Everything Old Is New Again: Goodbye To The VCR
Funai Corporation quietly ended VCR production in 2016, closing a chapter on a format that quietly rewired how America watches television. From time-shifting and commercial-skipping to rental stores, DVDs, DVRs, and today's streaming giants, every modern viewing habit traces its DNA back to that first VHS deck sold forty years ago. The full evolutionary arc - and where it points next - reveals just how circular technological progress can be.
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