VCR
Cassette playback machine
VCR stands for videocassette recorder, a device that plays and records video on magnetic tape cassettes.
VCRs dominated home video from the 1980s through the 1990s, when DVD players began replacing them.
The format is now obsolete, though VCR persists as a nostalgic reference point: Kids today don't even know what a VCR is.
Reproducing recorded media
- rewindReturn to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- ejectThrow out forcibly
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
stop · tracking · heads · mechanism · capstan · servo · motor · circuitry
Longing for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- eightiesYears from eighty-nine backward
- nineties1990-1999
- analogComparable equivalent
VHS · Betamax · woodgrain · clunky · bulky · camcorder · living-room
Paid temporary use
- time-shiftingWatching recordings at convenience
- tapingRecording or binding
- binge-watchingRapid consecutive episode viewing
- marathonsLong-distance road races
No longer in use
- discontinuedNo longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- defunctNo longer existing
replaced · phased-out · obsolescence · e-waste · landfill · forgotten · bygone
playback
Reproducing recorded media
- rewindReturn to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- ejectThrow out forcibly
pause · stop · tracking · heads · mechanism · capstan · servo · motor · circuitry · component
nostalgia
Longing for the past
analog · VHS · Betamax · woodgrain · clunky · bulky · camcorder · living-room
rental
Paid temporary use
- time-shiftingWatching recordings at convenience
- tapingRecording or binding
- binge-watchingRapid consecutive episode viewing
outdated
No longer in use
- discontinuedNo longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- antiquatedOld and outdated
defunct · replaced · phased-out · obsolescence · e-waste · landfill · forgotten · bygone
- 1970sdisco, Watergate, Nixon, Vietnam War, Saturday Night Fever
- Analog Eratypewriter, rotary phone, phonograph, turntable, vinyl
- home entertainmentsmart TV, home theater, media center, streaming device, media player
- Home VideoVHS, DVD, camcorder, home movies, Blu-ray
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, floppy disks, Betamax
- obsolete technologyVHS, 8-tracks, VHS tapes, floppy disk, turntable
VCRRoku
Digital media player brand
Apple TV · Netflix · smart TV · digital streaming · DVD player
Online data preservation service
instant access · live streaming · streaming service · streaming · video on demand
video, videos, videotape, videotapes, videotaped, videotaping, cassette, cassettes, record