Not thought it through
Way back in the anals of time, when VCRs were new and wonderous things, there was great confusion upon the land. Basically, no-one had the foggiest idea how to set the damn things up (which is why 74% of them always showed the flashing "8888", and why your dad managed to miss the end of the match and erase mum's Coronation Street).

Philips, purveyors of the little-remembered third system -- not VHS, not Betamax, but Video 2000 -- came up with a great idea to help baffled owners get to grips with their huge, complicated and expensive new VCR. So the Crap Gadget I'm referring to isn't the VCR itself, but this:

They came with a pre-recorded tape which showed you how to connect it up and use it.

It's perhaps not surprising that Video 2000 was the first format to die.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 12:10, 3 replies)

*annals
"Anals of time" really doesn't quite mean the same thing.
( MatJ LOOK, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:34, closed)

That was, in fact, deliberate
never miss a good arse gag, me
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:57, closed)

click
for incorrect use of "anals"
( zulu eh?, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 13:55, closed)