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The Something Awful Forums > Archives > General Bullshit > The Last VCR Ever Will Be Manufactured This Month
 
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spud
Aug 27, 2003

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

dethkon posted:

This is true. I work in television, and we still use VCRs to record a backup of every performance for the archives, after we're done recording it to an HDD and a DVD for better quality.

A few months ago our digital system went down and I actually got to punch from the VCRs, live on TV. It was kind of cool.

How can this be true? I watched Akira so much on VHS the tape wore out.

e: I mean "why use videotapes when they seem to just wear out", not "How is it true you work in TV".

spud fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Jul 24, 2016

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spud
Aug 27, 2003

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Number_6 posted:

Because it's a pain in the rear end, thats why. And unless I'm mistaken, lots of TV programs are not really available for free, legal downloads from the internet.

"Why even own a TV?"? Well, I dont want to use a 50"" viewing device to surf the web, and I don't want to use a 23" device to watch movies. And I dont have whaterver magical streaming/casting poo poo that is needed to send poo poo from my computer to my TV,

Hello grandad, I didn't know you had an internet account.

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