Posted on 06/06/2022 6:33:57 PM PDT by Magnatron
June 7 is National VCR Day.
Yes, you read that right. Videocassette recorders are still around and there are enough of them to justify a spot on the National Day Calendar — the national day marketing calendar under digital media company Zoovio, Inc.
While most people have retired their VCRs, not everyone has gotten rid of these devices or the VHS tapes that worked with these physical video players.
Some might even be holding onto the retro gadgets after seeing that a sealed, mint-condition "Star Wars" VHS tape from 1977 sold for $57,600 in New Jersey by Goldin Auctions, a collectibles auctioneer, in December 2021.
If you have a collection of a limited-edition or unopened VHS tapes, you could be in ownership of a small fortune.
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It looks like someone didn’t rewind it…
Biggest technology hurdles have been mechanical components in devices. As we are now in a moving-part-free world we will see stuff lasting much longer without fail — until that first EMP of course. Then we will lube the pulleys and insert the tapes to see anything play !!
AND BEWARE — most unused machines WILL EAT TAPES as they are hungry for anything to be inserted.
That Cuniform character at the upper left translates to:
“Always be kind. Please rewind!”
WalMart has them back. End cap of new releases, but seemed to be for collectors, as most were exclusives with yellow or red or whatever vinyl or some other unique marketing gimmick.
I never bought much Star Trek in those days aside from a few VHS tapes, but I have the Original Series, The Next Generation and the theatrical films on Blu-ray and Digital.
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