Remembering The VCR…RIP, The End Is Near
The last VCR will be manufactured this month
R.I.P., VCR. Funai Electric, the world’s last known VCR manufacturer, will cease production of video-cassette recorders this month.
Hate ‘Happy Talk’ News? Me Too! Blame William Fyffe! William C. Fyffe, was the television news executive who pioneered the medium’s controversial “happy news” trend more than three decades ago. From the Los Angeles Times: “The longtime president and general manager of WABC-TV in New York City, Fyffe developed his happy-talk format in the Midwest, […]
This is a companion to the just posted GE PC 25 photo from Martin Perry, which you see just below this post. I thought you may be interested in seeing the difference between the two. Notice the lifting handles on this model are above the door. On the PC 25, the handles are at the […]
In the video, notice that the tape reels are stacked on top of each other! One-reel spins one way and the other reel spins the other way! Amazing! There are some good war stories in the comments section below, but here is more on this unique machine. Being described as “portable” is fine, until you […]
August 1, 1981…MTV Debuts The day that video killed the radio star On August 1, 1981, MTV was born, starting its very first ever broadcast with the appropriate 1979 hit “Video Killed the Radio Star.” Source