Over the decades the video and music industries have tried a wide range of ways to get consumers to buy ‘cheaper’ versions of albums and music, but then limit the playback in some way. Perhaps one of ...

(WTVF) — At one time, most of us owned something that stocked our shelves. That something was a big deal for years, but one day, its era ended and off it went to garage sales and thrift stores. We’re ...

They’re kind — and they rewind! A pair of VHS aficionados have transformed their basements into their own private mom-and-pop video rental shops — with thousands of tapes, neon lights and promotional ...

One of my earliest memories, from when I was four or five years old, is seeing a cardboard display case decked out with pristine copies of Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman movie, complete with the iconic bat ...

Time stops for no one, and for no technology. There was a time when you probably preserved family memories by saving them to videotape, but videotape is now completely obsolete. If you’re like a lot ...

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According to the Los Angeles Times, Distribution Video Audio in Burbank, Calif., shipped its final truckload of VHS tapes in October -- the last time it plans to make VHS shipments, and the last major ...

Cassette and VHS tapes once ruled the world of entertainment — but, just a half-century after they came on the scene, they’ve largely gone the way of the dodo. In 2025, digital media is king. Online ...