{"id":2968,"date":"2002-08-28T14:01:04","date_gmt":"2002-08-28T19:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2002-08-28T14:01:04","modified_gmt":"2002-08-28T19:01:04","slug":"i_didnt_know_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/08\/28\/i_didnt_know_th.html","title":{"rendered":"I didn’t know they still made them …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… which I guess is the point, as Sony announces it will discontinue manufacturing the Betamax VCR<\/a>. Though it had long since lost the war to VHS standards, the final blow was the explosion of DVD players on the market, and the upcoming writable DVD techology(ies).<\/p>\n

(via Blather<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… which I guess is the point, as Sony announces it will discontinue manufacturing the Betamax VCR. 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