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40 years after the first VHS video cassette recorder rolled off the production line, the last known company making the devices is ceasing production. According to Japanese newspaper Nikkei , Funai Electric, a Japanese consumer electronics company, will give up on the format by the end of the July after 30 years of production.
[...] While the Funai brand might not be well-known in the west, the company sold VCRs under the more familiar Sanyo brand in China and North America.
[...] At its peak, Funai Electric sold as many as 15 million VCRs per year, but last year only sold 750,000 units.
[...] Betamax players, which were the chief competitor of VCRs back in the 1980s, were discontinued back in 2002. However, tapes were made up until November 2015, when Sony finally announced that Betamax tapes would stop being produced in Japan. While losing the home-recording war, Betamax kind of lives on: Betamax was the basis for Betacam, which is still used in broadcasting.
Do any Soylentils still have a VCR? If so, how long has it been since you last used it? What did you watch?
(Score: 2) by Squidious on Saturday July 23 2016, @12:32PM
Last movies watched were the original Star Wars trilogy when my daughter had a party with her friends just for that purpose.
Plus we still have lots of family vids that yet need converting to digital.
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