The Complete Idiot's Guide to VCRs

by Jim Holt, Tershia D'Elqin

Shows how to hook up a VCR to cable, an antenna, or a satellite dish, explains how to tune in channels, and discusses copying tapes with two VCRs, routine maintenance, multiple cable hookups, and camcorder editing

188 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1994

About the author

Jim Holt is a longtime contributor to the New Yorker -- where he has written on string theory, time, infinity, numbers, truth, and bullshit, among other subjects -- and the author of Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes. He is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times and the London Review of Books. He lives in Greenwich Village.