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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. JVC has ceased production of its single remaining VHS player after a successful run of 32 years.

When was the last time you watched a VHS tape? Someone out there is certainly still using them — some 750,000 units were sold last year alone. But it’s the end of the line for the old format, as Funai ...

Consumers spent more than $23 billion dollars on DVDs last year. And if you haven't switched from VHS to DVD yet, now may be the time, suggests CBS News Science and Technology correspondent Daniel ...

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 ...

For once and future Beta VCR owners, Sony’s announcement that it plans to add VHS VCRs to its product line raises a prickly problem. Sony becomes the final electronics giant to fall in line with the ...

If you’re old enough to remember or have seen the vintage advertisements, then Betamax was a videotape format created by Sony that enabled people to record their favorite programs and rent ...

Videotapes and the VCRs they're played on first appeared in the United States in 1977, the same year "Star Wars" was released. However, the technology had been available in Japan since 1971 when the ...

We jump back to 1999 to savour Sony's superlative DVD player. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Back in 1999 the DVD format was ...