Where to find a new, good, small TV-VCR?

Cafe Society
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Seems VHS-format videocassette recorders are going the way of the dodo and the eight-track tape, but… I want to get a new, small, good-quality combined one-unit TV-VCR with no more than a few square feet “footprint” for atop my bedroom dresser. Any suggestions? If the vendor can ship to NE Ohio, so much the better.

Thanks.

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I think the “new” part will be the problem. As far as I can tell, the only VCRs currently being made are combined with DVD recorders, but not TVs.

Amazon turns up a used 13-inch one for $229; for that price you could get a new 22-inch LCD and scrounge up an old VCR somewhere.

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I suspect you’re right, but I gotta ask.

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The problem is VCRs have to have a digital tuner in them to be sold. You can get a video cassette player easier because they don’t need a tuner

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Any reason it has to be new?

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/ele/1648091579.html
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/ele/1647742711.html
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/for/1646122075.html
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/ele/1642014965.html
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/ele/1639719773.html
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/ele/1639376414.html
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/ele/1639369016.html

Etc…

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Well, I’d prefer new, just to be sure I wasn’t being sold some shoddy used ol’ gadget, but thanks for the Craigslist entries. That’s good to know.

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Ah, I dig. But then again, for $20-40 a pop vs. $229 for something new, you should be able to find at least one that works well before having wasted money!

I like buying outdated technology. I get the sense that it’s most likely not going to be broken - just un-used. We got our Atari 2600 when the NES came out, and ended up with a perfectly good machine for very cheap. People were getting rid of them just because they’d bought something new. I’m sure the same goes for older iPods, Walkmans, VCRs and TVs.

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You could also try thrift shops. I got a few VCRs from them a while back for $10 each.

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I’d advise against the combos. They work and they’re in neat little package, but the problem is the VCR is going to die long before the TV or DVD player.

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Definitely! Never buy any display that incorporates any mechanical media playback, VCR or DVD. That goes double for “Home Theater In A Box” devices that combine the receiver with a DVD player. The mechanical always fails first.