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>The fact that 99 percent of
>Americans don't know how to program their VCRs indicates to me that the
>VCR manuals aren't acheiving that goal. Now, if the information was
>presented in an enteraining way, maybe 99 percent of Americans would read
>their manuals and know how to program their VCRs!
>Kent Newton
>Senior Technical Writer
>Metrix, Inc.
>kentn -at- metrix-inc -dot- com
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Please give your source for the 99% figure. I don't believe it.
The VCR manuals of today are much better than the manual that came
with my first VCR in 1980.
Bob Morrisette
writer -at- sabu -dot- EBay -dot- sun -dot- com
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