VCR Advice?
I tried tracking down this gimzo in the Damark catalog. It's a cable converter
box that offers PIP as well as switching between three A/V inputs. Sounds
great, huh? Only $170. But I call, and it's not in stock. Backordered. Not
available until third week of November, he says, do you still want to order it.
Yes. Whoops, now the computer says third week of December, do you still want
to order it. Uh huh.
So I called a few cable converter companies. They've never heard of "Roctec",
the maker listed in the Damark catalog. They've heard rumors of upcoming PIP
boxes, but they've never seen one. So I figure this Damark item is not yet in
production, and they're just taking orders. It sounds interesting enough to
order one, still. I'm constantly disappointed with the configurations of
consumer video equipment… you can't buy a cable converter to save your life
these days, they want to sell you a VCR instead. And they don't offer PIP
except in the TV. And they don't switch between inputs. And they don't have
feature X on the VCR remote, but it's present on the TV remote. You'd think
they could jam a zillion features into one high-priced VCR, and sell it to the
gadgetheads by the truckload. I want it all, and I want it in a little black
box, and I want a remote for it, too. Am I starting to sound like Denis Leary
yet?