On 15/03/2012 9:04 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:43:23 -0700 (PDT), Michael OConnor
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> VCR's were the same way in the 80's; they were good for daily use for
>> 7-10 years, but by the late 90's they lasted maybe two years before
>> they needed replaced.
>
> The first VCR I bought was about $300 and a real PITA to set. The
> last one I bought was $29 and all digital with on screen setting.
> Still cheaper to replace it every two years. I have two VCRs that will
> probably never be used again though. Love them new DVR boxes from the
> cable/sat companies.

A friend bought a complete Sony home theatre system. Problem was it was
very fussy about which CDs and DVDs it would play. He went out and
bought a cheap Chinese player that handled everything and anything he
threw at it.

11 years ago I bought my first DVD player, an Omni. I bought it because
my wife wanted to play DVDs with different region encoding and VCDs from
Vietnam. It also played MP3s as well. All the name brand machines would
only play our local region coded discs and most didn't seem to know what
a VCD was. The Omni played everything and, even though it was a cheapie,
still works perfectly. It's sitting out there next to the TV even as I
write this.

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Krypsis