Repairing videocassette recorders may be a technical job that will pay off big in the months ahead. Ask former professional guitarist John Kimble, who has jumped on the VCR repair bandwagon. In his ...

On Dec. 3, I brought my Minolta VCR and the battery pack to my camcorder to the Camera Doctor in Seminole for repair. The only problem was that when the play button was pressed, it would not stay on ...

It’s that time of year: You get to veg out on your couch, eat too much and watch movies all day. To make sure your VCR doesn’t fail in this crucial hour, Ken Sander of Cable Doctor has advice. “If you ...

Our 4-year-old VCRs began acting up recently. They ate things they weren’t supposed to eat, balked at performing routine tasks and occasionally lapsed into frustrating incoherence. Cleaning them did ...

MIDDLETOWN -- Even though DVDs are taking over the shelves of video stores, video cassette recorders aren't going anywhere yet, employees of local repair shops and video rental stores said. Employees ...

GREENWICH — Remember pulling out the video camera to record family gatherings and special events? But alas, the videotape has gone the way of the dodo bird. The VCR is a relic, lost to the past with ...