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VCRs: still taping after all these years.(Product/Service Evaluation)
As sure as the sun rising in the east, the DVD player is displacing the VCR as the device of choice for viewing prerecorded movies. Digital recording via a DVD recorder or digital video recorder is another matter for now; the hardware is relatively new and sometimes expensive. That's why, for the next several years, the humble VCR is likely to remain the device most people use to record programs off the air and to transfer home camcorder movies onto a convenient viewing format.
What today's VCRs lack in novelty, they make up for in economy. Hi-fi VCRs now sell for as little as $70, with barebones models priced as low as $50.
This report covers 13 VCRs. ...
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