Bye-bye, bulky box: Last maker of VCRs winding down Once cutting-edge technology, video cassette recorders have been rendered obselete although some still swear by them.

VCRs were used to play and record onto VHS cassettes The last videocassette recorder (VCR) in Japan will be produced by the end of the month, according to the Nikkei newspaper., external Funai ...

Funai Electric, a Japanese company that claims to be the only remaining VCR manufacturer, has announced that it will end production of the formerly iconic machines at the end of the month.