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End of an Era as Last VCR Maker Ends Production
Fortune ^ | ly 21, 2016 | Aaron Pressman

Posted on 07/21/2016 8:28:29 AM PDT by Coronal

It’s 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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electronics; japan; manufacturing; sony; theend; vcr
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To: Zarro
I am gonna miss that flashing “12:00”.

There's always the microwave.

41 posted on 07/21/2016 9:43:12 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Coronal

I had hundreds of VHS tapes. I had hundreds of music cassettes. I was moving and looked at boxes upon boxes of the tape media. I tossed them all out. Haven’t regretted it a bit.


42 posted on 07/21/2016 9:44:24 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Lou L
have everything in a cloud

Live by the network, die by the network. If it's not on your hardware, in your facility, under your control, YOU DON'T HAVE IT.

43 posted on 07/21/2016 9:44:25 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: Coronal

In my work I ran into an old HP Computer with a cassette drive.


44 posted on 07/21/2016 9:45:49 AM PDT by McGruff (How about investigating the donations to the Clinton Foundation)
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To: bert

I use a Netgear Wi-Fi router and it comes out of the box with password protection on the Wi-Fi. Was yours wide open and unprotected when you got it?


45 posted on 07/21/2016 9:51:49 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Snickering Hound

That’ one business I don’t miss at all, lol.

But I DO still have some VHS in storage.


46 posted on 07/21/2016 10:01:22 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: wally_bert
Mark in, mark out, edit.

D'oh, I made an assembly edit in the middle of my tape!

47 posted on 07/21/2016 10:07:49 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: roadcat

Thanks, Roadcat, for that advice. There is a program I once downloaded that tells how many users are connected to your router. Another program measures whether your internet co. is actually providing the speed you pay for.


48 posted on 07/21/2016 10:09:18 AM PDT by The Westerner ("The president has blood on his hands and it will not be able to come washed off")
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To: Zarro

[I am gonna miss that flashing “12:00”.]

Me too. I always knew what time it was back then.


49 posted on 07/21/2016 10:10:27 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Red Badger; null and void

But that would be like 1984. Oh, wait......


50 posted on 07/21/2016 10:12:13 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Coronal

A sad day. I worked in a mall selling VCR’s during college. I personally sold more than 350 of them during the ‘85 Christmas season.


51 posted on 07/21/2016 10:12:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Yo-Yo

Was the TC generator on internal or regen?


52 posted on 07/21/2016 10:13:08 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: headstamp 2

Low quality VHS picture and 1 or possibly 2 channel audio is something I don’t miss.


53 posted on 07/21/2016 10:14:52 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Yo-Yo

I always cared enough to rewind my DVDs.


54 posted on 07/21/2016 10:15:53 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Mr. K

I have very little trust with “the cloud”.


55 posted on 07/21/2016 10:16:22 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Coronal

Betamax #1 was the best machine I’ve owned! Great visual fidelity, simple programming ability, great sound, Far superior to VCRs, which I’m still unable to program due to complexity. That said, I suspect I’ll keep my vcr until the last repairman dies. Not planning to purchase a transfer machine! And if connectivity to the future cloud home of my movies goes out due to whatever, I’m gonna have a backup generator to run my old dvd and vcr players! Of course, to my kids, I sound like my grandfather who told stories about Model ‘A’s arriving in pieces on flatcars from the factory!


56 posted on 07/21/2016 10:17:02 AM PDT by The Westerner ("The president has blood on his hands and it will not be able to come washed off")
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To: Rebelbase

“None of the DVD players have a rewind button. It’s a pain in the ass to do it by hand.”

I just flip them over.


57 posted on 07/21/2016 10:17:48 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: SaveFerris

My wife has many VHS tapes but no player.

I have a few quads in a storage unit.


58 posted on 07/21/2016 10:18:06 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Red Badger

Sort of.

Unregulated digital equivalents are available on the internet. The powers that be have been trying to get rid of them since the first bulletin board.


59 posted on 07/21/2016 10:18:25 AM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: wally_bert

Internal, and drop frame was off.


60 posted on 07/21/2016 10:19:23 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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