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Don't know, but be sure not to throw out the broken one. Old consoles can be hooked up to it.

I don't planning to buy old consoles or any consoles. I only play ganes with my computer.

 

My TV can hook old cosoles.

There's no reason a new one wouldn't work, but I would just save myself some money and get a used one at Goodwill. Most Goodwills have used ones for $7 and have outlets near the TVs so you can test stuff before buying. And, that way you can browse through VHS tapes you might want to buy with it too. I think those only sell for like a couple bucks each too.

I don't like buying used stuff unless they are unvailable in the stores. Where I live, there are no stores to sell used stuff unless garage sales or flea markets.

 

Thanks for the advice, TheGameCollector.

 

Edited: blank tapes are still available.

I wasn't talking about blank tapes, I was talking about movies you can collect for cheap. But yeah if the new VCR doesn't have coaxial like the old ones (it probably does though), you can just run the composite out to your TV's composite in.

I can understand VHS movies are cheap but I don't want to add any more vhs movies. I have plenty of them

 

I think I'll buy DVD movies I already have in VHS tapes.

 

Stores won't sell VCRs forever.

Since your TV has a composite (yellow+red+white RCA) input, any VCR should work. You will get a slight boost in quality if your TV has an S-Video input (mini DIN) and you can find an S-VHS VCR.

 

You may want to consider buying Blu-Rays instead of DVDs. However, you'd also need to upgrade your TV to take advantage of the increased quality. Note: not all movies released on VHS have been re-released on DVD or Blu-Ray.

 

FYI inputs in order of increasing quality

1. coaxial RF - channel 3/4)

2. composite - yellow RCA (video) red+white RCA (L+R audio

3. S-Video - mini-DIN (video), like an old keyboard or mouse connector

4. analog component - red+green+blue RCA (video)

5. DVI - digital video (obsolete)

6. HDMI - digital video & audio