Unfortunately the world of technology has you by the bollocks! We had the same problem with Betamax and VHS. VHS, won that round but subsequently lost out to DVD recorders which, equally, face a similar quandary? However, the price of VHS recorders has dropped so low you can almost get one free now, in a packet of breakfast cereal! But no matter what you buy today, it’s virtually obsolete before it finishes rolling of the production line; there’s already something new on the drawing board, superseding it. Your best possible bet, if you can afford it, is to by second hand from someone who has to have the latest gismos all the time. That way, you’ll at least avoid paying purchase tax! | 
You just tell me when! 
