Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Need another VCR

Not a DVD/VCR combo, just a plain old VCR. None of the ones I saw today at Best Buy and CostCo had S-Video output. I figured all the new stuff would have at least that. Got any recommendations? It will be used strictly for recording and replaying TV shows on a 60" big screen. Thanks, dudes.

little pricey, but this looks cool if you have an HDTV tuner.

http://www.dakmart.com/website/Search.asp?keyword=hdtv

Tivo......

VERY soon the VHS VCR will go the way of the dodo. I wouldn't put a dime into a new one. Get a TIVO. I saw some at Best Buy this weekend for $199.

Better yet, get a Tivo with a built-in DVD burner. Tivo getting full or you want to share your saved shows with others? Burn a DVD for them.

That's still pretty pricey though.

I went through this awhile back when I wanted a hifi vcr. I beleive JVC and Panasonic are the primary brands that offer S video. Neither got great reviews and I ended up getting a new middle of the line Toshiba without S video for $26 on ebay. Best vcr I've owned. Since they are all disposable unless you pay for proffessional model$$$ like panasonic AG series I figured I'd pay a disposable price. It seems to me that the only inovation going into vcr's at this point is in making them cheaper to make and sell. Svideo vcr's did not really catch on. If you want better picture you can get a progressive scan DVD player for less money. Many reviews I read said the Svideo models were marginally better or sometimes not as good as the better standard VHS units. I am amazed at the picture and sound out of my $26 Toshiba. While it is very light weight they seem to have perfected making the essential operating parts cheaply. I don't use it all that much but it has performed flawlessly and has a better tuner that my six year old toshiba TV.

Hi,

Toshiba VCRs are very reliable over many years and have very fast rewind speeds plus excellent tuners, as you pointed out. If you can grab one of the six-head models with the 19-micron heads, they do a decent job of slow speed recording.

Regards,

Thanks. I'll probably go grab a Toshiba then. I forgot to mention that it will also be used to view children's videos (some have given to us as VCR tapes), so TiVo wouldn't help in that dep't.