Thursday, July 21, 2016

Last manufacturer of VCRs stop after disappointing sales – NU.nl

The devices are rarely sold and it is increasingly difficult to meet the required parts, according to the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei .

The VHS VCR was forty years ago marketed by JVC. Competitors like Sony (Betamax) and Philips (V2000) came up with their own systems.

The competitors got in the end after a fierce battle on VHS, thus expressing the widely accepted technology was to record video and finish play.

DVD

the advent of DVD in 1995 marked the beginning of the end for the tape and recorder. Movie companies spend ten years no more movies on VHS. On Funai after all manufacturers stopped producing VCRs.

Funai makes consumer electronics under its own brand, but also licensed to other technology companies, including Philips, Panasonic subsidiary Sanyo and Magnavox. The company produces since 1983 VCRs, and sold ever 15 million per year. In 2015 there were only 750,000

By:. ANP

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