We got a got a voice directed operation system vcr from the Goodwill tonight.
and then.....
Mike: "VCR SET CLOCK!"
Mike: "hmm...." (changes channel on the tv, and we get that amazing white snow we haven't seen since the '90s)
VCR: Displays "Hello" but says nothing.
Mike: pushes a lot of buttons, and announces that we need to set it to mono mode.
...
puts in a tape, and it plays with a lot of hissing and tracking issues.
VCR: Displays "Alarm" but says nothing
Mike: "VCR PLAY!"
it actually starts playing!
Me: oh my god, did it actually work?
Mike: No, I hit the button.
He then tries to rewind it, and discovers it was at the beginning... then:
Mike: "VCR PLAY! PLAY THE MOVIE! CHRISSY!..."
Me: What?!
Mike: "It's not listening to me!"
so then he takes out his phone and....
Mike: (in his special voice reserved for telling his phone what to do): "GOOGLE: VOICE DIRECTED OPERATING SYSTEM!"
a few minutes later he tells me that our new vcr got 3 out of 5 stars rating.
we are now watching some old episodes of The Muppets on vhs. tracking issues resolved, but no luck getting the voice directed business to work.
