Posted by Stan Brown on 12/01/06 08:52

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:01:50 -0500 from Jaime M. de Castellvi
<3cjmd@comcast.net>:
> Talk about your built-in obsolence. Most VCR players used to last a
> lot longer than three years.

I paid almost $80 for a JVC unit in March, and last week the on-
screen menu stopped working. I can no longer set timed recordings,
and if there's ever a power failure I'll no longer even be able to
renew the VCR's setup.

Meanwhile my Hitachi unit from 1994 is still going strong.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
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