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Time to Digitize Those VHS Tapes. The VCR Is Officially No More
- Japan’s Funai Electric finally pulls the plug after 30 years
- Sony stopped selling rival Betamax video casettes in March
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If your wedding was recorded on a VHS tape and is collecting dust in the attic, time to get it digitized and uploaded to the cloud. The last maker of video cassette recorders will cease production at the end of this month.
Japan’s Funai Electric Co. churned out VCRs that played the tapes for more than 30 years, selling the machines in North America and China under the Sanyo brand. But last year, it sold only 750,000, according to Japan’s Nikkei, and faced increasing difficulty obtaining parts.