VCR to record 'AV'. Unless you'd got two set-to boxes (or a single set-top box and a TV with built-in Freeview) you'd only be able to record the programme you were watching. (i.e. you couldn't record one channel while watching another). Getting the cables sorted out properly can be rather awkward as well!

In practice you'll probably find that you need to buy a modern (digital) recording device, such as a PVR. However your old VCR will still play your existing recordings (or the VHS tapes which charity shops sell for about 20p each these days - I can't stop buying them!).

Chris

[cupid04]

Thanks Buenchico. I'd love to be able to opt for skyplus but cant afford it at
the moment. Mr. Cupid says if I give up the dreaded weed he'll consider it!