The videotape era

摘要

Is the ubiquitous VCR about to be dumped in the great technological dustbin, along with so much other obsolete equipment that was once state-of-the-art? You might well think so from the stir caused by Dixons' announcement that it is to cease selling VCRs. There is still a demand for the machines however, because people have large libraries of tapes and new VCRs are so cheap. The problem for Dixons is that there is little profit in selling VCRs and thus not much point in allocating expensive retail space to them. Others will be happy to continue selling them, until disc technology finally takes over. This is fast happening.