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I have a combination VCR and DISC player made by Toshiba and use it frequently. So glad I saved it.

I miss my Panasonic vcr. I could watch 1 frame at a time, single step the image so easy. Easily rewind. With videos today this just doesn't seem possinle. It really is weird that technology of 40 years ago is way more user friendly & functional than most of todays rubbish 😉

Springfield, MO is home to National Audio Company which, last I checked, was the only company in the USA still manufacturing *audio* cassettes. Out of curiosity, I called them and asked if they still make VHS tapes. They said no - but they do have a backlog of new/old stock. I bought a used VHS/DVD combo from someone on CL about 10-ish years ago. It's been months since I used it, and that was to dub some old VHS content onto DVD using a video-to-computer capture device I got on Temu. Oddly enough, my son and DIL bought my grandson a TV/VHR combo at a yard sale and he became so enamored with it that he wore it out watching his yard sale collection of tapes.

I imagine video heads were the component that dried up. Video heads were by far the most expensive component inside a VCR to manufacture, and they are the most exquisitely manufactured non-micro electronics product to generally to have ever been found in the home. They are difficult to manufacture and require extreme precision. Nobody will tool up and make them now, so it’s game over.

I can think of several *actual* issues: Pilfering, Chinese Working Conditions, Lack of Innovation, Whiny Baby Syndrome, Clones (Not) Clones. TLDR: I own exotic synths as well as some behringer gear. One one hand, I can understand one part of the approach by them trying to bring back instruments into new hands at a different price point. However, the issues with Uli and his company are numerous and it has little to do with the purity of some sound. This actually has to do with having principles. Yes - principles. It does matter, and the problem is compounded because they are doing each of these points at scale. 1. They pilfer, whether that's an older instrument, a new instrument, or even a known brand name. See Swing copy the Keystep, The Moog line copies - Crave vs Mother-32, Edge vs. DFAM, Mother-15 vs. Grandmother, then some of the modulars being lifted from indie creators no less, then the attempted claim and misuse of the Oberheim brand ... This is based in a lack of principles and ethics. 2. Working conditions in China. This is certainly not unique to Behringer and it reaches many industry sectors, but the reason you get such a great price is because work conditions and pay in that country is nothing short of atrocious. That has to do with principles, both from them and for you, the buyer. Understand that you're part of the problem if all you can come up with is defending a price. This isn't about being elite either. This is about actually having principles as a consumer and going out of your way to include equity in your calculations for any one purchase. That includes evaluating gear, which in this company's case is often copied from an existing or even a past company with creators who are still with us today. It's really, really important in order to sustain all sort of economies. 3. Behringer's lack of *actual* innovation in new product development. They are so hell bent on copying everything that relatively little, overt creativity comes out of this place. Yes - there are a few wins along the way (DeepMind, some controllers, more? I wouldn't know ...) and yes, once in a while we see a copy with some extended feature. However, I would want to see '2.0' and '3.0' versions of all these classics. Fine - use the old design as your starting point. Now excite me with all those capable brains at work in the designer's division to rethink the original instrument without losing its essence. That's a competitive spirit, not a rip from your industry compatriots. 4. They can't take the heat. Behringer has a 'foot in mouth disease' they can't shake by deriding commentators who are well within their rights to call out their business practices, decisions, and copies. 5. As you say, these aren't really 'clones'. Many of the Behringer products are actually approximations. The misuse of the word 'clone' is as much a fault of the public as it is Behringer's. However, they should do better on this end. Behringer products fall into a range of accuracy so because of this, skinning them with a pilfered look of an original instrument is actually disingenuous. Sometimes the copies sound pretty good. Other times, not so much. As a recent example, look at the KT-369. The transformers play a critical part in the 'sound coloring' of these compressors. There is nothing wrong with the Midas transformers Behringer has in there - that's really cool! - but they ain't Neve AMS transformers either! Knowing that, why skin it like a Neve, right down to the knobs and color scheme? This appearance of an original is actually part of the problem. If we're really going to evaluate cloning, other boutique outfits who make Neve-like copies go right to sources like Carnhill to get that much closer, all at similar price points. The point is, why sell me a Pontiac Fiero with Ferrari body kit on it. Much of the time it's just that. The used prices on some of Behringer gear reflect that too. The original buyers are taking a bath on these supposed clones, which also says something about how the market feels about some of these products.

‼️To the commenters hating on this video, let me make things worse. Of COURSE if you had a clue you’d remember that Febreeze had a “CD player” freshener called “Scentstories”. You put the “disc” into the “player” and could hit play and stop. Released 2004 discontinued 2008. I’ve just provided more information in this comment than in the whole video 😂 If this guy did more than two minutes of research and even bothered to try to find both of the products (they’re cheaper than the mic he’s using) it could have been a real video. Instead it’s a f@rt in the wind. 🤡

I have a half dozen working VCR'S in storage. When one breaks I will pull out one to replace the broken unit.. i have a large collection of VHS tapes and i still occasionally enjoy watching something from the archives . . I also enjoy collecting rare and hard to find tapes. I also still havie a working 8 track tape player and of course a turntable for my collection of vinyl's.

When I got my first apartment in 2007 my dad bought me a Panasonic VCR. I have no idea if it even still works, but I keep it all set up for nostalgia sake. All of my VHS tapes are in a box, and probably still functional because I don't have them near anything that produces a magnetic field.

Except for my kids Disney movies, I never bought pre-recorded VHS tapes. The picture quality was never there.

I still have most of my VCRs, in fact, I have two VCR/DVD combos. I mainly use the VCR to watch my old Vanessa del Rio tapes. And I use the DVD player to watch most of my box sets.

The tapes get moldy.

