Goodbye to Original VHS Tape Movies and Shows on Video

The VHS Video Tape is being phased out of existence. All new movies from now on will be on DVD and there will not be a VHS version produced. VHS tapes have been slowly phased out over the past few years and now the rejection is official.

Films and movies started off with the silent versions in the 1890's. Photography during that era led to the discovery of persistence of vision, a phenomena that made still pictures appear to show motion. Over time, the once silent reel to reel movies evolved with sound and picture just before 1930.

In 1939 Television was introduced at the World's Fair. That was less than 100 years ago! It was black and white and as all things were when first introduced, it was expensive to own. The first televisions had tubes inside hence the nickname, "the tube". Over time programming was developed and there was something to watch on "the tube" at home. Television went off the air at night and came back on again in the morning.

The most famous show on television, I Love Lucy, starring Lucille O'Ball and Desi Arnez was on television in 1951! This was the first television show to be recorded on tape for broadcast. It was taped on the West Coast then shipped to the East Coast to be broadcasted on television. It was the first Video Taped program.

Video Tapes did not make it to the general public until VHS Tapes became well known with the introduction of the VCR in the 1970's. According to Wikipedia, September 1976 was the launch date.

In the audio world, reel to reel tapes were replaced by cassette tapes. 8 Track Tapes attempted to get into the market but were quickly phased out. Cassette Tapes next rival were CD's.

In the video world, Beta and VHS were rivals in the new world of home video and over time, VHS won the market making Beta a thing of the past. VHS remained the standard. The DVD introduced in the 1990's has now overtaken the market. The DVD became more popular than VHS in 2003. Now in 2007, it is becoming the standard format for all future home video products.

Video Stores changed over the years to offer DVD as well as VHS and the price of VHS went down considerably. Those stores who were unable to make the transition fell by the wayside. Large stores like Blockbuster and other online DVD providers have remained. VHS repair stores slowly disappeared over the years. The new rivalry is now between two DVD versions, Blue-Ray vs. HD-DVD. The VHS Tape is no longer in the running.