Do you still use a VCR?

[cadman]

LaserDisc...

Is the only way to go! Digital quality without the compression. Analog AND digital soundtracks. I run a DVL-909 here. Though the machine plays DVDs, I bought a standalone unit a couple years back as I'm lacking the remote. I still buy LD's as they turn-up, eBay, too.

 

[ovrphil]

not to hijack the thread about "do you still use a VCR?"...but since you guys mentioned it first ....in 1990, I bought, new, a Pioneer CLD990 LaserDisc player - has tray for five cd and the music video discs that were about the size of a 45 rpm record...haven't used it in a long time, but decided to keep it. Digital quality w/o compression-as Cadman mentioned. I kept all my laser discs. My favorite isn't a movie - it's The Blue Planet(1990).

 

[kenmorebd]

I still use VHS, only to record stuff from the weather channel or weather nation( I'm a weather nerd) I like to archive weather coverage and save the best to dvd. For Tv shows I record to dvd, it just reliable and the picture is nice and sharp. Starting to look in blu-ray and streaming, just got mum Hulu plus so she can watch One Life To Live and must say streaming has a better picture quality than some Hd cable stations.(maybe time to cut the cord for me?) Broadcasters dont use enough bandwith and ruins most HD, they should have a standard, if you are in HD the bandwith cant go below X. I will always use vhs tapes, they just are so easy for time shifting and the tapes are bit cheaper than blank discs, and I have never purchased a blank tape that wont work, I have found bad dvds however.

 

[arbilab]

Except for lower signal to noise ratio, Laserdisc is equivalent to broadcast 2" videotape. You can literally plug the signal from a LD head into a highband VT demodulator and get a usable picture.