Last Company Making VCRs Is Pressing Stop on Production

[heisenberg]

Children today no longer recognize it, but the VCR, once common in American households, is finally making a goodbye.

The Funai Corporation of Japan, the last-known company still manufacturing the VCR, said in a statement Thursday that it would stop making VCRs at the end of July because of “difficulty acquiring parts,” The New York Times reports.

http://time.com/4418950/vcr-video-production-japan/

Keep these rare but ancient treasures.

 

[Overmind One]

http://time.com/4418950/vcr-video-production-japan/

Keep these rare but ancient treasures.

We still have a video rental store in Redondo Beach! It's called Premiere Video and the ONLY people you see going in there are old people and a handful of hipsters

http://www.yelp.com/biz/premiere-video-redondo-beach

It is the last video rental store in the south bay, and word has it that they will be closing their doors in a few months. It's a large one, full of VHS video (and even some BETA!)

 

[Bluce Ree]

We still have a video rental store in Redondo Beach! It's called Premiere Video and the ONLY people you see going in there are old people and a handful of hipsters

http://www.yelp.com/biz/premiere-video-redondo-beach

It is the last video rental store in the south bay, and word has it that they will be closing their doors in a few months. It's a large one, full of VHS video (and even some BETA!)

Do they still have the adult section in a small room behind a curtain?

 

[Overmind One]

Do they still have the adult section in a small room behind a curtain?

YES! As a matter of fact, they do!

 

[Overmind One]

Do they still have the adult section in a small room behind a curtain?

It's on the second floor of the store and there is a cheezy mylar curtain wall you have to pass through to get inside. They have both straight and gay films in there (I decided to take a trip through memory lane in there). They saw me taking pictures and told me I could not publish any interior pictures, but were nice about it. There were about 5 people in there browsing.

 

[YJ02]

http://time.com/4418950/vcr-video-production-japan/

Keep these rare but ancient treasures.

how was Funai even making a profit? these machines now sell new for like 19.99 at Walmart

the vcr and beta deserve to just go away

ppl said the same about vinyl records-but they are making a small niche comeback- there is a certain quality that ppl say they like about the vinyl record (idk what it is)--i just don't see anyone in the future doing the same for video tapes

 

[Overmind One]

Premiere Video in Redondo Beach closed Friday. It outlasted Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, GameStop and every video store in the South Bay. Already, before the weekend is even out, it has been converted into a clothing store. This is what it was like:

 

[Lord Ba'al]

It's sad to watch the end of an era. But the world moves on. To be honest, the last time I rented a video must have been like 20 years or so ago.

 

[heisenberg]

I still have ace ventura the pet detective on cassette

 

[Rac80]

I have a dvd player that plays vhs too...actually I also inherited snookie's when she bought herself a blue ray player. hanging on to those for the few vhs I haven't replaced yet. I am always on the lookout for inexpensive dvds of old favorite movies. (half price books is a great place to look - the dvds are open box so you can check the condition! )