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Posted by Steve Guidry on 11/17/06 18:30
That's the EXACT words that someone wrote about Vinyl albums !
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> (daily variety)
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> VHS, 30, dies of loneliness
> The home-entertainment format lived a fruitful life
> By DIANE GARRETT
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> After a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS
> has died of natural causes in the United States. The format was 30
> years old.
> No services are planned.
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> The format had been expected to survive until January, but high-def
> formats and next-generation vidgame consoles hastened its final
> decline.
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> "It's pretty much over," concurred Buena Vista Home Entertainment
> general manager North America Lori MacPherson on Tuesday.
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> VHS is survived by a child, DVD, and by Tivo, VOD and DirecTV. It was
> preceded in death by Betamax, Divx, mini-discs and laserdiscs.
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> Although it had been ailing, the format's death became official in
> this, the video biz's all-important fourth quarter. Retailers decided
> to pull the plug, saying there was no longer shelf space.
>
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