Your old VHS tapes are likely gathering dust, and they won't last forever. Fortunately, it's easier than ever to preserve ...

I have a 36" Sony Wega, a plain old Sony VCR and Cox digital cable. I've had a hell of a time getting all of them to play like I want, and am turning here for help. What I want to do, primarily, is ...

So the 9 year old Hitachi F382 is dying and I'm not sure what to do about it. I've got a decent collection of Disney and other childrens movies on VHS and I can't afford to replace them all with DVD's ...

Sony announced this week that it will stop selling Betamax cassettes from March 2016. It was a format that appeared not to succeed as Sony had desired. Betamax was introduced by Sony on April 16, 1975 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. ALEXANDRIA, VA.—Like many consumer products, the home videocassette recorder has shrunk a lot ...

Back in 1975, Sony introduced Betamax, an analogue video format meant to serve as an alternative viewing experience to JVC’s video home system (VHS). Since that day, Sony has waged battle with JVC to ...

Remember a few years ago when Blu-ray battled HD-DVD in the high-def DVD format war? Sony and Blu-ray ultimately won out, but there was a time when the electronics giant wasn’t as successful in ...

Which DVD-VCR combo is best? DVD-VCR combos are getting harder to come by, but you can still find them at a handful of retailers. Still, they’re fairly expensive, so it’s important to make sure the ...