Marketing mistakes can eclipse many technological triumphs. Sometimes the last of a dying breed ranks superior to its replacement. So it is with Sony`s SL-HF900 Beta videocassette recorder. It doesn`t ...

Q-I was wondering if the major companies that make blank VCR tapes will come out with one on which you can play both sides, like, say, an audiocassette or LP. A-You will never see a videocassette tape ...

So the 9 year old Hitachi F382 is dying and I'm not sure what to do about it. I've got a decent collection of Disney and other childrens movies on VHS and I can't afford to replace them all with DVD's ...

VHS has been dead for, what, 10, nine years now? Whatever it is, I bet you still have a few VHS home movies here and there. If they’re not destroyed by now, you should consider transferring them to ...

The iconic video-cassette recorder (VCR) is joining camera film, eight-track tapes and floppy disks on the ever-growing scrapheap of extinct technology. Japan's Funai Electric, the world's last ...

Remember a few years ago when Blu-ray battled HD-DVD in the high-def DVD format war? Sony and Blu-ray ultimately won out, but there was a time when the electronics giant wasn’t as successful in ...

A man who sold his VHS player online received a heartfelt letter from a grateful 86-year-old customer. Matt Shoukry, who posted a photo of the message on Reddit, was touched by the buyer who mailed ...