> and I want to have a "hybrid" VCR + DVD experience To be fair, that's exactly what I had. You could buy these two in one VCR/DVD players that had a cassette

> and I want to have a "hybrid" VCR + DVD experience To be fair, that's exactly what I had. You could buy these two in one VCR/DVD players that had a cassette reader on one side and a DVD drawer on the other. Super handy for quite a while. Hybrid cars will make sense economically for a while yet in my opinion.