Japan 'to stop making VCR machines'

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  • Seshmeister
    ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

    • Oct 2003
    • 35155
    #1

    Japan 'to stop making VCR machines'

    Japan 'to stop making VCR machines'
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36857370
    The last videocassette recorder (VCR) in Japan is to be produced by the end of the month, according to the Nikkei newspaper.


    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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    • Jérôme Frenchise
      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
      • Nov 2004
      • 7173
      #2
      Well, who knew they were still being made?
      posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.
      posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.

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        • cadaverdog
          ROTH ARMY SUPREME
          • Aug 2007
          • 8958
          #3
          Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
          Well, who knew they were still being made?
          That's what I was thinking when I saw this too.
          Beware of Dog

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            • Jérôme Frenchise
              ROTH ARMY SUPREME
              • Nov 2004
              • 7173
              #4
              Will they soon stop making those too?

              posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.
              posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.

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                • FORD
                  ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

                  • Jan 2004
                  • 58755
                  #5
                  Apparently the VC is willing to take over the manufacturing?
                  Eat Us And Smile

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                    • twonabomber
                      formerly F A T
                      ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                      • Jan 2004
                      • 11201
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Seshmeister
                      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.
                      Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.

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                        • Nickdfresh
                          SUPER MODERATOR

                          • Oct 2004
                          • 49125
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Seshmeister
                          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36857370

                          ...
                          "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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                            • Nickdfresh
                              SUPER MODERATOR

                              • Oct 2004
                              • 49125
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
                              Will they soon stop making those too?


                              Just as long as they still make iPods!

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