VHS: R.I.P.
November 17th, 2006 | 
Author: It hung on for as long as it could, but the VHS tape is now officially dead.
We had some good times together, VHS and me. Hundreds of recorded Simpsons and X-Files episodes, some home movies, stacks of cheap movies filling my cabinets. Fast-forwarding and rewinding over and over and over, trying to find the right spot. Frustration at pulling a jammed tape out of the player only to see black tape spooling out. My never-broken habit of never, ever labeling my tapes so that finding a specific episode of anything required perseverance, a lot of fast-forwarding, and inhuman memory skills. Frantic runs to Wal-Mart for more blank tapes because Something Important Was Coming On, which would never be watched again. Good times, good times.
Fare well, VHS, in landfills and Goodwill stores across the land. And if you go on to a better place, always remember those timeless words of spiritual wisdom:
"Be Kind. Rewind."
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VHS will not be dead until the last readable flake of ferrous oxide drifts slowly to the floor of the internal workings of my last functional VCR. Even the horse and buggy is still around decades after the horseless carriage was supposed to spell its doom. Yes, eight-track tapes did eventually disappear but they outlasted their loudest critics. VHS will be alive so long as your favorite off-air recording of those Simpson episodes still play.
Oh somewhere in this happy land VCRs still play…and somewhere the sound of rewinding can be heard…
So long as there are VCRs that still rewind and play
The VHS will live on
Yet to have its final day!
LONG LIVE the Questionable quality!
LONG LIVE those object d'art
Which lovingly hold our favorite TV shows!
Like Vinyl, 8-track, and cassette, Take your place VHS among the nostalgically loved and dust collecting memories of a great run.
It's still usefull for me for time-shifting football games
and such. No, no one is going to
be buying pre-recorded movies
on VHS anymore since DVD player
prices start at $30 but as long
as Tivo charges fees I will keep
my trusty old deck….