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I actually never owned a VCR, was too young when VCR was popular and then got DVD very early.

I have Dish Network DVR as well and am very happy with it. I used to have TiVo before switching from Cable to Directv and then to Dish, and Dish DVR is just as good as tivo and cheaper. After heavy use, me and my fiance realized we had so many shows did not want to delete, so we purchased a DVD recorder to create some space in our DVR.

HTPC > Tivo

=)

I had a ReplayTV and loved it to death. Then I got really into HTPC's, more specifically Windows XP Media Center Edition. The flexability they offer is second to none.

Heck, I moth balled my VCR about two years ago. They've gone the way of the 8-track.

The only reason my VCR is connected right now is so I can tape shows off my TiVo and send them to my sister-in-law in Yakima, WA. She's just finishing up a year-long volunteer position, so hopefully this will change.

I use mine to tell the time. It even automatically changes with Daylight Savings Time. Fancy, I know.

You, Sir, would have been in the minority just a few years back!!

A common joke not that long ago was all the VCR owners with their displays flashing cause their owners didn't have the technical acumen to set the clocks

So true!

As long as I run my cable through the vcr and then into the tv, the vcr sets the clock automatically through a cable channel broadcast signal. Without this handy feature it would probably be blinking 12:00!

You know, I almost never use my VCR. I only have one tape, Baby Einstein.

Actually, it has something cool, Commercial Advance. After taping a show, it marks commercials according to volume. When playing back a tape, it fowards thru commercials automatically. Even my Tivo can't do that, only Replay can do that, from my understanding.

Commercial Advance Rocks!
Cuts out about 15 to 20 minutes of crap from an hour long program. Gives me some extra time to surf the Axiom message boards :-)

Sounds like I might need the TiVo Humax Combo.