Some companies simply don't forget about VHS: Toshiba Japan announced the D-BW500 today, which essentially is a Blu-ray /DVD and VHS recorder plus a 320GB hard disc rolled into one. The Swiss Army ...

The market for VHS tapes - having fought off competition from Betamax - lasted until the turn of the century, but soon found itself falling behind the more advanced DVD format. DVD players DVD might ...

RCA offers a TV with a built-in DVD player and slips in a VHS recorder as well.

Even Avi’s old VHS/DVD combo outputs UHF. Avi is now the proud owner of a new RF modulator which supports VHF channels, and so can convert modern video signals to something the old TV can see.

Toshiba leads a consortium including NEC and Sanyo in pushing its HD-DVD format, while Sony and Matsushita, maker of Panasonic branded products, have been developing a technology known as Blu-ray.

Toshiba and Matsushita said in a statement the new entity will be the world's third largest manufacturer and seller of TV-use CRTs, with annual sales roughly amounting to ¥270 billion and ...