Sometimes history works this way. A seemingly minor decision-a decision made on the spur of the moment by millions of Americans far back in time (the early 1980s)-returns to haunt those millions of ...

The news has been full of reports that the last company manufacturing consumer VCRs will cease making them this year. I think most of us are surprised that the event is only happening now. After all, ...

Sometimes a seemingly minor decision, made on the spur of the moment by millions of Americans far back in time, returns to haunt those millions and change their lives forever. You remember — back in ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA.—Like many consumer products, the home videocassette recorder has shrunk a lot over the years, going from carry-on luggage-sized steel boxes weighing 30 pounds or more, to lightweight ...

What VHS couldn't do, digital did. Sony's Betamax video tape recorder, which famously lost the 1980s video format war but held on for decades as a niche product, will finally be laid to rest after ...

Remember a few years ago when Blu-ray battled HD-DVD in the high-def DVD format war? Sony and Blu-ray ultimately won out, but there was a time when the electronics giant wasn’t as successful in ...