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That was only on the last generation or so of VCRs. For the first decade or two, programming them was like setting an old digital watch with 2 or 3 buttons and
by antod 6y ago
That was only on the last generation or so of VCRs. For the first decade or two, programming them was like setting an old digital watch with 2 or 3 buttons and making different digits on the clock flash.
- Nition 6y agoI disagree with "last generation or so", our one from the mid-to-late 80s had it as an option (you could set a single recording in the way you describe, but needed the TV display for multiple recordings). Apparently the Akai VS-2 was the first with an on-screen display on the TV, in 1983.[1] [1] https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19830424&id=DI1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6566,8245689 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19830424&id=...