![]() ![]() There is a universal VCR law is that the younger the VCR programmer, the more likely it is that they will programme it correctly. The only defence against the fast-mutating VCR manufacturers is children. Short or long play, whether you want to record the same thing at the same time tomorrow or next week or next month or in some cases next year. ![]() You also have to make decisions about whether it should be Not only do you have to have the ability to keep one eye on the manual 1, one on the remote control, and one on the TV screen, but you need a further set of eyes with 20-20 vision to read the 'Video Plus' 2 reference number * at the same time. Not so with the VCR, for the manufacturers delight in introducing ever-more ingenious and complicated systems in order to make it 'easier'. For instance, once you have learnt how to programme one microwave or washing machine, the chances are that you can successfully control a new one, your neighbour's, or even a battered machine in a hostel half way around the world which has had most of its instructions symbols erased. Generally, the manufacturers of other household appliances tend to provide a broadly generic set of controls. In order for you to record anything without being there, you first have to programme the machine. The reason for having to be there is well understood. By virtue of you having to be there to do this, this process defeats the point of owning a VCR in the first place. However, the only way to ensure that your programme records correctly is to wait for it to start, press 'record', and then wait for it to end and hit 'stop'. The Video Cassette Recorder or VCR is a piece of electrical equipment that was invented so that we could tape TV programmes that we were too busy to watch, in order to watch them when we were not so busy. ![]()
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