History
Before the advent of on-screen displays, the only interface available for programming a home video recorder was a small LED or LCD panel and a small number of buttons. Correctly recording a specific program was therefore a somewhat complex operation for many people; scores of jokes have referred over the years to the need to "have a 12-year-old" or someone technically adept to successfully program a home video recorder or to avoid having a perpetual blinking "12:00" on the recorder's display. G-Code, VideoPlus+ and ShowView were introduced to remove this difficulty.
Read more about this topic: Video Recorder Scheduling Code
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