RedM Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Our VCR has ceased to be (I do not know if it went to Heaven when it died though) and we need a new one. I've had a look at loads of places (Currys, Comet, Dixons, Asda(!) etc) and no-one does them. Amazon do (IIRC) one from new but that got rubbish reviews. All the rest seem to be refurbs and pricey ones at that. The old lady want a new one to play her Buffy and Angel box-sets on. We can't stretch to DVD/VCR combi nor buy the sets on DVD. I got told twice on Saturday that VCRs are now considered 'specialist' equipment and are not mass-market! Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Freecycle..... I stuck mine on (4 of them) about 6 months ago, as well as all my video tapes. Including my entire star trek collection, a LOT of magnetic media there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 This any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I have tons for free mate if you need one? We are throwing loads out at work. If you covered the cost of postage I'm happy to send one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 This any good? £80!! for a VCR!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I've got one I bought years ago to watch a CCTV tape. I've never used it since then so it's old, but should be good as new (I always menat to flog it on but never get round to it). Nothing too special from what I remember, but you can have it for nowt: just cover the postage or find another way of getting it from me to thee. Tell me if you want me to dig it out and see what make/model etc it is. edit - AlexJames beat me to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 £80!! for a VCR!!! That's nothing. I've got one of these sitting at home, currently doing nothing apart from being an expensive paperweight. If the price is accurate, it's been one of my better investments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I have tons for free mate if you need one? We are throwing loads out at work. If you covered the cost of postage I'm happy to send one? I hope they're blessed with some sort of holy warranty, or we're not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project Blitz Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 a what? lol i remember selling them when i was in retail and they were the biggest thing ranging from £100- £300 for the top wack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Aah the VCR days...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Thanks for the offers chaps but the missus is adamant that we get a brand new one even though we'll be paying silly money for them. I've tried to convince her that free or second-hand is better but she's not having it! Women..... On a related note; how hard is it to make a dvd/hdd player from an old pc? Ideally something that you can put DVDs on to and play them back from HDD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzle Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 get one sent to you, set it all up and polish it while she out, and she wont know the difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I have tons for free mate if you need one? We are throwing loads out at work. If you covered the cost of postage I'm happy to send one? For a minute there I bet he thought his prayers were answered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 On a related note; how hard is it to make a dvd/hdd player from an old pc? Ideally something that you can put DVDs on to and play them back from HDD. Is that connecting it straight to the TV, or going through a media player/XBox? If it's the latter, I'd assume any old PC would be able to do it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Is that connecting it straight to the TV, or going through a media player/XBox? If it's the latter, I'd assume any old PC would be able to do it... Straight to TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Straight to TV. What connections do you have as inputs on the TV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Three scarts and component in (plus LR stereo). Component is used by DVD player at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty71 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 VCR?? whats one of those:d Oh yes I remember, they were really really inferior to Laserdiscs;) Scotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Three scarts and component in (plus LR stereo). Component is used by DVD player at the moment. Depending on what graphics card you have in the PC, possibly something like this should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Quite a lot of TVs have a S-Video jack, and conveniently a lot of graphics cards do too (usually labelled TV-Out). Even if your TV doesn't have a S-Video input, it might be cheaper/easier to get an adaptor to convert S-Video to scart or compenent video. It might be a pain to convert VGA output from a PC to anything your TV can take as input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I hope they're blessed with some sort of holy warranty, or we're not interested. ... I can pray over it, bless it... heck I'll even throw some holy water in it if you like as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 ... I can pray over it, bless it... heck I'll even throw some holy water in it if you like as well Well done on having a sense of humour my friend. It would be all too easy for you to get in a huff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I have tons for free mate if you need one? We are throwing loads out at work. If you covered the cost of postage I'm happy to send one? If I got Parcel Force to pick one up, and sent you a bit of a gift via Paypal could you pick me one out please? I have loads of old racing tapes that I would like to still be able to play. I have a working VCR but it's becoming temperamental I can live without a warranty.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 What's a VCR granddad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 It's the thing we watched porn on before this Internet rubbish arrived grandson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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