Wal-Mart has DVR/VCR combo units, but I haven't seen standard VCRs since I found mine a few years ago. Transfering my VHS tapes to DVD is a good suggestion 'though the sheer volume of my collection is daunting and some recordings are of lesser visual quality than should be on a DVD. I have multiple recordings on each tape and would only want certain ones transfered. I don't think DVRs have the pick & choose editing ability of VCRs; you can't pause a disc in mid-recording, can you? If this were possible I would be getting one of those combo units soon.