Of course the covers for movies are visually arresting, but equally interesting are the utilitarian pieces. Blank VHS cassettes needed covers as well. Designers chose minimal designs for these, their ...

VHS tapes degrade 10% to 20% over 10 to 25 years. Ebay “ Pinocchio “ Release Date: 1993 Condition: Brand New Current Listing Price: $10,000 “ Dumbo “ Release Date: 1985 Condition: Like New ...

The VHS tape, of course, had a life span. Developed in Japan in 1976, brought to the United States in 1977, and essentially discontinued in 2006 when films stopped converting to tape, this medium ...

“VHS took too long to rewind, they were boxy and cumbersome, the picture was kind of flawed. The tape inside was delicate and just didn’t hold up. DVD just blew it away.” ...

1977: The VHS videocassette format is introduced in North America at a press conference before the Consumer Electronics Show starts in Chicago. Long before the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD ...

Johnson is genuinely passionate about the format, seeing VHS as akin to a first edition of a film. “If you look after the tape, it’s the most robust format.

VHS movies covers offered a new landscape for art, roughly 11" x 8".The VHS cover became a mainstay artform of the 80's and 90's, be it simple cardboard or a more elaborate plastic clamshell.