Epistemographer

Favorite bit written so far today:

Due to this real-time editing, the very placement of the VCR in the viewing room wasn’t obvious. Because the VCR was usually located by the television set and remote controls were still years away, this often meant sitting within arm’s reach of the television, not the most comfortable way to watch a program. One of the early concerns of videophiles, in fact, was how far the VCR could be from the television set and thus how long a cable could be used to connect the two without signal degradation, explicitly so that “you [could] put the unit next to your chair and facilitate editing out commercials.” Several videophiles configured their homes in this way, with the VCR controls easily accessible from an armchair across the room from the television set.

When’s the last time you thought of putting a VCR anywhere but near a TV?

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