How am I going to be able to use my VHS recorders when digital is forced on us?

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:53:09 GMT, "Paul Healy"
wrote:

Answer = Topfield TF5800 PVR

I wondered how long it'd be before someone said that )

I have to agree though. Once you've used the Topfield, you'll find
that the best use for a pair of VCRs is to level-up a table on a
sloping floor.

Cheers,

Colin.

Paul Healy wrote:
Answer = Topfield TF5800 PVR
yeah! but where can I get one from where the supplier is not useless?

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 21:31:46 +0100, ":::Jerry::::" wrote:

The first thing you need to do is post only to the correct group....

Read the first post then looked down the replies for the inevitable Jerry post.

Who cares other than yourself, I certainly don't and this group is hardly
oversubscribed.

Interesting little diversion.


Stuart

www.mckears.com

BeeJay wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 23:18:50 +0100, Colin Stamp
wrote:


On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:53:09 GMT, "Paul Healy"
wrote:


Answer = Topfield TF5800 PVR


I wondered how long it'd be before someone said that )

I have to agree though. Once you've used the Topfield, you'll find
that the best use for a pair of VCRs is to level-up a table on a
sloping floor.


I have looked at this and it seems ideal except for one thing. At
present with a VCR I can tape a programme and then pass the tape on to
a friend, or I can tape educational programmes and take the tape to
work. How is it possible to do this with the Topfield? Or is there
another solution?
It can be done via a PC, but only for the techie inclined.
But to be blunt, what % of users actually want to do this? 0.1%?
I've perhaps done it twice in 10 years. Market forces ...

What kind of workplace has VCRs to play your own videos on anyway?
None I've worked at.
Of course if the friend has a Toppy then its a doddle.
Just send 'em the .rec file over your mega BB connection :-)

In message , OldBill
writes
You usage is non-typical so will be not be catered for. However, your
VCRs will be scrap by time analogue is switched off. Then you will
perhaps have something like a dual channel PVR that costs in real terms
less than one VCR
But what about those of us who have built up extensive libraries of
irreplaceable videotaped programmes? And what about transporting
recordings to other places? Are there machines that transfer from PVR
to DVD or VCR?
--
Trevor Wright

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OldBill wrote:
BeeJay wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 23:18:50 +0100, Colin Stamp

[..]
What kind of workplace has VCRs to play your own videos on anyway?
None I've worked at.

I can think of several:

Schools
Police, Probation and InterPol services
Solicitors, Barristers and other Legal Representatives
Social Services
Medical and Hospital, including Patient Facilities.
Fashion Houses
Estate Agents
Chef Training Schools
News and Magazine Offices
Anne Robinson
MI5, MI6, CIA, KGB, Mossad and 'Others'
The BBC and other 'independent' TV Networks )

Of course if the friend has a Toppy then its a doddle.
Just send 'em the .rec file over your mega BB connection :-)

...like the rest of us been doing for yonks ..trouble is, one
tends to run out of space when asked to, "Press Button 'B'"
or, perhaps, to "insert a 640k diskette in drive 'B'"... )

Bill ZFC

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But not that make, which got such awful reviews its being discounted

Also these PVR's can not really replace the VCR. They are fine for
recording things you are going to watch and then get rid of, but some
things you may want to keep.

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You usage is non-typical so will be not be catered for. However, your
VCRs will be scrap by time analogue is switched off. Then you will
perhaps have something like a dual channel PVR that costs in real terms
less than one VCR


VCRs can last for years, I got one here that is over 13 years old and
still works as good now as when it was new, I also got a newer one which
is about 2 years old and I am thinking of getting a third and keeping it
in storage, so I got another one, just in case one goes belly up.

PVrs are not a replacement, the thing that do replace a VCR is a DVD
recorder and they are coming down in price, but they all seems to have
problems, even the more expensive ones.

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says...


You usage is non-typical so will be not be catered for. However, your
VCRs will be scrap by time analogue is switched off. Then you will
perhaps have something like a dual channel PVR that costs in real terms
less than one VCR
But what about those of us who have built up extensive libraries of
irreplaceable videotaped programmes? And what about transporting
recordings to other places? Are there machines that transfer from PVR
to DVD or VCR?




You can transfer to DVD with a DVD recorder, the same way as you would
do so from tape to tape. There are problems here as well.
Because you are making a second generation recording, you are losing
quality, it do not matter that you are putting it onto a digital system,
you are still recording from an analogue source though a analoguee
system.
The other problem si if you got pre-recorded videos, not all of then
will copy across, due to protection.

I think the VHS will still be with us for a good long while yet, even if
Dixons do not think so, I see Currys are still selling them, which is
very strange.