Blog – Page 37 – Lunchmeat

Category_Collecting, Category_Groovy Stuff, Category_Horror, Category_VHS, Category_Weirdness, Funai Electric, Japan, Japan VCR, Last VCR, media history, VCR, VCRs no longer made, VHS, VHS History - July 21, 2016

Japan-Based Company FUNAI ELECTRONICS Will Stop Making VCRs at the End of July! Thoughts Moving Forward!

Staunch fans of our favorite analog format were met with some historically heartbreaking news yesterday, as confirmed by a Mental Floss UK article. Japan-based consumer electronics company Funai Electric has announced that at the end of this month, they will discontinue manufacturing their VCR units (which were produced in China) due to decline in demand and difficulty finding parts for the machines. At the highest point in their 30-year VCR-making history, Funai (which is known to us here in the States as the brand Sanyo among others) was selling around 15 million VCR units per year, but most recently, their...

SUPER7 Brings Brand New HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Cartoon to VHS for San Diego Comic Con!

The reach of the VHS resurgence has now entered the realm of mainstream animation properties, Tapeheads. The rewind-inclined nostalgia junkies over at Super7 who are known for creating vinyl toys, action figures and various apparel for all kinds of essential 80s excellence are now bringing a brand-new, Filmation-Style episode of He-Man and the MOTU to fresh VHS! The new episode “The Curse of the Three Terrors” is presented by Super7 and will be screening tonight (7/20/16) as a part of San Diego Comic Con. You can get a glimpse at the new cartoon with details on the screening via the...

DEADPOOL Will Receive Limited Edition VHS Release from 20th Century Fox at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con!

Well, Tapeheads, it looks like even 20th Century Fox is getting in on the fresh VHS game! According to a report on the unofficial San Diego Comic Con blog relaying a tweet from the Offcial Deadpool Twitter account, the 2016 superhero smash hit starring Ryan Reynolds will be receiving an extremely limited VHS release at the upcoming SDCC event, which starts tonight with a preview and then runs from July 21st – 24th. For each day of the actual fest, the VHS will be given to the first 25 customers who purchase the Deadpool Blu-Ray from the Fox Home Entertainment...

The Complete List of Horror, Cult and Exploitation VHS Tapes Being Preserved at Yale Library! Click to View it, Tapeheads!

Beyond doubt, the acquisition and preservation of nearly 3000 horror and cult VHS tapes by Yale Library is one of the most significant, exciting and historical events to occur within the VHS collector culture sphere since the beginning of the rewind-inclined resurgence. The Herculean efforts of former Kaplanoff Librarian and VHS physical media enthusiast David J. Gary and his partner Aaron Pratt to help preserve a small portion this particularly loved subset of home video entertainment hasn’t gone unnoticed by major media outlets (both in business and mass fashions), and of course here in Lunchmeat Land, we’ve absolutely championed and...

Experimental Short Horror Film FREE AS DEAD Limited Edition VHS and Cassette Soundtrack Now Available via Lighten Up Sounds!

The more attentive Tapeheads and voracious Videovores out there may already be familiar with Matthew Himes’ Lighten Up Sounds label via their absolutely gorgeous limited edition VHS release of The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari which featured an outstanding re-score by indie experimental outfit Brute Heart. But if you’re not aware of Himes’ LUS label, be sure to check out the extensive interview we conducted with him here in Lunchmeat Land all about his most excellent analog endeavors. Fast forward to the present and this VHSummer, Himes and his LUS brand are back with another slab of outstanding fresh VHS ready...

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Japan-Based Company FUNAI ELECTRONICS Will Stop Making VCRs at the End of July! Thoughts Moving Forward!

SUPER7 Brings Brand New HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Cartoon to VHS for San Diego Comic Con!

DEADPOOL Will Receive Limited Edition VHS Release from 20th Century Fox at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con!

The Complete List of Horror, Cult and Exploitation VHS Tapes Being Preserved at Yale Library! Click to View it, Tapeheads!

Experimental Short Horror Film FREE AS DEAD Limited Edition VHS and Cassette Soundtrack Now Available via Lighten Up Sounds!

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