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R.I.P.: VHS

In October, JVC, the first and last company to make VCRs, announced it would suspend production of the standalone machines. And now, VHS tapes appear to be facing the same fate.
Distribution Video Audio Inc. of Burbank, California specializes in selling older formats to those who still want them. But, as the last major supplier of VHS tapes in the country, they have no plans to continue stocking them.
CBS News report HERE

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December 25, 2008 Posted by | vhs | Leave a comment

Found Footage Festival

VHS isn’t dead, just ask the guys from the Found Footage Festival. Now in its fourth year, the festival returns to New York City this weekend to celebrate wacky, weird and riotous VHS footage that has been found all over the country in dumpsters, abandoned warehouses, estate sales and in even McDonald’s break rooms.
Jack Rebney, “The World’s Angriest R.V. Salesman” who — unbeknownst that the camera was still rolling — swears up a storm in a four-minute collection of outtakes from a 1989 promotional video advertising Winnebago motorhomes will be honored once again at the event.

November 8, 2008 Posted by | found footage festival, jack rebney, mcdonalds, vhs, winnebago | Leave a comment