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From: decwrl!well.sf.ca.us!well!winkler@uunet.UU.NET (Dan Winkler)
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Subject: Re: Needed: long recording times! Help
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Date: 3 Jun 91 12:47:05 GMT
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It's surprising, but for some purposes a VCR is a much better audio
deck than any dedicated audio deck I know of.  I use my VHS Hi-Fi VCR
to do timed recording of of a 2 hour radio show every week.  I can fit
2 hours on a normal video cassette without even using the slower LP or
SLP recording modes and without going to a longer tape.  I can set up
the record time in advance and have recording start and stop without my
being there.  And the audio quality seems superb.

One thing I don't have though is the ability to direct tune to
different stations.  Right now, I can do timed recording, but only of
one station.  I wish there were an audio tape recorder that could
really do everything a VCR does for video -- store large amounts on 1
tape, do timed recording, and automatically tune to different
stations.  Does anyone know of such a thing?