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"- Setting the clock and a timer to record something on your VCR"
You just awakened a sad memory from 30 years ago... I wanted to record a movie I saw in the TV programme magazine but it started after midnight and I should have used the next day's date :-(
Some VCR popular brands had the TV Guide™ feature. In the TV Guide little magazine near the checkout counter you lookup the show on a chart. And if it had a 5 or 6 digit number in bold next to it -- punch that into the VCR. And it'll program it to record it.
This technology partnership failed because it required people to have properly set the clock beforehand. If one could do that troddening thru the menus or instruction manual, then they probably won't need to buy the magazine.
Holy shit TV Guide! I forgot about those! They'd just show up in the mail every week, I have no idea who was sending them or why but inevitably they'd be in the mailbox!
The first time I went to a friend's house and they had a guide on the TV my mind was blown!
Oh and Tivo too! I learned about Tivo from a friend and had never even heard of DVR before that! The idea that you could just record TV at will was mind-blowing! I was like, "yeah but where do you put the cassette?"
You knew your favorite show had made it when it was on the cover of TV Guide. I know I was happy when Babylon 5 got a cover.
Actually I don't even think ours had a date, only time, like a microwave or oven, so you have to set the timer for a time within 24 hours. I think I might have missed sorting once between I messed up the AM/PM.