Betamax is dead, long live VHS | Technology | The Guardian

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1. November 7, 2016 at 1:27 pm

   Tomi Engdahl says:

   40 years it took – VHS recorder died slowly away

   VHS video recorder rose to the enormous success and even revolutionized watching TV.

   Last VHS recorders manufacturer Funai has stopped production of new VHS equipment and you can’t buy them anymore.
   Funai itself the matter still sold last year 750 thousand VHS tape recorder, so the demand for equipment might have been even more. However, the device is relatively complex electro-mechanical implementation that needs components that are no longer available.
   VHS recorder was introduced in 1976, so it shuffled deck of 40 years of respectable age.
   It was replaced the DVD technology, that is already being replaced with Nexflix and other on-line services.

   Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5362:40-vuotta-se-kesti-vhs-nauhuri-kuoli-hiljalleen-pois&catid=13&Itemid=101

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