# Who still uses a VCR? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 26, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868 "2008-07-26T20:24:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/41 "2008-07-28T20:58:14Z")
I still have two VCRs and still use one of them semi-regularly. Sooner or later, I’ll hook it up to my PC to digitize some tapes I have. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/42 "2008-07-28T20:58:25Z")
Have one in my room right now. In all honestly, I’d _like_ to be able to do without one (I don’t think I ever got more than two years’ useful life out of one, and they _shred tapes_ when they start to wear out), but the hard truth is that there are thousands of movies, sports specials, instructional videos, classic cartoons, etc., and it’s going to take a while to convert them all to modern machinery. Never mind the ones which aren’t ever going to get converted (every classic UFC after 8 and The Ultimate Ultimate, for example). Note too that a quality VCR is much _cheaper_ than a quality DVD player, no small issue, especially now. They’ll be around for a while yet. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/43 "2008-07-28T23:09:42Z")
Count me in the group that uses one because of a huge tape collection that hasn’t yet been converted to DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/44 "2008-07-29T01:06:07Z")
I still have over 100 VHS tapes I haven’t replaced with their DVD counterparts, so I have a VCR/DVD combo. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/45 "2008-07-29T01:37:39Z")
I still play some movies. I don’t record with one any longer. I have all the Doctor Who shows that played on American television. I need the player. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/46 "2008-07-29T12:33:44Z")
I don’t need to record as much TV with our cable’s video on demand service, back home my parents have a tonne of blank tapes and don’t really need to worry about the space they take up. My ex on the other hand records voraciously and doesn’t have much room, so she recently invested in a combination DVD/VCR/HDD machine and her old tapes sit in my cupboard in my parents’ house. ---
**Author:** ![MrBelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@MrBelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrBelding)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/47 "2008-07-29T14:37:19Z")
I have old films that are only on VCR so I keep mine around for them. That said, I probably only use the thing once ever 3-4 months. It’s just sitting there collecting dust. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/48 "2008-07-29T17:34:29Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Does, uhmmm…“special genre” come out in DVD and you’re just re-watching your “classics”? [/QUOTE] Yes. I’ve found a new, secret source for my my precious images and films so I don’t buy DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868/49 "2008-07-29T18:40:43Z")
It’s a lot cheaper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-still-uses-a-vcr/457868.md?page=2)