Do you know how to set your VCR or digital recorder to record shows?

[KristaTX]

I think we are the only people in our group of friends from church who know how to set a VCR. I tape stuff all the time for myself and DH since we are out a lot in the evenings, and sometimes I'm even taping on 2 VCRs at the same time.

We are often asked by friends who have VCRs to tape stuff for them. Tonight I am taping "Grey's Anatomy" for someone because they were going to be out. I've also heard people lament over how they can't watch a show because they won't be home, so I'll ask them why they don't tape it and find out they do have a VCR and just don't know how to set it .

And they don't ask us because we have cable and they don't. We get a lot of local channels, but it's just thru rabbit ears.

I don't mind doing it for my friends, but I just think it's strange for so many people to not know how to set a VCR. It's not like VCR's are a new technology . The only time it bugs me is if it's not a show they want to keep permanently, but they still don't bother to ever return the tape.

 

[Dan Murphy]

VCR's are simple, but if they can't program them, tell them to get a TiVo, now that is a no-brainer.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

Never learned to use the old VCR.

Now have a DVR. It is extrememly simple. Just couldn't be any easier! It knew that '24' would be delayed 20 minutes tonight, and did it on its own.

We have our DVR through our cable company. I understand that the Tivo brand tapes things people didn't ask for, but ours just tapes what we told it to.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Now that we have our TiVo I don't use our VCRs to record shows. I know how to record with the TiVo, but we don't have to do it often since we have our favorite shows set up to record the whole season. Therefore, if I were to set an individual show up to record I'd have to think about it. Or I'd just ask one of my kids to record it.

 

[BrerLizzie]

I have no idea how to program our VCR.

 

[katerkat]

I can't program the VCR. I can, however, make Tivo do my bidding, and that's all that matters.

 

[stauncie]

I can record on the VCR. Now the DVD player... I haven't quite figured it out, and I'm not gonna try. Why should I? I have 2 teens! They know how to do ANYTHING.. Just ask them!

 

[Tamarap]

We have a DVR and it is very simple to record. We don't even have a VCR anymore.

 

[Ever_After]

I was also never able to program the VCR but now I can with Tivo.

 

[NJOYURLIFE]

Sad to say I do not know how to record with the VCR or how to use TIVO. There are so many gadgets and cords and buttons and remote controls. It is much easier to have my husband or son do it for me. Then I can complain to them if they do it wrong -

 

[bicker]

Our TiVo does all that for us, so we don't have to know how.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Yes I can set up the VCR to record shows.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Our TiVo does all that for us, so we don't have to know how.

It was able to read your mind and record all your shows on your own or did you have to set it up? And how about if there's a non-series show you want to record?

Speaking of TiVo, ours is so filled with shows (and we have the 120 or 140 hour) that it won't record any of the TiVo picks for us. I need to erase a bunch of shows--we're bad at that.

 

[bicker]

It actually is pretty good about reading our minds. We set up Season Passes, and is seems to have no problem recording other shows that we find equally interesting!

 

[SleepyMom]

I can even set our VCR over the phone

Last week I forgot to set it before going out and realized how late it was as DD and I were leaving a store... so I called DH and asked him to set it, it's been so long he had forgot how. So there I sat in Kohl's parking lot on the phone saying "upper left blue button, press once, etc...".

 

[Morganpics]

The VCR was no problem. Now, with the DVD & the VCR, that's another issue! DS wrote down the instructions for me. Most of the time I can do it without looking! DH? Don't even ask!

 

[Towncrier]

I do know how to program my VCR (and every VCR that I have ever owned, for that matter), but I still manage to mess up every now and again and either record the wrong channel or forget to press the "TIMER" button (which means that the VCR totally ignores my carefully setup programming). I guess that it's probably time for me to get a TiVO.

 

[ead79]

I know how to use some VCR's, but now that I have TiVo I don't use the VCR to record. TiVo makes it so simple! I don't know how I made it before TiVo. LOL!

 

[JVL1018]

I voted other, because while I did know how, I have Tivo and have no need to record anything usually.
I disn't even replace our VCRs when they died, now we just have 3 Tvs, 2 Tivos, 1 DVD player and 1 DVD recorder/VCR combo. I think I'd have to look at the guide to figure out how to record on a DVD, but so far I've not needed to do it.

 

[Quasi123]

We got a new cable box on our TV so now I have no idea what to do. The remote has too many buttons. My DH has figured it out though.