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Originally Posted by Abrasrose
Over the years a lot of flexibility has been lost and I'm getting used to it. When was the last time you recorded something on TV?
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When there was something worth watching more than once, or it was at a time I couldn't watch that I really wanted to see.
I can use a USB stick or a USB HDD to record. It can be more easily scheduled. I've had two different models of Satellite receiver that had built in recording, they were inferior. Used a handful of times in last 20 years. First digital solution was a Satellite receiver card in an Windows XP PC.
There are multiple reasons why recording is less common:
1) Streaming (though we don't use that in our house).
2) Less content worth recording.
3) Almost no TV being watched due to poorer content.
4) Re-watchable decent programs are on BD /DVD and now very cheap in CEX or charity shops.
VHS was awkward compared to later digital recording, but peak home recording was from mid 1980s to early 2000s in Ireland. Our last VHS recordings were S-VHS format of a few features on Satellite TV about 20 years ago. We've gradually replaced them with DVD/BD if important. The only one occasionally still watched is "The Christmas List".
None of our Kid who've left home and have kids do any recording. They have streaming, YouTube, Console games etc.
It's actually possible to record streaming by two methods, but only commercial pirates bother. It's simple once set up.