AUSTIN, Texas – In a world of Netflix queues, iTunes movie rentals, and 3-D IMAX screenings, there are still purists who believe that the best way to watch entertainment is the VHS tape. And many of ...
Director Josh Johnson's doc is a love letter to the outdated medium and explores how VHS revolutionized people's relationship with media. By Joshua Stecker Rewind This! Still - H 2013 AUSTIN — While ...
Nostalgia and entertainment technology go hand-in-hand. We spend so much time with a physical device that we develop a personal bond with the joy it brings us (talk to any fan of the Sega Dreamcast, ...
One of my earliest memories, from when I was four or five years old, is seeing a cardboard display case decked out with pristine copies of Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman movie, complete with the iconic bat ...
DVDs are filling up bargain bins everywhere, Blu-ray never really took off the way it was supposed to and digital streaming and downloads will soon usurp all physical media for film the way it has for ...
"They've made it so simple to use, the cat could operate it." One of the many great documentaries playing the upcoming SXSW Film Festival is a small indie doc we've been following closely for over a ...
The first time I met Jonathon Carmichael, he was carrying an armful of vintage Halloween blow molds into his horror museum.
When Nicole Wiegand wants to relax, she reaches back to 1987. Most evenings, Ms. Wiegand, a 37-year-old owner of an art store in Philadelphia, browses her extensive video collection, pops one into a ...
SXSW may be all about the latest in social apps and innovative hardware, but it’s also nostalgia central here in Austin. There are pop-up vintage shops opening up in town, we spotted a working ...
In the 1970s, the first ads began appearing in the Caller-Times for the newest home entertainment system, VCRs. Record the TV programs and games you might miss and watch them later, for around $1,000 ...