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12/17/2023
VHS Makes a Comeback with "Tapeheads" Refueling the Surge
There exists an analog revival
Video Home System. Even the name sounds anachronistic. It’s been nearly 20 years since the last major film was released on the clunky format, a plastic rectangle about the size of a box of mac and cheese. Prognosticators pronounced it dead long ago.
However, the demise of VHS has been greatly exaggerated.
Quietly, over the past two decades, as Blockbuster rental stores closed by the thousands, DVD replaced VHS, streaming replaced DVD and digital began to dominate analog media in the war for consumer attention, a few resisters clung tight to their tapes.
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