Apologies for not being entirely clear about the recording experience, but to be honest you hinted at the point I was trying to make.
Below you used “time-shifting”. I would argue until DVRs became a thing in the US in the early 2000s, users were not truly able to gain any time with VHS or Betamax. This point is important for people too young to know about a world without DVRs or streaming. A VHS recorder could record but it was too difficult for most and problematic for those who knew how to use the scheduled recording features. Yes there were options to record 30 mins extra but there were no commercial skipping functions to speak of.
Apologies for not being entirely clear about the recording experience, but to be honest you hinted at the point I was trying to make.
Below you used “time-shifting”. I would argue until DVRs became a thing in the US in the early 2000s, users were not truly able to gain any time with VHS or Betamax. This point is important for people too young to know about a world without DVRs or streaming. A VHS recorder could record but it was too difficult for most and problematic for those who knew how to use the scheduled recording features. Yes there were options to record 30 mins extra but there were no commercial skipping functions to speak of.