RIP analog video: Last VCR maker will stop production

I was going to say let's pour one out for the VCR and VHS, but you probably did so a long time ago.

Funai Electric, the last remaining producer of VCRs, will throw in the towel by the end of July. Despite selling over 750,000 VCRs last year, the company's decision to cease production was based on declining sales (you don't say!) and difficulties sourcing the necessary parts to manufacture the '80s-defining machine, according to the Nikkei (via Anime News Network).

In addition to producing VCRs it sold under its own brand, Funai Electric also produced them for other companies like Sanyo. Read more...