VCR

Jack

April 18, 2025

During the trip to Hong Kong around 2010, the tourist group I was in was led to a video recorder store by our tour guide.

The head of the shop let us sit down. We were led to a room. It was like a small classroom with around thirty seats. On the front wall of the room, there was a big screen.

After we were seated, the head greeted us and spoke to us in a very engaging manner. His assistant was recording the scene while he was doing this.

Afterwards, the head connected the recorder to the screen and played the entire recording of our interaction. There were a few close - up shots that were very wonderful, which attracted several tourists to buy their VCRs. I was one of them. It was the only expensive item I bought on that trip, around 2600 RMB.

The brand of the VCR is 禄来 in Chinese. I don’t know its English name, not to mention whether or not the brand is famous.

Despite being excited about my new purchase, little did I know that its time with me would be relatively short. I used it a few times during my travels. One day a few years later when I thought of it, I couldn’t find it - I don’t know when, where or how it was lost.

Looking back on that purchase now, I can’t help but notice how much the world of photography and videography has changed. It was a little ridiculous to buy a VCR from my current perspective because mobile phones nowadays are much better than VCRs in the past.

It’s very rare to see people taking videos using a VCR. Instead, they use their phones to take photos and videos all the time.

The shop head had a knack for persuasion. He spoke with such enthusiasm and confidence, highlighting the unique features of the VCR in a way that made it seem indispensable. He demonstrated how easy it was to use, and the assistant’s flawless recording of our interaction was the icing on the cake. His words were like a charm, slowly but surely breaking down my defenses and making me believe that this VCR was exactly what I needed. I couldn’t resist the temptation and eventually bought one.

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VCR

During the trip to Hong Kong around 2010, the tourist group I was in was led to a video recorder store by our tour guide.

The head of the shop let us sit down.

We were led to a room.

It was like a small classroom with around thirty seats.

On the front wall of the room, there was a big screen.

After we were seated, the head greeted us and spoke to us in a very engaging manner.

His assistant was recording the scene while he was doing this.

Afterwards, the head of the shop connected the recorder to the screen and played the entire recording of our interaction.

There were a few close - up shots that were very wonderful, which attracted several tourists to buy their VCRs.

I was one of them.

It was the only expensive item I bought on that trip, around 2600 RMB.

The brand of the VCR is 禄来 in Chinese.

I don’t know its English name, not to mention whether or not the brand is famous.

Despite being excited about my new purchase, little did I know that its time with me would be relatively short.

I used it a few times during my travels.

One day a few years later when I thought of it, I couldn’t find it - I don’t know when, where or how it was lost.

Looking back on that purchase now, I can’t help but notice how much the world of photography and videography has changed.

It was a little ridiculous to buy a VCR from my current perspective because mobile phones nowadays are much better than VCRs in the past.

It’s very rare to see people taking videos using a VCR.

Instead, they use their phones to take photos and videos all the time.

The shop head had a knack for persuasion.

He spoke with such enthusiasm and confidence, highlighting the unique features of the VCR in a way that made it seem indispensable.

He demonstrated how easy it was to use, and the assistant’s flawless recording of our interaction was the icing on the cake.

His words were / worked like a charm, slowly but surely breaking down my defenses and making me believe that this VCR was exactly what I needed.

I couldn’t resist the temptation and eventually bought one.

Jack

April 18, 2025

Thank you very much.

The head of the shop let us sit down.