Posted on 07/21/2016 8:28:29 AM PDT by Coronal
Its been almost two decades since the DVD arrived, sparking the long, slow decline of video cassette tapes. But the tape era is about to come to a final close.
The last maker of VHS-compatible video cassette recorders, Japanese manufacturer Funai Electric, says its going to stop producing the devices at the end of the month due to declining sales. Sony said it would cease production of video tapes in its Betamax format last year, 13 years after it stopped making compatible recorders.
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How times have changed. My first car was a 1956 Chevy wagon at 16, I bought it with my own money I earned working a part-time job (yes, with my father's permission). After I was done fixing it up, it was a chick magnet. Especially fun having a carpeted rear area and curtains on the windows, and a fancy 8-track player with 6 speakers.
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