Iyo VHS, inozivikanwa zviri nani se "Beta Killer", yafa nekuchembera. Mune ino noti, tinoda kurangarira iyo epurasitiki katuriji ine magnetic tepi iyo yakawanda nguva yakanaka yatakatipa. VHS yakazivisa zviri pamutemo kufa kwayo mazuva ano nekutsakatika kwekambani yekupedzisira yakaramba ichigadzira izvi zvinonakidza zvekubereka zvigadzirwa Ndiani anga asina kana imwe pamba? Yaive yakakurumbira sisitimu yevaraidzo yemultimedia yenguva iyoyo, uye pakanga pasina kushomeka kwemafirimu ekutenga. Nekudaro, iyo dhijitari zera (DVD kutanga) uye kutenderera vakapedzisira vakuuraya. Zorora murunyararo iyo VHS.
Funai Electronics yaive kambani yanga ichitengesa michina iyi kubvira 1983, uye yakamira zviri pamutemo kuzviita. Haisisiri yekupedzisira kambani munyika inoenderera nekugadzira michina iyi, zvapera. Iyo webhusaiti Nikkei yakashuma kuti Funai Electronics ichangopedza zviri pamutemo kugadzira iyo yazvino VHS pamusika. Iyi kambani yaigadzira kwete vatambi chete, asiwo marekodhi. Yakarongedzwa naSharp, Tosiba, Denon naSanyo pachavo, dzakakurumbira VHS zvigadzirwa zvenguva yakapfuura. Iyi fomati yekuteerera uye yekuona yaonekwa seisingachashandi kwenguva yakareba, asi ichi chidiki diki chakange chiripo muFunai Electronics, kambani yeJapan yakapedza chiitiko ichi.
Iyi kambani inogadzira mamirioni gumi nemashanu VHS vatambi pagore munguva inosanganisirwa, kunyange hazvo nhamba iyi yakadzikiswa zvakanyanya kusvika kumazana mazana manomwe nemazana mashanu muna15 (izvo zvisiri zvishoma, zvakafanana kana zvishoma Windows Runhare inotengesa). Chikonzero chikuru chekumira kuchigadzira kwave kuri kushomeka kwezvinhu zvekuvaka kwavo. Hatirambe kuti kucharamba kuchidikanwa zvemidziyo iyi, asi isu tichafanirwa kugadzirisa izvo zvisina kukwana kana tichida kuramba tichiridza VHS munguva pfupi. Iyo VHS (Vhidhiyo Imba Sisitimu) fomati yakavambwa muna 1976, yaive yeJVC, ichikwikwidza Sony's Betamax, uye yakamisikidzwa senge yekutengesa fomati nerusununguko.