• pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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    4 天前

    VHS player

    VCR.

    It stands for Video Cassette Recorder. There is no such thing as a “player”. They all have recording capability.

    Who’s forgetting now?

    • Dave.@aussie.zone
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      4 天前

      Conjuring up a frequency graph from 2004-present doesn’t help your argument, as the VCR format wars were pretty much over a good 15 years beforehand.

      “VCR” could have meant either VHS or Betamax to a consumer in the early '80s.

      At least VHS specifies a particular standard, and “player” in that context has a loose connection with record player, or tape player , being the thing you play your purchased records / tapes / videos on.

    • jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org
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      4 天前

      My memory was that there were exclusive players for TV stations. But all the consumer ones could record.