"Why do manufacturers load them up with so many functions that
recording a television program is infuriatingly difficult? The
answer is because it costs so little to add each function to a
VCR that is cheaper to install them on every machine - just in
case anyone wants them - than to "edit" models for different
customers"
- Slide show: Solving the enigmas of everyday design - style - International Herald Tribune
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