The VCR, in frail health for decades, has died. The Funai Corp. of Japan, last known maker of videocassette recorders, has said it will stop making the machines by the end of July, aka now. Official ...

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Mark DeLoura still owns a VCR, but he can't recall the last time he actually videotaped a show. After all, the San Francisco resident has found a replacement to the old analog videotapes -- he has ...

This picture shows a VHS videocassette recorder in Tokyo on July 22, 2016. The world's last videocassette recorder is set to roll off the factory line as a Japanese manufacturer ends production of the ...

As the makers of personal video recorders broaden the appeal of their revolutionary devices, a group of Hollywood studios is attacking the recorders’ core functions. PVRs are the digital successor to ...

Robert Siegel speaks with Jon Healey, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, about Sony's decision to cease production of Betamax. Sony announced yesterday that it would stop making the Betamax ...

LAS VEGAS—”Other video devices (videocassette recorders, digital video recorders such as hard drive and DVD recorders, etc.) that receive television signals — 100% of all such units must include DTV ...