1. The price of dvd recorders is going down, so they think it isn't a big purchase
2. The quality on vcrs suck. Hardcore. Even on older consoles. Especially on newer ones.
I see a lot of people going out and getting capture cards instead of dvd recorders after they do switch, as they are really cheap and can be useful. That requires they have some knowledge of video formatting though (which I'm too lazy to have).
I don't mind video quality, but some of the runs are really hard to look at compared to their console counterparts. I could see the reasoning, but i do think its a bit early, as dvd recorders are all still $100. maybe if they were $60 or so, that would be reasonable.