VCR

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I was a big skateboarder in my youth, and I told him I wanted a tape in the VCR like an old skate video.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

He started in 1988, back when “machine learning” meant teaching your VCR to record “Cheers.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

In my bedroom, I had a TV with a built-in VCR that was on all the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Across from his bed sat a small television with a VCR balanced on top.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot