A new page in the history of technology turns. The last video recorders manufacturer announced that stops the costs. Hard to believe in a world where digital and especially the dematerialized reign supreme, Funai Electric to sell even 750,000 copies last year, especially in the United States under the Sanyo brand.
In 2012, Panasonic is his compatriot who was quitting the manufacture of this machine that had its heyday in the 80s with the advent of VHS. Funai Electric still sold 15 million units in the early 2000s will stop production from this July.
” one of our suppliers found it difficult to continue making a component for such a small volume, which has led us to make this decision, “said Funai Electric, whose factory is in China. Last year, Sony is announcing the cessation of production of its Betamax cassettes, VHS unsuccessful competitor who nevertheless should find its place among professionals of the image.
Remember that it ‘ in March 1972 Philips introduces the first VCR to public use tape, the VCR (Video cassette Recorder) with 45 minutes of recording capacity. Three years later, Sony launched its Betamax but JVC who won the last in 1976 with the VHS (Video Home System) with from the beginning a maximum recording capacity of 3 hours, then pushed to 4 hours and 5 hours ., and finally 10 hours in long play mode
other manufacturers try to impose new formats: SVR by Grunding, V2000 in 1979 by Philips and Grundig with the enormous advantage over its competitors using videotapes recordable on both sides (as the audio cassette) or the LVR (Longitudinal video Recorder) developed by BASF.
No one really impose against the VHS that was quickly adopted by the majors film, creating the huge market of video clubs. Only the DVD and digital quality manage to bend the venerable format.
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