Do people still buy vcr players?

Answer 1

"Yes. No. Maybe." Those aren't the words from that hot chick Rebecca DeMornay played in "Risky Business" (Tom Cruise's first ascent into superstardom ). It is the way of any "obsolete" technololgy. Like pagers, typerwriters, floppies, dialup modems, film cameras. Granted, these technologies have all been supplanted in the mainstream by other newer technologies, but they still have niches. So to clarify Yes. No. Maybe. YES. Every technology is eventually obsolete. Some feel that some , such as pcs are obsolete out of the box. Some are truly dead, like the oft cited Eight track tapes. NO . As long as you can get practical use without having to kill yourself to do it, it isn't obsolete. I know a small business that runs Macs from 1994 . They simply don't go online with it. Their system has served them reliably with minimal glitches for accounting and record keeping for 13 years and shows no sign of stopping . They find a new niche. With digital cameras being adopted by pros at a rapid rate, there is an emerging market for used medium format film cameras. Now amateur photographers who could never afford these higher end film cameras are buying them up. MAYBE . With their presence gone from the mainstream , no new productions (The movie industry is no longer releasing new VHS movies as of 2006) , no new versions being developed (film camera companies), r and d going to newer technologies , support dropped (All versions of Windows 9x), use diminishing to that of a specialized market (pagers for medical professionals, business people), holdouts of older tech (Public library and community college pcs using floppy drives, boot disks still requiring floppies even for the latest pcs), people for whom the older tech is still okay and affordable (senior citizens and dialup). As another example , karaoke places have kept Laser discs alive for years with their legacy investment of it before dvds caught on. And as for VCRs? They are dirt cheap on classifieds (Ten dollars or less. )They are worth watching , especially if you get good movies (I'd rather watch a good flick on VHS then a crappy one on HD DVD). Sometimes the creative part is more important then the technical. Many independent video stores dump great flicks for dirt cheap just to clear it out. Garage, yard sales have tons of good flicks for next to nothing (I pay an average of a quarter to fifty cents for mine). Plus There are still combo DVD/VCR players being sold out there from low end electronics dealers and places like Walmart, K Mart. And there are some ways to enhance it, such as Super VHS, which is a high resolution VHS variant that approaches digital quaility. So Yes. No. Maybe. Take your pick. BTW, I have "Risky Business" on VHS. LOL. Gotta get a Netflix subscription or something I guess. Get with the 21st century.

Answer 2

for some reason, yes they do. They are rare though now and are usually made in a VCR/DVD Player combo. There are usually only a handful of them in stores like Radioshack, Walmart, & Bestbuy. They do not release anything on VHS any more but they do make blank VHS tapes, but nowadays, this is usually for people who have a bunch of old VHS tapes from yesteryear, or who are too stubborn to get a DVR. I personally question why they still do this because most people have already converted to a digital style, using DVR boxes and DVD players, and this world has always been one that forces people to convert to newer technology once it hits its popularity. It is also a waste of production on the electronics companies to make VCRs and blank VHS tapes when there are way better things they could spend that money on producing since everything is digital based now.

So yes they still make VCRs, but don't expect them to keep making them for much longer, within even two to three years they could likely be extinct.

Answer 3

Some people still buy them, but they generally work poorly in conjunction with an HDTV. The quality is poor and it's difficult to find VHS tapes for even older movies. Someone may still have some old VHS tapes and may want a VCR, but there are few of them.

Answer 4

I am not sure who you are referring to when you ask if "they" still making VCR's with DVD and video combined, such as the brand. However, I do know that many stores are selling them. Bestbuy, Amazon.com, Overstock.com, and eBay.com are the major retailers that sell these products.

Answer 5

Yes, but only the blank ones, not the ones with movies prerecorded on them.

Answer 6

No, the last ever VHS' to be made was in late 2006, early 2007. You can get blank VHS from supermarkets.

Answer 7

Yes, but they are produced in far lower quanitities, and commercially released editions almost never occur anymore.

Answer 8

DVD/VCR combos are still manufactured. Sony's is probably the most common one on the market today.