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Yesterday, Engadget reports that Wal Mart is killing the VCR, which they have the power to do:

"All you people who bought Beta back in the day can feel better now ? VHS is dead now, too. Ok, well maybe it?s not quite dead yet, but Wal-Mart, the most powerful retailer the world has ever known, says that they?re going to completely stop selling VCRs and VHS tapes by early next year… "

The report was not without merit, this ARTICLE said so : LINK.
I guess the report was wrong and Wal Mart quickly made it clear that the story linked above was wrong. LINK

So breath easy, it not dead, yet!
In my home, I have 3 DVD/VCR combo players. One in the bedroom for my wife to watch and record her shows. (she didn’t want to learn the Digital Recorder or Tivo thing) The one in the living room and the one in daughter’s room is for the 200 thousand Disney movies my daughter has collected.

and for comment leaver #20 on engadget, here is a story:
The 2nd season of "the 4400" started a couple weeks ago, so my wife recorded the 1st 2 hour episode. A co-worker of mine, in Alabama with me, missed it and was irate about forgetting it. I offered my VHS recording to make him happy. He declined stating that he didn’t even own a VCR. He left the VCR back when us in small hick towns got our stoplights.

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