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Circuit City Phases Out VHS

Posted by timothy on from the we-join-this-plummet-already-in-progress dept.

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."

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  1. Keep in mind by joeflies · · Score: 5, Informative

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

  2. Re:Forcing the market change by radish · · Score: 5, Informative

    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 :-)

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