Time has not been kind to VHS — Harvard Gazette
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50 years after its launch, the technology is all but obsolete.
  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    It had the same benefit that cassette tapes did: It was trivially easy to record things from live TV to watch later, or to copy VHS tapes you rented. My parents were not wealthy by any stretch when I was a kid, but we did have a dual-tape VHS player for that express purpose.