I've always been fascinated by old VHS tapes and the surprising value some of them can hold today. While most people see them ...

Now that the last new VCR is about to be made, it's time to start appreciating the device and its medium-the humble VHS tape-from an historical and artistic perspective. Yes, that is possible. VHS ...

It’s hard to remember in today’s digital world, where nearly everything is just a string of code on a hard drive, but physical media used to be beautiful. And not just the giant, colorful album ...

These days, video barely exists as a physical medium for most Americans. It streams in ultra high-quality through the air, like magic. For decades, though, video came encased in plastic rectangles ...

There was a time when “taping a game” wasn’t just a phrase, but an actuality. From the 1970’s to the early 2000’s, the preferred method of saving television programs was to take a VHS cassette, insert ...

Some people say I cling too much to the past, but recently I abandoned my broken video at an electrical recycling centre, and if that’s not proof of being able to move on, I don’t know what is. When I ...

After a long day at the office, Hannah Johnson, a deputy county prosecutor in Indiana, likes to unwind with a movie — so she throws one of the nearly 200 VHS tapes she owns into her VCR player. "It's ...