Marketing mistakes can eclipse many technological triumphs. Sometimes the last of a dying breed ranks superior to its replacement. So it is with Sony`s SL-HF900 Beta videocassette recorder. It doesn`t ...

So the 9 year old Hitachi F382 is dying and I'm not sure what to do about it. I've got a decent collection of Disney and other childrens movies on VHS and I can't afford to replace them all with DVD's ...

When was the last time you watched a VHS tape? Someone out there is certainly still using them — some 750,000 units were sold last year alone. But it’s the end of the line for the old format, as Funai ...

Remember a few years ago when Blu-ray battled HD-DVD in the high-def DVD format war? Sony and Blu-ray ultimately won out, but there was a time when the electronics giant wasn’t as successful in ...

We’re not crying. You’re crying. An 86-year-old eBay shopper wrote a heartwarming letter to the seller who sent him a VHS player, thanking him for helping bring back memories of his younger days.

Q-I was wondering if the major companies that make blank VCR tapes will come out with one on which you can play both sides, like, say, an audiocassette or LP. A-You will never see a videocassette tape ...