Sam_S
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- Joined
- Jan 7, 2005
- Messages
- 28
I was looking at my brand new home theatre setup as its starting to come together, and I was pleasently supprised as I looked at my entertainment center shelving. All of my equipment is new and shiney, and some of it still has plastic wrapping affixed to the top- it's wonderful!
As my eyes wandered past the TV to the cardboard boxes that are sitting next to the set (I just moved), I glanced into the nearest one and saw, sitting at the bottom- my dusty, dejected Panasonic VCR.
Suddenly it hit me that I would probably never use or plug in that piece of equipment ever again. It made me slightly sad to think about it's poor doomed fate- because I know myself, and I'll never throw it out. The thing still works, and because of that I know I can't just get rid of it. So now is the critical question: Do I leave it in the box, pack it in the basement, and let it collect even more dust until it becomes a relic much like your old 8-track? Or do I take it out, dust it off a little bit, and put it on my entertainment center shelf?
If I do the unthinkable and put it on the shelf... do I dare try to CONNECT it so that it could be used at any given time? Do I give it a "battery powered" slot on my UPS so that it stops blinking 12:00? I still own some videos, so perhaps -maybe- someday it would see some use?
What do you guys think? What has become of your VCR? When will you retire it from your entertainment center, if it still resides there? I feel it's like having a dedicated cassete tape player in my audio rack!
Oh the many delemas...
~Sam
As my eyes wandered past the TV to the cardboard boxes that are sitting next to the set (I just moved), I glanced into the nearest one and saw, sitting at the bottom- my dusty, dejected Panasonic VCR.
Suddenly it hit me that I would probably never use or plug in that piece of equipment ever again. It made me slightly sad to think about it's poor doomed fate- because I know myself, and I'll never throw it out. The thing still works, and because of that I know I can't just get rid of it. So now is the critical question: Do I leave it in the box, pack it in the basement, and let it collect even more dust until it becomes a relic much like your old 8-track? Or do I take it out, dust it off a little bit, and put it on my entertainment center shelf?
If I do the unthinkable and put it on the shelf... do I dare try to CONNECT it so that it could be used at any given time? Do I give it a "battery powered" slot on my UPS so that it stops blinking 12:00? I still own some videos, so perhaps -maybe- someday it would see some use?
What do you guys think? What has become of your VCR? When will you retire it from your entertainment center, if it still resides there? I feel it's like having a dedicated cassete tape player in my audio rack!
Oh the many delemas...
~Sam