Why have electronics shops started to refuse to repair VCRs?

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weakestlink11

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I like that technology, I know how to use it, I have 275 VHS tapes that would otherwise have to be re-recorded onto DVD discs and I just don't feel the need to acquire every latest electronic gadget. However, some electronics repair shops have stopped servicing VCRs. I call that discrimination.
 
The VCR is so '80's! Problem is, there's nothing good to take its place, especially if you have a backlog of tapes like we do! The only saving grace is that used (almost new) VCR's are cheap/free at swap shops, consignment shops and recycling centers. Get used to testing VCR's with a sacrificial tape recorded on you current VCR that you wouldn't cry if you lost it. Never accept a VCR that looks water-stained or rusty. Try a recording and replay it in your current VCR. Only take the newest VCR's IF you can deal without a modulator (channel 2-3-4 output) or a receiver (during the HD transition, the FCC said manufacturers couldn't sell a VCR with a modulator or receiver that could do both standard and HD - Almost nobody did!)
 
P.S. That picture you refer to on oldtymeradioman is Otis & Eleanor, a Country duet from the '40's. Recording artists and NBC Radio artists. Have more info, will try to pass it on later!
 
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