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We have an almost 10-year-old JVC VCR, pretty simple and low end.
There are two problems with it (darn kids...):
1. The door that covers the opening where the cassette goes fell off and
I can't get it back in. Obviously, this is an invitation for dust and
other contaminents to mess the thing up quickly.
2. The reverse button was pushed in and there's just a hole where it
should go - been that way for probably four years now, and we've lived
with it, but now because of 1 above, I'm looking to get it fixed too.
Everyone's first reaction is going to be, oh just buy a new VCR; it's
not worth paying what a repair will cost. Except...
1. We have a JVC TV, and I'd like to be able to control the VCR with the
TV remote and vice-versa. So I'd need a JVC VCR, right? Or are most
TV/VCR remotes able to control products of other manufacturers?
2. There aren't a lot of available choices any more for VCRs. I have a
DVD player, so I don't want a combo. I just want a low-end gadget that
plays movies my kids get from the library, and that might record a
football game or two if I'm out. Nothing more.
So suggestions please - repair or replace? And if replace, with what?
There are two problems with it (darn kids...):
1. The door that covers the opening where the cassette goes fell off and
I can't get it back in. Obviously, this is an invitation for dust and
other contaminents to mess the thing up quickly.
2. The reverse button was pushed in and there's just a hole where it
should go - been that way for probably four years now, and we've lived
with it, but now because of 1 above, I'm looking to get it fixed too.
Everyone's first reaction is going to be, oh just buy a new VCR; it's
not worth paying what a repair will cost. Except...
1. We have a JVC TV, and I'd like to be able to control the VCR with the
TV remote and vice-versa. So I'd need a JVC VCR, right? Or are most
TV/VCR remotes able to control products of other manufacturers?
2. There aren't a lot of available choices any more for VCRs. I have a
DVD player, so I don't want a combo. I just want a low-end gadget that
plays movies my kids get from the library, and that might record a
football game or two if I'm out. Nothing more.
So suggestions please - repair or replace? And if replace, with what?