RIP – VHS finally dies

In much the same way Blu-ray hopes to eventually ‘kill’ the inferior DVD, DVD has finally buried VHS. “Old news!” I hear you cry, and yes, I appreciate that the VHS has been facing this impending doom for a while, but the day has finally come where we can officially say that it is a thing of the past.

Up until now JVC, the developers of VHS, have been the only major company to still make standalone VHS players, with companies like Panasonic blaming the obviously empty market for them stopping production. The last film to be released on VHS, “A History of Violence,” was released in 2006, completing 30 years of VHS dominated home visual entertainment, which started with “The Young Teacher.” Continued after the break.