I have 3. One is completely busted. It doesn’t consistently take tapes, and when it does, will spit them across the room.
The second one won’t record at all, and has been repaired, only to revert back to its old tricks several months later.
I just discovered that my third VCR only records in black and white. Just wonderful. Especially with “24” starting back up next month.
2 both Betamax
One has reel problems. The take up reel moves. The supply real does not. This results in the tape being torn apart.
OTTOMH, I can’t remember what is wrong with the other.
And yes, I do have beta tapes. Most have hard to find things I’d really like to watch.
2
one isn’t y2k ready and the other got frizzed and now won’t keep the correct time.
none at the moment. At one point in college, I think I had 4 or 5. I’ve lost track of the number my parents have stowed away in the basement, but I assure you it’s a substantial number.
I threw mine out. Kept those that work. Then went to dvd for playing & recording.
My parents had one that we thought was broken, took it to get repaired (not thinking that it was fixable?), bought a new one, and found out that the first VCR was fixable later. We ended up with a nice, new, spare, VCR.
None. Unlike my husband, when things are no longer functional (and not fixable), I throw them OUT.
I keep assuring him that no one, not even him, will want half a screwdriver in six years.
<font size=-1>Stupid packrat. I love him anyway, though. </font>
Just one broken VCR, a Sony. When we insert a tape it’s unlikely that it’ll come back out in the same condition, and that’s if it ejects at all. I’m guessing it’s around the same age as me.
Sorry about that. Still trying to figure out how things work.
I hate looking dumb.
3 broken VCR’s in the house (not counting the one that we still use but only sometimes will eject the tape) and who knows how many in the garage.
4 working in the house (inclusing one that only sometimes…)
1 that still has “A Beautiful Mind” trying to escape its clutches. (poor little guy almost made it, too.)
and another that’s kinda like playing Russian Roullette with a video. (Usually you’re a-okay, but every now and then snap!. bye bye tape. kinda puts a little extra excitement in video watching)
I have three. Two of them won’t eject the tape, so they’re put away. A friend of mine might tinker with them and get them going again, which is the only reason I’ve held onto them. The third one doesn’t display anything on the panel, so there’s no way to tell what it’s doing.
I have 3, two of them snap tapes and the third doesn’t pull the tape from the cartridge properly and chews them up … can’t get them fixed cuz no one bothers repairing these things these days, so I have to keep buying new ones!
No broken ones. Electronic stuff is so cheap to replace that I don’t even bother trying to repair them any more. I sell the broken ones on eBay and get a replacement.
FWIW, I haven’t used my VCR at all in about 2 years because we prefer DVDs.
I have a Tivo and a DVD player - what is this “VCR” of which you speak? OK, technosnobbishness aside, I used to have quite a collection of them. I’d keep some around because they still performed useful functions, like decoding stereo TV and acting as a cable tuner, but now that technology’s moved ahead and such features are usually stock in any TV I’ve tossed all my old VCR’s. I still may have a 3/4" playback deck in my parents’ basement, but I don’t remember for sure. That thing must have weighed at least 50 pounds.
We have 1 that doesn’t work at all right now, but provides a soothing flashing green glow from the ‘E3’ that it displays. Another one in our bedroom will play tapes if you appease it correctly and the moon is in the right phase. Lots of luck getting the tape back out, and cross your fingers if you want to rewind. Then we have 1 nice one that works!