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The VHS is Dead
Ronnie Coote writes "The UK's largest retailer of electronics is phasing out VHS VCRs. Sales of DVD players have outstripped VCRs by 40-to-1 recently. So how long until the mass market will be saying goodbye to the DVD player?" A few historical links to commemorate the occasion: Sony Kills Betamax, Why VHS Was Better, and How to Preserve VHS Recordings. For the future, maybe we'll have Digital VHS, but I suspect it will mostly be hard drive-based recorders.
Netcraft confirms.....VHS is dead.
Please, spare us the netcraft jokes.
^^
Digital killed the video star...
Ummmmmmmmmm.....because you have a lot of video tapes that you don't have the time or inclination to convert them into another format?
You want to know who isn't running Firefox 2.x? They spell it "definately" and "rediculous".
Not as long as I have my original, unLucasfuckedup Star Wars tapes.
VHS still has its uses, much like the audio-cassette tape. For instance, when I need a chuck in place of my Taurus' poor brakes, I just tape together three or four. Advantages over wood: -light weight -portability -fun for the family (depending on the tapes' content.)
Fans of the VHS video format have been gathering outside the home of VHS for over an hour, forming an impromptu vigil for this fallen hero of home entertainment which was found dead of Degaussclerosis in its home yesterday.
One woman, sobbing, pleaded, "But how will I record American Idol now?"
A memorial service is planned for next week. At the ceremony, the casket containing VHS's earthly remains will be inserted into a slot on the front of a specially constructed burial vault and lowered into the ground.
Unknown host pong.
I still use an 8mm projector with a gramophone for the sound.
"bieng the tool of choice for DJs..." And what the hell are DJs doing with a VCR?
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
You must be 16.
Seriously. They're way better than the VHS ones...
*** Sigs are a stupid waste of bandwidth.
"VHS is dead." - Ronnie Coote
"Ronnie Coote is dead." - VHS
Is this a sigs-optional kind of place? 'Cause I am totally down with that if you know what I mean.
(And ripping them to 'puter is ok, but you'll find this weird vid at a car boot sale in 2014 and think back to this slashdot story...)
;-P
Yeah right, like we'll all be driving cars in the future!
Of course, some neighborhood kid absconded with it before the trash people came... I shudder to think of the education he has received this year.
Yeah, at least you can rewind your tape. I still haven't figured out how to do that with a DVD. The rewind fees are KILLING ME!
Not to mention, real movie buffs only watch movies on analog tape decks, because digital players strip out all the warmth from the sound and video. Too harsh looking.
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Just nit-picking, but comments like these kill me...
"I have three or four Betamax machines..."
Well Hell, it's a freaking Betamax, they are not that small, which is it three OR four???
I can understand maybe I have three or four combs or shot glasses or something, but it's like saying I have three or four dishwashers... Hint: you either have three OR four. Make up you mind. Or go take a freaking inventory...
Ok, I feel better now.
Now if only the cassete tape would DIE!