VCR's

[Tron]

Have they stopped selling VCR's in India? I check several shops &

none of them seem to carry VCR's. I am looking for either a plain

VCR or a VCR/DVD Player Combo - does anyone know shops which

carry them?

[fl]

go to gujrati galli

i am sure u will find one there

[Tron]

go to gujrati galli
i am sure u will find one there

What & where is gujarati galli?

[fl]

go to gujrati galli
i am sure u will find one there

What & where is gujarati galli?

go to koti bus stand and ask anyone

its very close to that place

u get all kinds of electronic stuff there

[CtrlAltDel]

i dunno if they are even making VCRs these days...at best u might get old or used ones.

[Tron]

i dunno if they are even making VCRs these days...at best u might get old or used ones.

I am sure that internationally, VCR's are still made & used. Just a year back I purchased a VCR/DVD Combo in the USA.



There is still no reasonably priced replacement for a VCR. A DVD Recorder is rather expensive & costs 5 times or more than a VCR. So what is the supposed replacement for a VCR because of which Indian Electronic Companies have stopped manufacturing VCR's? Once DVD Recorders become cheap enough, I think VCR will die, but as of today it's rather silly to stop manufacturing VCR's.

[Tron]

go to gujrati galli
i am sure u will find one there

What & where is gujarati galli?

go to koti bus stand and ask anyone
its very close to that place
u get all kinds of electronic stuff there

Is this branded stuff or grey market stuff?

[CtrlAltDel]

i dunno if they are even making VCRs these days...at best u might get old or used ones.

I am sure that internationally, VCR's are still made & used. Just a year back I purchased a VCR/DVD Combo in the USA.

There is still no reasonably priced replacement for a VCR. A DVD Recorder is rather expensive & costs 5 times or more than a VCR. So what is the supposed replacement for a VCR because of which Indian Electronic Companies have stopped manufacturing VCR's? Once DVD Recorders become cheap enough, I think VCR will die, but as of today it's rather silly to stop manufacturing VCR's.

well, in india VCDs (not DVDs) are replacing cassettes as the common man's media, so wud find more VCD players than VCRs (VCD writers are dirt cheap too). even video libraries stock more VCDs than cassettes and u hardly get cassettes in big music shops...its all VCD or DVD.

[Tron]

i dunno if they are even making VCRs these days...at best u might get old or used ones.

I am sure that internationally, VCR's are still made & used. Just a year back I purchased a VCR/DVD Combo in the USA.

There is still no reasonably priced replacement for a VCR. A DVD Recorder is rather expensive & costs 5 times or more than a VCR. So what is the supposed replacement for a VCR because of which Indian Electronic Companies have stopped manufacturing VCR's? Once DVD Recorders become cheap enough, I think VCR will die, but as of today it's rather silly to stop manufacturing VCR's.

well, in india VCDs (not DVDs) are replacing cassettes as the common man's media, so wud find more VCD players than VCRs (VCD writers are dirt cheap too). even video libraries stock more VCDs than cassettes and u hardly get cassettes in big music shops...its all VCD or DVD.

OK. Thanx for the info.



How much do VCD writers cost? Do they also play VCD's - i.e. do I need

to buy a VCD Player & VCD Writer separately?

Can I attach a VCD Writer to a TV & record a TV program?

[CtrlAltDel]

How much do VCD writers cost? Do they also play VCD's - i.e. do I need to buy a VCD Player & VCD Writer separately?

:lol: arre nai yaar...u can hook up a CD writers to a computer and use it as a CD read/write drive! u can get a CD Writer for at atleast 1800/- in any computer store!

any Can I attach a VCD Writer to a TV & record a TV program?

:shock: AFAIK, there is no such gadget available...

[Tron]

How much do VCD writers cost? Do they also play VCD's - i.e. do I need to buy a VCD Player & VCD Writer separately?

:lol: arre nai yaar...u can hook up a CD writers to a computer and use it as a CD read/write drive! u can get a CD Writer for at atleast 1800/- in any computer store!

any Can I attach a VCD Writer to a TV & record a TV program?

:shock: AFAIK, there is no such gadget available...

CD writers, I know. I have it on my machine & have burnt CD's & VCD's.

But that doesn't replace a VCR because I can't use it to record TV

programs unless I attach the TV's output to a PC etc etc.



This is why I think it's very very premature to stop selling VCR's.

And that is why it hasn't happened anywhere in the world, not even in

the USA, where (http://www.tivo.com) TIVO is actually a replacement for a VCR.

[CtrlAltDel]

...I think it's very very premature to stop selling VCR's.
And that is why it hasn't happened anywhere in the world, not even in
the USA, where (http://www.tivo.com) TIVO is actually a replacement for a VCR.

it has not stopped being made or sold here...its only that common man has stopped using VCRs and cassettes. It makes no sense for dealers to stock them these days.

If u ask around at prominent dealers, u might get a lead.

[ycr007]

How much do VCD writers cost? Do they also play VCD's - i.e. do I need to buy a VCD Player & VCD Writer separately?

:lol: arre nai yaar...u can hook up a CD writers to a computer and use it as a CD read/write drive! u can get a CD Writer for at atleast 1800/- in any computer store!

any Can I attach a VCD Writer to a TV & record a TV program?

:shock: AFAIK, there is no such gadget available...

If You Want to Record TV Programmes onto a VCD then You've got to do the Painstaking Ways of Recording it on VCR First and then Burn the Casette Contents onto a CD.IMO,VCR's Are Nowadays Mostly Used for this Purpose only (By the Stuidios that Make Marriage/Function Videos)



If You Want to Make a Live Recording onto a CD then I Believe there is a Camera From Sony that Includes a Built-in VCD Writer which Directly Burns the Recording onto the VCD.