Buy a new VCR, then use the remote that came with the new VCR to control the new VCR. Also get a DVD player you caveman
Yes, you can still purchase new DVD and VCR combos. You can buy them at http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVD740VR-DVD-VCR-Combo/dp/B00006ANZ7
You can buy a universal remote that will work with your brand of VCR if you lose your current one.
You can use this Plasma TV which will work with any old VCR since you can buy and converter that you can attached to your VCR to the Plasma TV.
Yes, upscaling DVD/VCR combos are available for purchase.
It can always be repaired, but it may be cheaper just to buy a whole new TV.
No, they are relatively expensive to fix so it would be better to just buy a new one.
Buy a CD player, they are easier to use.
With the advent of DVD players, the VCR player is on its way out. Many would consider it obsolete as new movies are not offered on VCR tapes. Blueray is now the new standard.
The Best Buy house brand VCR players are very small and only about as wide as a tape.
While they make DVD/VCR combos that will play DVD-R and DVD-RW, there does not appear to be a DVD/VCR combo with a DVD writer available for purchase.
VCR's are extremely outdated, as VHS cassettes are rarely, if at all, produced by movie studios. As such, almost no retailer sells brand new VCR's for televisions.