Q-Does rewinding or forwarding a tape while in the play mode (for four-head VCRs) wear down heads faster than doing so in the stop mode? A-Stopping a tape and then rewinding or forwarding will cause ...

Director Josh Johnson's doc is a love letter to the outdated medium and explores how VHS revolutionized people's relationship with media. By Joshua Stecker Rewind This! Still - H 2013 AUSTIN — While ...

In the 1970s, the first ads began appearing in the Caller-Times for the newest home entertainment system, VCRs. Record the TV programs and games you might miss and watch them later, for around $1,000 ...

Running into a Blockbuster Video, smelling a room full of plastic cases and VHS tapes, it was a scramble for whichever newly released movies weren’t already rented out. Then, the gentle reminder on ...

DVDs are filling up bargain bins everywhere, Blu-ray never really took off the way it was supposed to and digital streaming and downloads will soon usurp all physical media for film the way it has for ...

When Nicole Wiegand wants to relax, she reaches back to 1987. Most evenings, Ms. Wiegand, a 37-year-old owner of an art store in Philadelphia, browses her extensive video collection, pops one into a ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

SXSW may be all about the latest in social apps and innovative hardware, but it’s also nostalgia central here in Austin. There are pop-up vintage shops opening up in town, we spotted a working ...