Re: VCR clocks

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>I believe that all the time that all of us have wasted (and THAT'S the
>irony here) writing about and reading about setting VCR clocks would have
>been better spent picking up the VCR manual and actually <learning> how to
>set the damn thing!

>Like so many things in today's society, it all boils down to 1) we don't
>care, 2) we're too lazy, or 3) just do it.

If I might venture a different opinion, perhaps it's a reflection on the
designers of many VCRs that 1) clocks should have battery backup or large
capacitors to protect them during the inevitable power failures; 2) the
clocks are too difficult and non-intuitive to reset.

My Sony VCR's remote control contains a clock.  To set the clock in the
VCR itself (which keeps time if the power outtage is shorter than about
half an hour), all I do is point the remote at the VCR and press the
"transmit" button.  The remote resets the clock.  This is no-brainer
user interface design.  You shouldn't need to pull out the owner's
manual to reset a simple clock!

	-Greg


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