Wired
April, 1995
Smart VCRSTired of fast-forwarding through your girlfriend's episodes of Melrose Place to find the basketball game you taped? Then consider a VCR equipped with Index Plus+, a new automatic cataloging technology that locates recorded programs at the push of a button. Here's how it works: Broadcasters transmit a show's title, length and program category in a special portion of their signal (the vertical blanking interval, for you techies). An Index Plus+ VCR then receives and stores the info insid...
