TiVo forerunner

The answer

VCR

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VCR answer page.

Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• VHS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for VCR

Every other clue in this collection answered by VCR, most used first.

• TiVo precursor - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• TV adjunct - used 31 times, most recently in 2009
• Taper? - used 21 times, most recently in 2012
• TiVo ancestor - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• TiVo predecessor - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• DVD player ancestor - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• TV attachment - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• DVD forerunner - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• DVD player's predecessor - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• TiVo alternative - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• TV accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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