Now I just need someone to remind me to swap the tape out.
I do remember one time I had taped something and went to watch it and had to stop to get something done. The following week I remembered I needed to catch up on last week's episode. Nope, the VHS doesn't know where episodes begin or end so when I pressed stop half way into the episode, that's where it started recording of course. So I could only go back and watch the first part I had already seen again.... 90s problems.
I had one of these in the 90s. Not the exact model in the image, but it was a Panasonic and worked the same way. There was a hard plastic "book" with bar codes for nearly every function of the VCR. You'd scan what you wanted to do, and then point the back end at the VCR and hit a button on the side. Setting time, scheduling recordings, changing most settings that didn't have a physical switch or dial. It was wild, and well worth the small fortune I spent on it. 🥲
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Panasonic Omnivision VCR with Bar Code Programming ad (1987) | Spyke
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But how does that help you if you can't set the clock?
thoughts and prayers. and deep concerns.
That's just it, it can set the clock too! I had one of these. It was super useful and fairly easy to is.
Now I just need someone to remind me to swap the tape out.
I do remember one time I had taped something and went to watch it and had to stop to get something done. The following week I remembered I needed to catch up on last week's episode. Nope, the VHS doesn't know where episodes begin or end so when I pressed stop half way into the episode, that's where it started recording of course. So I could only go back and watch the first part I had already seen again.... 90s problems.
Can’t program a VCR. Let’s give them powerful pocket computers and get them to put their life on it.
I had one of these in the 90s. Not the exact model in the image, but it was a Panasonic and worked the same way. There was a hard plastic "book" with bar codes for nearly every function of the VCR. You'd scan what you wanted to do, and then point the back end at the VCR and hit a button on the side. Setting time, scheduling recordings, changing most settings that didn't have a physical switch or dial. It was wild, and well worth the small fortune I spent on it. 🥲