He was the last VCRs manufacturer in the world. Japan’s Funai Electric announced the closure of the end of July the production of these devices popularized in the years 1970-1980. And somehow, it falls a bit bare when discovering its official death he was not yet quite dead!
We even discovered that global sales were still 750 000 units last year. Funai Electric and especially selling its devices in the United States, particularly under the Sanyo brand. But it was too little compared to 15 million units that were set in the early 2000. “One of our suppliers found it difficult to continue manufacturing a component for such a small volume, which led us to take this decision, “said Funai Electric, whose factory is in China.
During their heyday, these large cassette devices have invaded our living rooms. The oldest will remember that in 1982 Laurent Fabius had to stop the invasion … in Poitiers! Thousands of aircraft had been stored there awaiting customs inspection to curb a craze that began to hurt our balance of payments
Vintage
And as might s ‘await the funeral announcement aroused emotion. Although no official statement has been issued, the company was beset calls since has filtered information in local media. Among them, a librarian keeping its shelves of videotapes or people eager to view old memories. They will always have the possibility to find on online shopping sites. On eBay, the “vintage VCR” link leads to hundreds of ads. For maximum fifty euros, you can save your old VHS …
Last year, the electronics giant Sony announced the imminent end of the sale of Betamax videotapes the general public, a symbolic epilogue for a product born in 1975 and quickly dethroned by the VHS format. He had already stopped making them for some time, but he continued to provide fans with the remaining quantities. As for video recorders, the last came out of the factory in 2002.
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