vcr verses the dvd

@sarah22 (3979)
United States
April 23, 2007 4:20pm CST
how many of us parents out there still have a vcr? do you still watch movies on it or have you converted to the dvd?
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@mummymo (23706)
23 Apr 07
Well sarah we have one vcr left in the house - it is connected to the pc so we can convert them to dvd's! xx
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@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
24 Apr 07
wow you can do that from the pc?
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@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
25 Apr 07
thanks ,that would be great
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@mummymo (23706)
25 Apr 07
yep - not too sure of what software you need - my other half deals with that - if you want any details just let me know!
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• United States
26 Apr 07
Actually, we have both. I have a dvd player in the living room. The vcr is in my 5 year olds room, she had so many vcr tapes and knows how to use it, so I let her keep. However, I noticed not too many stores even sell vcr tapes now. We did buy her a travel tv with dvd for road trips, she loves it.
@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
26 Apr 07
we have those travel tv's and they are great, dvds dont take up too much space
@carmat (2849)
• Canada
26 Apr 07
For us it is the DVD... we do have one vcr that we have for tapping shows. (which we never do)
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
24 Apr 07
Well..we did, we had one of them machines that had both vcr and dvd capability. Since our housefire we are gonna miss those movies..vhs and dvd that entertained us so well. Happy movie watching.
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@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
24 Apr 07
a fire, thats sad and all your things, God Bless you and your family. you can replace things but not loved ones and one day if not already, you will be back to watching the great movies.
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23 Apr 07
i have still got a vcr but it doesnt work unfortunatly cos i got loads of videos, but i have several dvd players and loadsa dvds, i do prefer the dvd though
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@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
24 Apr 07
yes, we too like the dvd player and have alot of movies, they take up less space
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@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
25 Apr 07
We have both. We tend to watch more dvd's because I don't think that they even offer video tapes at the video store anymore. MY son has a ton of vhs tapes and would much rather watch off vcr because you dont have to worry about it freezing 1/2 way threw the movie.
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@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
25 Apr 07
yes thats true about the freezing. thanks
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• United States
26 Apr 07
I have a VCR and a DVD/VCR combo. I use the VCR to record TV shows and the DVD to watch movies. But, recently, there was a movie that I wanted to see that was available only in VCR format at the library. I couldn't find it anywhere else, not even to buy, in DVD format. So, I still watch a movie from time to time on cassette.
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