# Do you still have a vcr? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 9, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555 "2017-06-09T23:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/21 "2017-06-10T02:10:38Z")
I have two, a VCR and a DVD/VCR, neither of which I’ve used in many years. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/22 "2017-06-10T02:49:38Z")
I have two, one for each TV. They don’t see much use, but they are functional and there’s no point getting rid of them. Which reminds me I probably need to take apart and clean the DVD players. They seem to be more susceptible to dust. ---
**Author:** ![LicketySplit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@LicketySplit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LicketySplit)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/23 "2017-06-10T02:54:37Z")
What’s a VCR? LOL :smack: ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/24 "2017-06-10T03:08:19Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > My DVD player is a DVD/VCR combo, however I rarely, if ever, use the VCR. Mine is too. I use the VHS side often enough to justify having the combo. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/25 "2017-06-10T03:15:05Z")
I have one that’s hooked up and ready to go, but I haven’t used it in over a year. Every once in a while I track down a really old, really hard-to-find film that’s available on VHS but not on DVD or Blu-Ray. That’s almost the only time I ever use it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/26 "2017-06-10T03:21:42Z")
I’ve got two. Both are about 20 years old. I haven’t used either in about 12 years, once I had a DVD player and a DVR. The one was pretty sweet. It recorded the audio in MTS stereo sound, had hi fi playback, and would skip commercials on playback. Hooked up to a virtual surround sound system, it sounded pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/27 "2017-06-10T03:39:10Z")
I think my last DVD player died about 5 years ago. I can’t recall how long ago my last VCR died. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/28 "2017-06-10T04:25:08Z")
I have one for digitizing material from shelves of tapes to post on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/29 "2017-06-10T04:29:58Z")
The last time I watched a VHS tape at home was in December 2013. Our cable and internet was knocked out by an ice storm, so we watched “American Beauty” and some of “Jaws” (which I bought ages ago on tape). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/30 "2017-06-10T04:30:35Z")
2003 was the last year I owned a VCR. Somehow, I never got around to owning a DVD or Blu-Ray player, though. I’m not much of a movie guy, as you can probably guess. Once streaming became a thing, though, I’ve actually watched maybe, on a average, a movie a month (but I do go chew through a series here and there.) ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/31 "2017-06-10T04:31:04Z")
At least two - Song of the South is VHS/PAL - need to convert, ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/32 "2017-06-10T04:54:05Z")
Worse. I still have a Laserdisc player and several hundred discs… ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/33 "2017-06-10T04:57:14Z")
Anybody still have a Betamax? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/34 "2017-06-10T05:37:57Z")
Still have a couple on the shelf somewhere “just in case”. Right beside the zip drive and tape drives. If I ever need paper tape I’ll have to rig something up with an Arduino. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/35 "2017-06-10T07:57:08Z")
I think there might be a VCR/DVDR combo in a box in the loft, but we might have thrown it out already. There’s a DVDR/Hard disk combo under the TV that hardly ever gets used (occasional DVD playback) - most video content we watch now is streamed in one way or another. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/36 "2017-06-10T08:39:43Z")
Most of my stuff is in storage, but yes, in amongst it is a VCR. Possibly two. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/37 "2017-06-10T11:20:25Z")
Yes, but it isn’t hooked up (not sure if it is plugged in). It is in my entertainment center. Brian ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/38 "2017-06-10T11:26:23Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Worse. I still have a Laserdisc player and several hundred discs… Yes! Same here. I use both (actually, I have several VCRs) regularly. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/39 "2017-06-10T12:21:27Z")
I thought we just did this but a search doesn’t show it. I have several VCRs, including 2 Betamaxes, that I occasionally use to digitize old tapes. (In fact, I don’t think there’s really anything left to copy off of VHS, so those are mostly useless\*. The Betas still have more work to do.) - I know, calling VHS “mostly useless”. Redundant, right? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555/40 "2017-06-10T13:29:30Z")
Yes, and a box or two of tapes to play in it–only, I haven’t played any in years. The VCR is upstairs and the TV downstairs, and the tape boxes sit in a closet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-vcr/788555.md?page=3)