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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Some VCR popular brands had the TV Guide™ feature. In the TV Guide little magazine near the checkout counter you lookup the show on a chart. And if it had a 5 or 6 digit number in bold next to it -- punch that into the VCR. And it'll program it to record it.

This technology partnership failed because it required people to have properly set the clock beforehand. If one could do that troddening thru the menus or instruction manual, then they probably won't need to buy the magazine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit TV Guide! I forgot about those! They'd just show up in the mail every week, I have no idea who was sending them or why but inevitably they'd be in the mailbox!

The first time I went to a friend's house and they had a guide on the TV my mind was blown!

Oh and Tivo too! I learned about Tivo from a friend and had never even heard of DVR before that! The idea that you could just record TV at will was mind-blowing! I was like, "yeah but where do you put the cassette?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

You knew your favorite show had made it when it was on the cover of TV Guide. I know I was happy when Babylon 5 got a cover.