Whoever it was in Japan who came up with a sample date for the instruction manual of a new Sony Corp. videocassette recorder had 365 days from which to choose. So which one was selected? Dec. 7.

I hate commercials as much as the next guy. I’ve tried to use the remote to speed through them when I’ve videotaped something from television or paused the recording during commercials if I happen to ...

If you hate TV commercials, you’re going to love this: a VCR that automatically bypasses the commercials. RCA has introduced a new lineup of five VCRs with Commercial Advance. This feature allows you ...

Marketing mistakes can eclipse many technological triumphs. Sometimes the last of a dying breed ranks superior to its replacement. So it is with Sony`s SL-HF900 Beta videocassette recorder. It doesn`t ...

Anyone who lived through the VCR era will know that taping something was only half the battle when it came to watching it. Because even if you successfully programmed the machine to record a program, ...