Definitions for videocassette recorder
video·cas·sette recorder

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1. videocassette recorder, VCRnoun

   a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs

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1. videocassette recordernoun

   A device that can record broadcast television programmes, or the images from a video camera for subsequent playback through a television set

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1. Videocassette recorder

   A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other source on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette, and can play back the recording. Use of a VCR to record a television program to play back at a more convenient time is commonly referred to as timeshifting. VCRs can also play back prerecorded tapes. In the 1980s and 1990s, prerecorded videotapes were widely available for purchase and rental, and blank tapes were sold to make recordings. Most domestic VCRs are equipped with a television broadcast receiver (tuner) for TV reception, and a programmable clock (timer) for unattended recording of a television channel from a start time to an end time specified by the user. These features began as simple mechanical counter-based single-event timers, but were later replaced by more flexible multiple-event digital clock timers. In later models, the multiple timer events could be programmed through a menu interface displayed on the playback TV screen ("on-screen display" or OSD). This feature allowed several programs to be recorded at different times without further user intervention, and became a major selling point. VCRs declined in popularity during the early 2000s and are no longer manufactured.

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1. videocassette recorder

   A videocassette recorder (VCR) is an analog electronic device designed to record and play video and audio material on videocassettes, usually magnetic tapes. It was widely used before the advent of digital video technology. The VCR might also allow the user to tune into and record television broadcasts.

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1. Videocassette recorder

   The videocassette recorder is an electro-mechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette, so that the images and sound can be played back at a more convenient time. This use of a VCR is commonly referred to as television program Timeshifting. Most domestic VCRs are equipped with a television broadcast receiver for TV reception, and a programmable clock for unattended recording of a certain television channel at a particular time. These features began as simple mechanical counter-based single event timers, but were later replaced by multiple event digital clock timers that afforded greater flexibility to the user. In later models the multiple timer events could be programmed through a menu interface that was displayed on the playback TV screen. This allowed multiple programs to be recorded easily, and this particular feature of the video recorder quickly became a major selling point and benefit to people working unsociable hours who usually missed many television broadcasts. With the VCR being a main way to watch movies the remote control improved the VCR. The craze of the VCR became bigger because now one had more of a control of what they wanted to watch. One could create personal libraries on what to watch.

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How to pronounce videocassette recorder?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of videocassette recorder in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of videocassette recorder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=videocassette recorder
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Videocassette_Recorder
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videocassette_Recorder
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=videocassette recorder