Long before studios made direct-to-streaming movies, which are pretty decent quality, there were direct-to-video movies, ...

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Roger is a long-time tech journalist with many site credits including AppleInsider and Android Authority. His specialties include everything from Apple, Android, and Windows devices through to ...

Scroll through the deceivingly “endless” options on streaming sites — all of them at the touch of a button — and you may find it difficult to imagine that there are cinephiles out there who prefer to ...

It’s been half a century since the VHS (Video Home System) tape was introduced to the world, allowing movie lovers to watch their favorite flicks on demand for the first time. We kept playing (and ...

In the midst of a big clear-out of drawers and cupboards you rarely venture into, you'll probably find a little more than you bargained for. Perhaps you didn't realize just how many VHS tapes you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. George Yang is a critic covering Japanese and Western games. According to an interview with Famitsu, Tales series producer Yusuke ...

Long Beach resident Evan Halleck is using social media to chronicle his mission to amass the world’s largest collection of “The Mummy” on VHS. His one rule is that he must acquire tapes through visits ...

Videotapes and the VCRs they're played on first appeared in the United States in 1977, the same year "Star Wars" was released. However, the technology had been available in Japan since 1971 when the ...

Here’s a rewind to the days before streaming. Hundreds of analogue enthusiasts spun through rare VHS, cassettes and even eight-tracks at the first-ever NYC Tape Fair in Bushwick on Sunday – as buyers ...

The Tales games have spent three decades proving to be one of the most enduring RPG franchises around. The likes of Tales of Destiny and Tales of Symphonia feel like timeless stories, but there’s no ...

If you own analog tape covered in fuzzy gunk, this machine might make them playable again. If you own analog tape covered in fuzzy gunk, this machine might make them playable again. is an audio and ...