who buys vcr players and cassettes?

Answer 1

I still have a VCR and I actually still use it occasionally. I have some great movies on VHS. I'm sure there are people out there that would like to have a VCR for those special occasions when you bust out your old copy of Airplane! or whatever.

Answer 2

They don't sell a lot of those, but the kind of people who would buy them are:

1. People who have a bunch of VHS recordings they like to watch: People who have been collecting movies for years, people with home movies on VHS,.

2. People who only time shift occasionally. Why change stuff when you can keep doing things the same way for the last 25 years? I'll give you an example, until recently I had an elderly relative who's VCR was used twice a week. When she went out to dinner, my brother would plug it in and set it on manual record on the channel her favorite game show was on. Another relative still uses a VCR to time shift a few programs a week. Again, why change what works?

3. If I didn't have a TIVO, I'd still be using a VCR to time shift programs. I don't see that much advantage of a DVD recorder over a good VCR.

The death of VCRs is going to be speeded up by the end of analog TV broadcasts (in the US) on 2/17/09. You can use them through a converter box, but the lack of ability to program channel changes would be a pain. Why that would be like the first VCR I bought in 1980, I still remember the mechanical dial tuner and "piano key" controls......

Answer 3

I still have my VCR and cassettes. Until DVD recorders become cheaper, if I want to copy anything to keep permanently, that's my only option.

Answer 4

I dont.