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We dumped ours 3 years ago when we moved. Only have a DVD now.
Roberta in D "quilter" schrieb im Newsbeitrag oups.com... I'm cleaning today - well, not really, but wandering aimlessly from room to room thinking about cleaning...I just had a thought: anyone want to trade VCR tapes for fat quarters or scraps? I have donated a lot of videos over the past few years, but still have quite a few left that I'd like to part with. Email me if you'd like a list. (In case this seems too off-topic, one is "how to make an american quilt"). Lynn |
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We have and use our VCR daily!
Our first DVD player was only bought this past March. I expect we will buy a DVD recorder when this (quite recent) VCR finally expires; ie, if I outlive it g Gosh, is it three years since you left Denmark, Roberta? Wow! .. In message , Roberta Zollner writes We dumped ours 3 years ago when we moved. Only have a DVD now. Roberta in D -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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If you have TIVO, do you like it? Is it
worth it? How hard is it to hook it up? ---Witchy STitcher When one of my VCRs died, I looked into buying a TIVO. It would have cost $200 to $300 for the appliance and a monthly fee for the service. Instead, I called my cable company and they offered a similar product for just the $11 a month service fee, the machine was free and they replace it when it dies, for free. I wasn't aware that they even had this DVR service until I called. I absolutely love it, I can record two things at the same time, while watching a third show. There's no re-winding or searching for a specific show. When you want to watch something you just press one button and there's the list of all the shows you've recorded. I can also pause and rewind live shows and there are dozens of free movies and DIY shows that can be watched at any time. I know that most folks are more techno than me, but for those of you who are still struggling with recording with a vcr and are ready for something new that costs very little, look into the dvr service through your cable company. This thing is so easy to use and self explanatory that it didn't even come with an instruction manual. And very best of all, the nice cable man hooked it up and didn't leave till I knew how to use it. Denise |
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Polly,
The American Library Association is working with the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas Library Associations to coordinate relief efforts. The director of our regional library system (www.nsls.info) suggested that we pool our resources and participate in the "adopt-a-library" program set up by ALA (www.ala.org). We have been assigned the Jefferson Parish Library that serves suburban New Orleans. The point is that libraries need your money rather than your used books. Sell the books where you are and contribute the proceeds! Nann official librarian of RCTQ "Polly Esther" wrote in message nk.net... Wait, wait, Nann. Mississippi was hit by the northeast quadrant of Katrina for nearly 12 hours and most libraries suffered badly. Please remember them when you have your sale. Lots of them went under at least 3 to 30 feet of water. They need your help too. Polly "Nann Hilyard" wrote in message news Lynn (and everyone), Your local library will welcome videotapes for the next booksale. Our in-the-lobby ongoing sale brings in upwards of $500 per month. (Proceeds from October will be sent to help restock/rebuild libraries in Louisiana.) |
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We have two VCRs hooked up to one tv and record two different channels
while watching a third. I still don't know how my stepdaughter set it up, but she did and it works great. Denise in NH wrote: If you have TIVO, do you like it? Is it worth it? How hard is it to hook it up? ---Witchy STitcher When one of my VCRs died, I looked into buying a TIVO. It would have cost $200 to $300 for the appliance and a monthly fee for the service. Instead, I called my cable company and they offered a similar product for just the $11 a month service fee, the machine was free and they replace it when it dies, for free. I wasn't aware that they even had this DVR service until I called. I absolutely love it, I can record two things at the same time, while watching a third show. |
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We use our VCR on a regular basis, but just to tape programs to watch at a
later date. (We like to set our own schedule and scan through the commercials) DVD player is for movie watching. -- Susan in Kingston ON quilting - what else? http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston "quilter" wrote in message oups.com... I'm cleaning today - well, not really, but wandering aimlessly from room to room thinking about cleaning...I just had a thought: anyone want to trade VCR tapes for fat quarters or scraps? I have donated a lot of videos over the past few years, but still have quite a few left that I'd like to part with. Email me if you'd like a list. (In case this seems too off-topic, one is "how to make an american quilt"). Lynn |
