Re: vhs 1976 - 2006

From: Mark Horchler (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Nov 17 2006 - 10:27:03 PST


Good riddance!!!!

- marc

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Le 17 nov. 06 à 19:14, TIE a écrit :

> We will miss you VHS! We had so many beautiful memories together.
>
> 1976 - 2006
>
> “It’s pretty much over,” concurred Buena Vista Home Entertainment
> general manager North America Lori MacPherson on Tuesday. VHS is
> survived by a child, DVD, and by Tivo, VOD and DirecTV. It was
> preceded in death by Betamax, Divx, mini-discs and laserdiscs.
> Although it had been ailing, the format’s death became official in
> this, the video biz’s all-important fourth quarter. Retailers
> decided to pull the plug, saying there was no longer shelf space.
> As a tribute to the late, great VHS, Toys ‘R’ Us will continue to
> carry a few titles like “Barney,” and some dollar video chains will
> still handle cassettes for those who cannot deal with the death of
> the format.
>
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