Over the decades the video and music industries have tried a wide range of ways to get consumers to buy ‘cheaper’ versions of albums and music, but then limit the playback in some way. Perhaps one of ...

In what has been a complete surprise to me, VHS tapes have gradually, over the last 4-5 years, become super-collectible and actually valuable, in some places. The market has grown rapidly, but before ...

June 7 is National VCR Day. Yes, you read that right. Videocassette recorders are still around and there are enough of them to justify a spot on the National Day Calendar — the national day marketing ...

Technology has taken us from tapes to DVDs to digital streaming in just a few decades. But while a teenager today may have no idea what a VHS tape is, many of us who were around between 1977 and the ...

A friend of mine asked me to turn some of her old VHS video into DVDs for her but I've run into a problem. I've tried 3 VCRs and all of them play the tapes back at SP, but they are clearly recorded at ...