The VHS, better known as the "Beta Killer", has died of old age. In this note, we want to remember that plastic cartridge with magnetic tape that so many good times have given us. The VHS has officially declared its death these days with the disappearance of the last company that continued to manufacture these fantastic reproductive devices Who has not had one or more at home? It was the most popular multimedia entertainment system of the time, and there was no shortage of movies to buy. However, the digital age (DVD first) and streaming have ended up killing it. Rest in peace the VHS.
Funai Electronics was a company that marketed these devices since 1983, and has officially stopped doing so. It is no longer the last company in the world that continued to manufacture these devices, it is over. The website Nikkei has reported that Funai Electronics has just officially finished manufacturing the latest VHS on the market. This company manufactured not only players, but also recorders. Outsourced by Sharp, Tosiba, Denon and Sanyo themselves, popular VHS brands of the bygone era. This audiovisual format has been considered obsolete for a long time, but there was still this small loophole in Funai Electronics, a Japanese company that has ended the activity.
This company manufactured 15 million VHS players per year in the most inclusive period, although this figure was drastically reduced to 750.000 units in 2015 (which is not so little, the same or less Windows Phone sells). The main reason to stop manufacturing them has been the lack of components for their construction. We do not deny that there will still be demand for these devices, but we will have to fix the defective ones if we want to continue playing VHS soon. The VHS (Video Home System) format was launched in 1976, owned by JVC, rivaling Sony's Betamax, and was imposed as the commercial format by autonomy.