Best place for a budget VCR?

[JulianHJ]

Looking for a cheapish VCR for my girlfriend for Xmas. Tried Richer Sounds and they were out of stock for the better quality versions. comet wanted an extra 50% for the same machines. Anyone able to recommend an online supplier? Budget is £50 - £75.

Cheers

[bridgdav]

Try HERE

[srebbe64]

JulianHJ said:

Looking for a cheapish VCR for my girlfriend for Xmas. Tried Richer Sounds and they were out of stock for the better quality versions. comet wanted an extra 50% for the same machines. Anyone able to recommend an online supplier? Budget is £50 - £75. Cheers

Difference between blokes and women. Blokes buy women the cheapes VCR available. Men demand the best recordable DVD's available!

[JulianHJ]

Thanks Brigdav - have you used this firm?

I'm not after the cheapest, otherwise I'd have bought the £40 LG at Richer Sounds. I'm looking for a reasonable brand, NICAM stereo and a good reputation.

And we gave eachother a £50 limit, as we're both hard-up public sector wage slaves right now!

[Byff]

Asda or Tesco have some for about £20

[JulianHJ]

Byff said:

Asda or Tesco have some for about £20

Looked in those stores, tempted by the brand name stuff they have.

[Wacky Racer]

Bought one for the bedroom from Asda for £40 a couple of months ago, works fine, with remote, does the job.......

To think when I bought our first Ferguson (piano key model) in 1977 it was £575, (The equivelent of £2000 today) AND the remote control was linked to the machine by a long cable....

Progress.....

[gemini]

www.clearance-comet.co.uk

[catretriever]

Wacky Racer said:

AND the remote control was linked to the machine by a long cable....

Ah..those were the days....and if you were good enough you could change channels on a remote-less TV by just flicking the cable at it cowboy style!! Whip-crack away and all that

[jeremyc]

Top brand name stuff at Digital Direct, and you won't even have to leave your seat to get it.


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[GregE240]

jeremyc said:

Top brand name stuff at Digital Direct, and you won't even have to leave your seat to get it. This message was brought to you by the help-a-fellow PHer campaign

Seconded.

[JonRB]

I wouldn't spend too much on a VCR - the days of the format are numbered, what with Sky+, TIVO, recordable DVD, etc.

£50 sounds about right, although to be honest even the cheapest of the cheap is acceptable given how crappy the quality of the standard is.

[Byff]

Wacky Racer said:

To think when I bought our first Ferguson (piano key model) in 1977 it was £575, (The equivelent of £2000 today) AND the remote control was linked to the machine by a long cable.... Progress.....

Phoar - that was the super duper model. Mine was a betamax and the only remote control feature on my wired handset was the pause button.

Did anyone ever buy the laserdisc?

Videos are still pretty handy to have, it'll take ages to burn my porn collection onto a disc and I quite like getting all nostalgic.

I bought myself a £30 dvd player from Asda and it plays everything my £500 dvd player wont.

[gemini]

Currys are doing one for £25!

[JonRB]

We had a Panasonic VCR that also had the wired remote.

The VCR and remote were ditched years ago, but I still have the nice multi-core easyflex wire in a box somewhere as it looked like it could be useful as a data cable one day.

[marctwo]

Have a look at www.pricerunner.co.uk before you get anything.

I have ordered several things from www.qed-uk.com before and they've not been too bad.

[lunarscope]

BEST PLACE FOR A BUDGET VCR?

On a shelf under the TV ?

[Incorrigible]

jeremyc said:

Top brand name stuff at Digital Direct, and you won't even have to leave your seat to get it. This message was brought to you by the help-a-fellow PHer campaign

Has anyone else had trouble understanding the long words in the manual