History:
VCR's that
blink 12:00 are something that
first appeared in great
numbers in the
80's. When the
consumers begin to
demand more
VCR's for
home videos. This created a new
competitive market. Each
new company was trying to out do the other by adding
new features,
bells and
whistles to it's
product. One of the first added was a
clock. And as a nice feature the
clock would blink 12:00 to
inform the
owner the
clock is not set. Often the clocks were
difficult to set. And
owners would read the
manual once to
figure out it and set it. But later when the clock would
reset because of power failure or such the
owners would not deal with it and let it blink.
Being able to set one's
VCR to the correct time has been a
symbol of one's
technological knowledge for sometime. Those that are
technological less inclined see this feat as a
miracle.