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Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 3 years (2020–2022), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Programming and setting the clock on the VCR is difficult with only four buttons and a small LED display2022-07-18
- People couldn't figure out how to program or reset the VCR clock2022-07-18
- Clock is hard to set, so most VCRs show 12:00 forever2022-05-25
- Clock resets after power blips and setting it needs unintuitive, limited-interface steps2020-06-15
- Cramming a GUI with config menus into the VCR clock is hard to use2020-04-18
- Blinking digits and tiny screen require hidden mental models to set time2020-04-18