The Instagram account advertises itself as resurfacing lost dating service videotapes from the 1980s. Social media users have been genuinely touched. The creators of the Instagram account VHS Dates ...

There was once a time when “straight-to-VHS” was a slur, code for largely terrible bargain bucket movies made for next to nothing yet sporting wildly-overpromising covers. Today, it’s not even a thing ...

Before streaming, before Blu-ray, and before DVDs, the VHS videocassette was the king of video. First launched in Japan in 1976, the format, short for Video Home System, was easy to use, compatible ...

It wasn’t that long ago that a VHS tape was barely worth the magnetic tape it was printed on. With the advent of DVD and Blu-ray, old cassettes were seen as archaic; grainy, muddy, and far less ...

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 ...

“Subscription fatigue,” frustration with streaming content changes, and a desire to collect rare finds are all boosting old-school physical media. The trio of 20-somethings who were happily sifting ...

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 ...

Tutorials might well be the bane of the video game industry's existence. Teaching a player how to do something is surprisingly difficult to do. Even if a developer crafts an educational and ...

Good news, everyone: My bar mitzvah videos from the mid-1990s are now digitized for the ages. While I have no intention of actually watching them — oy, the embarrassment — I recently received the ...

Learn how to create wild and retro CRT/VHS effects for your music videos using After Effects! This tutorial shows step-by-step how to achieve nostalgic, glitchy, and cinematic looks that make your ...