Say goodbye to the VHS

[Kevin Lancaster]

Say goodbye to the VHS

The last company which was manufacturing VHS players is shutting down the production line.

 

[LazyLion]

 

[MickZA]

Engadget reported that 750,000 VHS players were sold worldwide in 2015, of which the majority probably went to “hipsters who say that they can only appreciate Terminator 2 with tracking lines”.

:crylaugh:

 

[pinball wizard]

So I have a mint condition VHS machine. Whre's the best place to find one of these hipstrs to sell it to for top dollar?

 

[konfab]

Goodnight sweet Prince.

 

[backstreetboy]

RIP Betamax. You were superior.

 

[Ninja'd]

Pick n Pay is still selling blank VHS tapes. :wtf:



The other day I had a weird flashback. I remember we had a VHS of Chippendales: Tall, Dark and Handsome and I am not sure if it was my dad or mom's.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Nooooo!!

 

[spiff]

didn't the porn industry help put VHS ahead because it was more wide spread?

 

[Lupus]

didn't the porn industry help put VHS ahead because it was more wide spread?

Common myth, ultimately VHS won because of longer recording times and it was initially priced cheaper.
Also a lot of people don't know betamax only ended production late last year, broadcasters still use tapes quite a bit too.

 

[gregmcc]

didn't the porn industry help put VHS ahead because it was more wide spread?

Interesting choice of words

 

[The_MAC]

So how is the SABC going to broadcast now!!

 

[MisterFiftySomething]

Ah, yes. VHS. Renting a cheap B-movie off the side shelves and then finding that all the sex scenes are more worn than the rest of the the movie.

 

[Skerminkel]

Pick n Pay is still selling blank VHS tapes. :wtf:
...

"Industry" never came up with a proper replacement tool to record what you want to watch later. PVR services are simply too expensive. Probably one of the main reasons torrents became popular.

Anyway, as requested: Goodbye VHS!

 

[backstreetboy]

didn't the porn industry help put VHS ahead because it was more wide spread?

That was the hd-dvd vs blu-ray war.

 

[BlackMamba]

Say goodbye to the VHS

The last company which was manufacturing VHS players is shutting down the production line.

Never though they still existed

 

[Fulcrum29]

I still have an VHS collection, never used but nonetheless.

Then there is the security industry where recording is still largely done with VHS.

 

[ellyally]

*looks at his star wars vhs special edition*

 

[TheMightyQuin]

I still have an VHS collection, never used but nonetheless.

Then there is the security industry where recording is still largely done with VHS.

Say what now? All done digitally via PVR. Has been for many , many years now.

 

[Geoff.D]

RIP Betamax. You were superior.

Amen! Anyone want plenty of betamax tapes, some brand new never used, let me know. My Betamax player (Hi-Fi-Sony packed up while I was transferring content to DVDs ...).

Yup, Gonna be a problem for my security setup also.