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    Japan 'to stop making VCR machines'

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36857370

    Japan 'to stop making VCR machines'

    The last videocassette recorder (VCR) in Japan will be produced by the end of the month, according to the Nikkei newspaper.

    Funai Electric has been producing VHS-playing VCRs for 33 years, most recently in China for Sanyo.

    But last year it sold just 750,000 units, down from a peak of 15 million a year, and has been finding it difficult to source the necessary parts.

    Last year, Sony announced it would stop selling Betamax video cassettes - a rival to the VHS. VCRs were required to play or record such tapes.

    It was 12 years ago that UK High Street retailer Dixons decided to phase out the sale of VCRs due to the popularity of DVD players.

    Some vintage technologies - such as vinyl - have enjoyed a renaissance.

    However, Tania Loeffler, an analyst at IHS Technology, does not think the same nostalgia will ever be felt for VCR-playable formats.

    "I don't see VCR becoming like vinyl, where a lot of people appreciated the warmness of how something sounds on vinyl," she told the BBC.

    "The quality on VHS is not something I think anyone would want to go back to."

    However, she added that a niche market for accessing VHS content, perhaps for archival purposes, would probably mourn the loss of VCRs if they became unavailable.
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    Well, who knew they were still being made?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jérôme Frenchise View Post
    Well, who knew they were still being made?
    That's what I was thinking when I saw this too.
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    Will they soon stop making those too?


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    Apparently the VC is willing to take over the manufacturing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    However, she added that a niche market for accessing VHS content, perhaps for archival purposes, would probably mourn the loss of VCRs if they became unavailable.
    I've dumped most of my VHS to the PC already. There were a couple things I recorded and never watched, and the tape still looked pretty good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
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    "The quality on VHS is not something I think anyone would want to go back to."

    However, she added that a niche market for accessing VHS content, perhaps for archival purposes, would probably mourn the loss of VCRs if they became unavailable.
    Which is kind of strange since Super-VHS copied from film are some of the best sounding audio. Just watch U2's "Rattle & Hum" on VHS and then on DVD/CD and there's no comparison...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jérôme Frenchise View Post
    Will they soon stop making those too?


    Just as long as they still make iPods!

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