Back in the 1970s, 80s, and much of the 90s, videocassette recorders (VCRs) were the pinnacle of home entertainment. Their popularity gave birth to giant rental chains, such as Blockbuster and ...

As the last VCR factory in Japan closes down production, we take a look at the rise and fall of the videocassette recorder and the culture it created. And now we mark the passing of the ...

The videocassette recorder that revolutionized home entertainment by allowing television audiences to capture their favorite shows on tape and watch them at their leisure will die later this ...

Instead of TV football we have TV as football. On one side we have the State of New Yet (SONY) Betas, and on the other side the Junior Viking College (JVC) Viking Home Screamers. The object of the ...

This was before streaming, before Netflix, before DVDs. The videocassette player was the summit of consumer technology. At the rental shop, 12-year-old Jay would bump into friends and neighbors ...

In 1977, Andre Blay owned a company in suburban Detroit with 12 employees. He made corporate training videos and audio tapes featuring the hits of Neil Diamond or Carole King sung by someone else ...

DETROIT, MI - Technicolor Videocassette of Michigan, Inc. is laying off 200 workers in Metro Detroit, according to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act document filed with the ...

She sued Disney officials for her part of royalties from the movie’s videocassette sales. As part of the agreement, neither Disney officials nor Costa can discuss specifics of the settlement.