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The VHS is Dead

Posted by michael on from the long-live-the-VHS dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Still for sale though by northcat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot moderating is in the shits. Grandparent has a valid point and it gets modded down as troll. Parent is insightful or interesting but is modded as funny. I suppose most mods just look at what other mods have done and do the same thing.