On Oct 27, 2008, at 5:34 PM, scruffy wrote: > the other thing that always gets me about articles like this is the > notion that nobody ever recorded tv until DVRs came out. did all those > people who were buying VCRs since the 70's really just leave the clock > flashing 12:00 and only use them to play rented or bought tapes?
VCRs can't be used to record TV shows in the same way that a DVR can -- a DVR recording can be played back while something else is being recorded, even the same recording in progress (or even two shows being recorded at once, on many DVRs). Also, with a DVR, it's much, much, much, much, much, much, much easier than it is with a VCR to assure that you're going to successfully record every single episode of every single TV show you might want to watch. I used to use a VCR to timeshift, but in that case, it was mainly when I knew I wasn't going to be home to catch a TV show I especially wanted to watch. Since I started using a DVR, I've timeshifted everything, so that I don't have to worry about being in front of my TV set at a certain time, and so that I can fast-forward through the commercials. That said, I actually don't record any 10:00 shows on the broadcast networks, but it's because none of them particularly appeal to me, not anything inherent in my use of my DVR. -- Jim Ellwanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
