Circuit City Phases Out VHS

Rashan writes: "Video Business Online is reporting that Circuit City is becoming the first of the mass merchants to state its intent to discontinue sales of the aging video format."

Comments

Keep in mind

[joeflies]

that this article is about phasing out pre-recorded VHS tapes. It doesn't say that it will phase out VCRs.

Re:Forcing the market change

[radish]

It happened with audio cassettes (vinyl was killed)

Really? That's strange. I could have sworn that last time I was in the Virgin Megastore in central London they dedicated at least 10% of their total floorspace (including CD/DVD/games etc) to vinyl. I must have been imagining it.

Note to the unwise - vinyl sales are on the up, they have been for 5 years. At least 50% of the major single releases each week are available on vinyl. 100% of dance oriented ones are. The vast majority of dance music (the biggest selling sector in europe) is ONLY available on vinyl.

And turntables regularly out-do guitars in the annual christmas gift surveys :-)

Re:Forcing the market change

[Ralph Wiggam]

Yes, dance music and vinyl are always entwined because of how dance music is DJed. Yes, dance music is much more popular in Europe than here in the states. Yes, vinyl sales are up over the last 5 years.

Now the bad part:
Vinyl sales are down 90% from 1989 and probably much more from 1979, but I can't find good numbers pre-1989.

If you were to walk in to any major chain store in the US and ask where they kept the LPs, they would look at you like you were from another planet.

-B

Re:I would think that this is about time

[slaker]

Try WantedList for NetFlix-like porno-rental of over 10,000 titles.

I'm not affliated in any way, other than as a happy customer.