article that explains that one store that sold pre-recorded VHS tapes
has finally sold the last in its inventory.
This does not mean VHS tapes themselves have stopped being made. Casinos
use wall banks of VCRs with their in-store security cameras. They are
the biggest users of VCRs and the tapes they use. so blank tape
manufacturing obviously will still continue.
And I'm also sure that mastering decks for digitally mastered VHS tapes
still are being used, as well as home use. VHS-Compact, a tape size used
in videocameras, are still on shelves.
VHS isn't dead. They said that about vinyl records, and those are
experiencing a come-back in popularity.
Even in spite of all these Digital video recorders and the like, unless
those same recorders will burn your programs onto a DVD Recordable,
you'll probably end up taping it. I wouldn't buy one of those units
unless the listings service was free and I could make a copy onto
removeable media. No sense in getting one if it doesn't do that, and
it's just as easy to hook up a VHS VCR and make a tape anyway - and
process it through GoDVD. Heh.
And another thing about these Hard Drive DVRs - why don't they use the
standard NTFS file system on the drives? It would be handy to plug in
your drive, let the DVR put stuff on it, then pop the drive onto your PC
and make an edited DVD from the content. Has someone figured out how to
do this anyway?
Anywho, VHS isn't dead. One store may have sold the last it's selling -
it just means you'll have to look other places.
If you're going to quote a news story, you don't mis-quote it to make
something up.
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