tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post5901328583039504516..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: Remember when - $995.00 for a VCR, 1977Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-29425388585549244632016-12-20T12:58:47.199-05:002016-12-20T12:58:47.199-05:00My family got our first VCR in 1986 - it had a wir...My family got our first VCR in 1986 - it had a wired remote control!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-70795042947637646922016-12-16T06:28:47.852-05:002016-12-16T06:28:47.852-05:00Late adopter here... 1988. The thought of watching...Late adopter here... 1988. The thought of watching one show and taping another, or even better, taping a show without the TV being on, was just too mind blowing! Television.AUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903689901203419868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-69019061466221539572016-12-15T13:11:08.385-05:002016-12-15T13:11:08.385-05:00BTW, the VCR is officially extinct, the last ones ...BTW, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/22/technology/vcr-funai-last/" rel="nofollow">the VCR is officially extinct</a>, the last ones produced July 2016. Just about 40 years from the time the VHS was introduced.YIHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149048850538200399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-10861614164208870632016-12-15T13:03:18.579-05:002016-12-15T13:03:18.579-05:00I got my first VCR in '84 IIRC - $300. You may...I got my first VCR in '84 IIRC - $300. You may or may not recognize the name: Gold Star (Korean), company still exists, now it's LG electronics.<br />The first Sony's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax" rel="nofollow">came out in '75 (Beta)</a> and were super expensive - $5000 for the VCR alone, $7500 VCR plus TV ($22,430.58/$33,645.86 today - literally the same prices as new cars, then and now). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war" rel="nofollow">VHS came out the next year</a> (yep, a grand - $4,486.12 today).<br />To put it bluntly, three things killed Beta: 2 hour recording on VHS (suitable for movies), anyone could license and produce VHS tapes (Sony monopolized Beta to the extent that even Hollywood was forced to release films for Beta through Sony) and because of that studios didn't have to have Sony's approval for film releases on tape. Which means the porn industry could market to VHS (Sony said ''no porn on Beta'').<br />By the time I got my first VCR video rental was already everywhere and just a few years later, '86 even Sony started to give up and began making VHS VCRs.YIHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149048850538200399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-15057545841241742012016-12-14T23:41:50.730-05:002016-12-14T23:41:50.730-05:00I didn't get my first VCR until 1989-$40. Now...I didn't get my first VCR until 1989-$40. Now you can go on Black Friday to pick up a new DVD player for $20.timdub70https://www.blogger.com/profile/09891461198896930029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-18465509639549913642016-12-14T23:38:38.853-05:002016-12-14T23:38:38.853-05:00For the early adopters...For the early adopters...Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-50332027008429580042016-12-14T08:36:46.264-05:002016-12-14T08:36:46.264-05:00I think I bought my first VCR around 1978-it was a...I think I bought my first VCR around 1978-it was almost $400 even then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com