I am one of the few still watching tapes in 2024. Growing up with blockbuster then watching it slowly die made me so distraught that I went about collecting tapes starting in 2018. We now have a tape room full, all the classics, and multiple backup VCR's & tv combos. Magnetic tape lasts longer than freaking DVD's that scratch up too easily then cant be played. Sure, tape degrades with use but it has to be used ALOT to degrade. Why do you think the governments still store data on magnetic tape?

I have a Toshiba VCR/DVD combo dated 2012. It's still hooked up and I still use it. Like you though, very rarely. I just have a handful of VHS tapes.

i have 3 vcr ❤

Been looking for one.

I bought a Samsung 52cm CTR TV with built-in VHS second hand in 1998, it was about 12 months old att. Its quality was phenomenal. It made no sound after inserting the tape. The picture quality was, for the time, incredible & it convinced me Korean made products were equivalent to the best Japan or anyone att could make. To this day, when I see a Korean product, I remember this incredible unit & consider it a worthy thing to own

Several years ago I bought a Toshiba VHS/DVD player/Recorder. It still works. I have only a few tapes that just aren’t available on DVD. [ and cannot be transferred to DVD, due to security blocks. It would not surprise me if, though, if , eventually, someone did start making VHS Players again. Record Players are being made, and even Vinyl. I’m a collector of Radios [ as well as movies]. A friend got a deal on 2 brand new AM/FM Cassette Recorder players . And sent me one. Branded “RETEKESS “ TR-606. It works very well. There are others being made too. 📻🙂

My parents had one that they never used (probably a gift). We fired it up in the 90s. It smelled like fake roses and burnt vinyl.

Several years ago I bought a Toshiba VHS/DVD player/Recorder. It still works. I have only a few tapes that just aren’t available on DVD. [ and cannot be transferred to DVD, due to security blocks. It would not surprise me if, though, if , eventually, someone did start making VHS Players again. Record Players are being made, and even Vinyl. I’m a collector of Radios [ as well as movies]. A friend got a deal on 2 brand new AM/FM Cassette Recorder players . And sent me one. Branded “RETEKESS “ TR-606. It works very well. There are others being made too. 📻🙂

Funai! Thanks for reminding me of that brand name, I had forgotten the name. Trying to find one here in Europe.... preferably new. :-) I still have a VCR from JVC which works.

i own a sony vcr and some movies

This video is very interesting: ✌️😎

My 89 year old mother still uses her VRCs.

Keep the tapes safe, they're as flammable as old celluloid film!🧐

Nothing burger of a video. Didn't even review the tech as you don't have it.

I have always preferred the ease of use with a VCR especially recording TV shows and Movies were a snap not that easy with a dvd recorder and you can’t hardly find a dvd recorder in stores I wish I still had my VCR

I remember back in the mid 90's when I figured out how to use the tuner built-in my VCR and the TV to unscramble certain channels. I never used the VCR to play videotapes after that.

I have over 2000 VHS tapes. Some are from family's movie camera recordings that I transfer to computer & make a DVD for them. I have 2 DVD/VHS players that are well worn. I would welcome a new manufactured one as the belts and gears get worn over time on my old ones.

I would love to get my VCR back but holy hell are they pricey now.

I have the Magnavox combo, supposedly can turn VHS into a DVD, and plays both. Got it at Walmart for @$128, remember thinking at the time..."Should I buy two?" Wish I had.

my family had one of these. the discs got pretty crispy after a while, but i think they were available at the local Woolco store. the purpose is to cover the smell of cigarettes, which was everywhere in the 80s.

I still have a VCR DVD combo.

There was a similar device in the movie “Harold and Maude”.

If you did ever find a new VCR machine in the box... I would wonder what condition some the rubber belts would be in and if the grease for the internal mechanisms had dried up? I always tried to keep my machine in top notch condition.

Just a weird diffuser 😂

I still have mine AND the all important tape rewinder. Remember “please be kind and rewind”?

3:30 - you have no proof these have lost their scent. Video would have been better if you shelled out the $30 for a new unit and proved it.

I remember seeing this in my aunt and uncle's bedroom, they had the seduction disc. gross, i have the feeling this was used to set the mood

Wish I still had a VCR and a CRT

still have my VCR it's about 20 years old works fine but don't use it much have 25 years of Monday night Raw.

I'm 45. My husband and I still have our working VCRs ffrom college.

I still have a Sanyo 4-head Hi-Fi VCR player I inherited from my mother-n-law. We mostly watch some old family scenes. I'm in fact have an old Paul McCartney movie and a beatle documentary movie

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I have a side by side VHS PLAYER/DVD PLAYER. Have not used it in can't say how long. There was an oscure movie that could only be found on VHS. There are movies from TV that were made for TV but no longer shown, that I have on VHS. I have lots of tapes and lots of DVD's. This was before you started getting commercials on them for upcoming releases or something like that. I think I forgot how to work it.😕

No

From WC, I think Have at least 2 vcr’s that I can use. I have a vcr/dvd/ player/recorder but the vcr part does not work and I am trying to find someone locality to fix it as I have Dozens of vcr tapes, some with new shows from 20 years ago on them!

I use my VCR to watch the Star Wars trilogy without the aweful special edition add ons…

I still have a LG VCR/DVD Recorder combo and a LG VCR/DVD Player combo. Then I have a Telefunken 6 head VCR all still in good shape. I cannot see any reason why VCR's were discontinued.

Want a good VCR? Try a Goodwill store. I bought a Sony 4 head hi-fi VCR at Goodwill for $3.99 years ago and it still works perfectly.

Still have 2 SVHS JVC decks with Monster S-Cabels stored away in the boxes but they are now used.