> The VCR’s recording function also served to lower media costs for those willing to borrow and copy a neighbor’s tape of Back to the Future. Lol, only if you

> The VCR’s recording function also served to lower media costs for those willing to borrow and copy a neighbor’s tape of Back to the Future. Lol, only if you had a dual tape VCR, which almost no one did. VCR recording was mostly used to record TV shows or movies (and you'd try to remember to pause the recording during commercials). VCRs were also quite useful for camcorders, that would record on tape. The form factor of a laser disc was impractical for camcorders, although much later mini DVD-R discs did see some adoption for this.