I've got boxes of old Beta tapes, and the VCR that recorded them departed this life long ago. Many of said tapes were recorded with this VCR after it was very worn out, and the tracking was probably ...

Time stops for no one, and for no technology. There was a time when you probably preserved family memories by saving them to videotape, but videotape is now completely obsolete. If you’re like a lot ...

Plenty of physical video formats have hit the mainstream over the years and decades - here are the most popular ones, ranked.

The classic case of the problems associated with two distinct electronic formats competing for the same purpose. It was often cited when discussing Blu-ray and HD DVD; two competing high-definition ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he ...

If National VCR Day has you wondering what to do with your old VHS tapes, look no further. Since the popularity of DVDs — and especially now, in the age of streaming — VCRs aren’t the primary way for ...