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Once you get the PVR or DVR you wonder how you lived without it. DS
gave us his. Has 100 hours to record and is easy to use. We have a machine that will tape video and burn dvd's in addition to playing both. It is pretty neat too. I don't see a time soon where we won't have a vcr but I still have an 8mm projector with movies from dh's family years ago. Nostalgic stuff at this point. TAria Susan Torrens wrote: We use our VCR on a regular basis, but just to tape programs to watch at a later date. (We like to set our own schedule and scan through the commercials) DVD player is for movie watching. -- Susan in Kingston ON quilting - what else? http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston "quilter" wrote in message oups.com... I'm cleaning today - well, not really, but wandering aimlessly from room to room thinking about cleaning...I just had a thought: anyone want to trade VCR tapes for fat quarters or scraps? I have donated a lot of videos over the past few years, but still have quite a few left that I'd like to part with. Email me if you'd like a list. (In case this seems too off-topic, one is "how to make an american quilt"). Lynn |
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In article ,
"Pauline" wrote: We have Dishnet - same idea as Tivo, I guess. Do you need a dish installed for Tivo? We have 2 dishes - 2 boxes & 2 TV's. I can't remember what life was like without prerecording my TV shows! Shameful, huh? The drawback is that so often, we'll be out & for some reason, someone will bring up a great commercial & ask if we've seen it - NOPE! We fast forward thru the ads! Sounds like some of the ads might be better than the shows!! We have Dish satellite and their version of Tivo, and I love it! There was a charge for the receiver/DVR, but there's no extra monthly charge. The only downside is that this version can only record one show at a time, though you can watch a previously-recorded show while recording another. Oh -- one other downside to any version of DVR/Tivo is that, since everything is recorded on a hard drive, rather than on a DVD or tape, you can't decide to watch what you've recorded in another room unless you first transfer the recording to either tape or DVD. But that's really not a problem for me very often, since I do most of my recording and watching in my sewing room. G -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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We have TIVO and LOVE IT. Instead of paying the $15.00-ish a month we just
went ahead and paid the full $300 for the membership and we're done with it. Very easy to hook up. Had it almost 1 year now and wouldn't trade it for the world. -- Cindy from MO "WitchyStitcher" wrote in message ... If you have TIVO, do you like it? Is it worth it? How hard is it to hook it up? On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 21:14:28 GMT, "Calico" wrote: You don't by any chance have the Centennial series (12 tapes) do you? Linda, in PA "quilter" wrote in message groups.com... I'm cleaning today - well, not really, but wandering aimlessly from room to room thinking about cleaning...I just had a thought: anyone want to trade VCR tapes for fat quarters or scraps? I have donated a lot of videos over the past few years, but still have quite a few left that I'd like to part with. Email me if you'd like a list. (In case this seems too off-topic, one is "how to make an american quilt"). Lynn |
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We have one that records to disc, DVD, and you can start watching at
the beginning and keep on recording. The only problem is that if you are still recording you cannot fast forward through the commercials. This machine is SOs for use as he sends so little time watching TV, he is a Redskin fan, and does more reading than anything else. I have two VCRs that I use frequently, especially when I think that I might fall asleep before the end of a show. Bonnie, in Middletown, VA On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:24:10 GMT, Sandy Foster wrote: In article , "Pauline" wrote: We have Dishnet - same idea as Tivo, I guess. Do you need a dish installed for Tivo? We have 2 dishes - 2 boxes & 2 TV's. I can't remember what life was like without prerecording my TV shows! Shameful, huh? The drawback is that so often, we'll be out & for some reason, someone will bring up a great commercial & ask if we've seen it - NOPE! We fast forward thru the ads! Sounds like some of the ads might be better than the shows!! We have Dish satellite and their version of Tivo, and I love it! There was a charge for the receiver/DVR, but there's no extra monthly charge. The only downside is that this version can only record one show at a time, though you can watch a previously-recorded show while recording another. Oh -- one other downside to any version of DVR/Tivo is that, since everything is recorded on a hard drive, rather than on a DVD or tape, you can't decide to watch what you've recorded in another room unless you first transfer the recording to either tape or DVD. But that's really not a problem for me very often, since I do most of my recording and watching in my sewing room. G |
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