I've never seen them for VCRs before, but it doesn't surprise me. I have seen recently similar alarms that you can put on furniture or other items you don't want a pet on, and when it is jiggled or otherwise detects the pet (I think some are infrared detectors), the alarm goes off briefly. I did like the one I saw that was an electric pad. When the pet climbs on the pad, their weight activates it and they get a shock. I'm sure its harmless, but I'm not sure I would want to go shocking my cat on a regular basis (but I have thought about doing the same thing with the screen top to my lizard tank that my cat keeps climbing on and then falling thru). I just paid US $14 for a DVD player for my father for Xmas. He's been complaining he wants one, but I know it won't ever be turned on... so I bought one that was on sale, had a $10 rebate, and I used "Best Buy Bucks" from a McDonalds promotion that I had saved up. When I was done, total cost was $14. (and they asked if I wanted the $30 extended warranty on it!!!) A bit of a price difference from my first DVD player that cost me $500. Of course, I also suspect that my first player will be running happily years from now, when the $14 model has long since died. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>