Again, people born within the last 20 years, VHS tapes did NOT HAVE MENU SCREENS. You had to rewind them. You could NOT record on just any tape, those were special films you purchased. An official movie purchased in a store was not rewritable and you could not record over it.
People recording television on tapes was very common and could be programmed through a VHS to start recording at a special time so a person wouldn't miss something and could watch it later.
Also, it was fairly common for TVs in the 2000s to have a VHS slot. DVD and VHS coexisted. People didn't immediately drop VHS the moment DVD appeared. In fact, the advertisements for home movies would usually tell you that you could get it in both formats.
My childhood TV had a VHS slot and a DVD player connected to it, and at least in my country the weekend newspapers would include a cheap DVD movie for kids (usually terrible German animation of some fairytale), to get parents to buy newspapers.
Also, if your character is in the early 2000s and has a Nintendo DS, said character may have had an R4 card.
This is very true. The 2000s often had VHS and DVDs side by side. It took a long time to phase out VHS in retail.
