Post by thomasallencummins on Jan 5, 2009 13:32:06 GMT -5
tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=16348943>1=40000
"After 20 years as the video format of choice, the VHS tape is finally extinct.
The VHS format has finally died. Even though most of us probably thought it was already long gone, its death certificate was signed when Distribution Video Audio of Palm Harbor, Fla. -- the last major supplier of VHS tapes -- shipped the last of its salable stock. "
Okay. I noticed VHS taking a header years ago but it is a bit of a shock to read that the format is now finally gonzo.
I'm old enough to have lived through the VHS/BETAMAX war and still hold that event up as an example of a superior product losing out to open licensing of the clearly inferior competitor. PC and Mac battled in this way and continue to wage war to this day. (I always find it odd that PC and MAC are shown in conflict but it is actually Microsoft and Apple that are competing. Unlike Mac, PC is the physical device and Windows the operating system. They are not one and the same, however Apple produces Macs exclusively. Its really not the same situation when it comes down to it....however i digress.)
Goodbye VHS...you were a good friend to us...except when the vcr ate the tape and ruined our Friday nights!
Be afraid, dvd. Blu Ray is coming for you. ;D
"After 20 years as the video format of choice, the VHS tape is finally extinct.
The VHS format has finally died. Even though most of us probably thought it was already long gone, its death certificate was signed when Distribution Video Audio of Palm Harbor, Fla. -- the last major supplier of VHS tapes -- shipped the last of its salable stock. "
Okay. I noticed VHS taking a header years ago but it is a bit of a shock to read that the format is now finally gonzo.
I'm old enough to have lived through the VHS/BETAMAX war and still hold that event up as an example of a superior product losing out to open licensing of the clearly inferior competitor. PC and Mac battled in this way and continue to wage war to this day. (I always find it odd that PC and MAC are shown in conflict but it is actually Microsoft and Apple that are competing. Unlike Mac, PC is the physical device and Windows the operating system. They are not one and the same, however Apple produces Macs exclusively. Its really not the same situation when it comes down to it....however i digress.)
Goodbye VHS...you were a good friend to us...except when the vcr ate the tape and ruined our Friday nights!
Be afraid, dvd. Blu Ray is coming for you. ;D
