“If you had a really moldy tape, there was mold flying everywhere,” Crouch told me about existing cleaning methods. “I just ...

Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be obsolete.

After the DeepSeek-related stock meltdown last week, a reader's thought-provoking question has Ian pushing back against a ...

Betamax and VHS tapes. Pro tip: If you’re dealing with very old or fragile film, allow a professional to digitize it (see option No. 5). Even if you still have the machine to play it on as part ...

He downplayed concerns that Nvidia’s dominance in the AI sector was at risk, likening the current panic to the short-lived Betamax video format’s battle against VHS. The sell-off comes amid ...

Lee dismissed concerns that Nvidia could become “Betamax” – referencing the obsolete video format that lost to VHS – noting that such a scenario would be the only justification for Monday ...

In 2003, when his extensive collection of VHS, cassette and Betamax tapes that contained recordings of old radio, television shows and movies seemed to be nearing their life expectancy ...

Blu-Ray won the Betamax/VHS war against HDDVDs when the formats ... MiniDV cassettes, mostly used in video production, debuted in 1995. MiniDisc and MD Data arrvied in 1992 and 1993, respectively.

Suda Prohaska was the reporter 43 years ago, Feb. 13, 1982. VCRs were expensive home electronics back then. Today, they've been replaced by DVRs and streaming services.

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