It’s official, VHS is dead at 30

November 27, 2006 by guestauthor in Geeky,Random with 4 Comments

“The home entertainment format lived a fruitful life”. I have to admit, no tears were shed on my part. As reliable as the VHS tape was decades ago, you have to admit, the format deserves a pat on the back.

After a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS has died of natural causes in the United States. The format was 30 years old. No services are planned. The format had been expected to survive until January, but high-def formats and next-generation vidgame consoles hastened its final decline.

Is anyone still dragging their feet when it comes to transferring home movies off of VHS tapes to more traditional digital media? I think I have a few lying around the house that could use a good digitizing kick.

http://www.alifelessordinary.com/ Thomas J. Brown

From VHS? My parents still have home movies on Beta!

And for those of us who don’t have cable (and therefore very little use for a DVR), VHS is still nice to have. I suspect I’ll continue to use my VCR for at least a few more years (well, at least until 17 February 2009).
Rob D

I can’t breathe…Thomas, movies on Beta…pffftt… I still have a laser disk player…not to mention some home movies 8mm.

My neighbors…still have a reel to reel with an integrated 8 track along with their plastic dust covered Commadore 64 with mono monitor. Did I mention the lava lamp and oil drip statue hanging from the ceiling??
http://www.alifelessordinary.com/ Thomas J. Brown

Yeah, we still have 8mm movies, but I talked my parents into converting them to DVD a couple of years ago. I have a couple of 16mm films and a projector in my storage closet, but the films aren’t really worth watching. I should get on eBay and see what goofy stuff I can find. -)

Reel to reel, though. That’s pretty hardcore.

I wonder if my dad still has his old Pong unit…
Laz0r

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It’s official, VHS is dead at 30

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