According to a friend I'm the last person on the planet to own a VCR but I see no reason to toss something because marketers think I should. These tape off my TV, they are really cheap and I have decades old tapes that play perfectly. DVR, streaming, whatever is the latest trend is all well and good but it all costs money and is soon on to next thing. These tapes are reusable many times over or can be stored indefinitely. I know they aren't made anymore so I stocked up. Too cheap to not.