As we reported earlier, the VCR is officially dead and buried as the last Japanese manufacturer has ceased production. So, with that in mind, we offer up this small little obituary to the video format ...

YouTube recently took some time to recognize the 57th birthday of the first commercial video cassette recorder, the Ampex VRX-1000. To commemorate the occasion, the video streaming website introduced ...

We slid the hefty cassettes into their slot with a satisfying clunk, and smugly smiled to ourselves at the knowledge EastEnders was safely being ‘taped’ for another day. We might even have written our ...

Between video streaming services and social media, there are countless ways for today's teenagers to pass the time. But these social media users remember what it was like before Netflix, when box set ...

The news has been full of reports that the last company manufacturing consumer VCRs will cease making them this year. I think most of us are surprised that the event is only happening now. After all, ...

While it might not be accurate to say VHS is dead, it’s certainly not a lively format. It continues on in undeath thanks to dedicated collectors and hobbyists, some of whom may be tempted to lynch ...

The trend for all things retro shows no sign of stopping with Y2K fashion, flip-phones and episodes of Friends as popular as ever. While record players and vinyl got their comeback, VHS, floppy discs ...

Editor's take: YouTuber Kris Slyka recently revisited the concept behind an odd piece of kit that toy maker Fisher-Price put out way back in the 80s. In short, he was able to figure out how to record ...

Some people say I cling too much to the past, but recently I abandoned my broken video at an electrical recycling centre, and if that’s not proof of being able to move on, I don’t know what is. When I ...

Stranger Things on VHS is now available—well, kind of. The Netflix original hit series has a collector's edition for its Season 1 DVD and Blu-ray release: video cassette tape–inspired packaging. The ...