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Santa came through. A VCR was waiting for you under the Christmas tree. Is it Beta or VHS? Or did you get one of the new 8 mm. camcorders? Welcome to the wonderful world of video cassette recorders.

The news has been full of reports that the last company manufacturing consumer VCRs will cease making them this year. I think most of us are surprised that the event is only happening now. After all, ...

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In the early 1960s, technology companies like Phillips began experimenting with condensing reel-to-reel tape players and recorders into something that could be carried around and used by a layperson.

Editor's take: YouTuber Kris Slyka recently revisited the concept behind an odd piece of kit that toy maker Fisher-Price put out way back in the 80s. In short, he was able to figure out how to record ...