It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine…

REM supplied the post headline, but Siliconvalley.com supplied the pointer.

“It’s dead, this is it, this is the last Christmas, without a doubt. I was the last one buying VHS and the last one selling it, and I’m done. Anything left in warehouse we’ll just give away or throw away.”

— Ryan J. Kugler, president and co-owner of Distribution Video Audio, proclaims the end of an era

The day the VHS died…

At this point, beating a dead horse, ja? WHO – in the last five or so years – has intentionally purchased a VHS player?? I don’t get it. Unless you have a lot of VHS tapes and your player died…