JVC has ceased production of its single remaining VHS player after a successful run of 32 years. The player, long ago technically obsolete, was made primarily to service older, supplementary ...

In addition to unveiling its first I’ART flat-screen direct-view HDTV monitor (see TWICE, Sept. 3, 2001, p. 8), JVC of America used CEDIA Expo to announce plans for its first HDTV-capable D-VHS VCR.

A company in Japan only recently realized it was time to stop making Video Home System machines—commonly known as VHS. Japan-based Funai announced earlier in July that it would cease production of its ...

Formats never truly die, but their eras always have a few painful stages of decline. First, there’s the arrival of a promising new competitor, then its steady rise, which is invariably followed by a ...

Maybe if I had a time machine I could go back in time to figure out what the hell VHS is. Apparently it was a black box that you insert into a deck and it played movies? Then you had to…rewind it?

It's the end of an era as the sole surviving manufacturer of VCR machines has confirmed it will be ending production. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Furthering its penetration and market prominence in the DVD player market, Spatializer Audio Laboratories Inc. announced today that its audio enhancement solutions have been adopted into JVC's new DVD ...

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 ...

1977: The VHS videocassette format is introduced in North America at a press conference before the Consumer Electronics Show starts in Chicago. Long before the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, there ...

Most people who grew up in the 1980s remember the giddiness that came with getting the family's first video player. The technology was revolutionary for its time, allowing owners to record on ...