Geek Fact for December 23rd

By Judy Novotny / 12/23/2012 / Geek Facts

In 2008, Distribution Video Audio, Inc. shipped its final truckload of VHS tapes, marking the end of the VHS format.

In the era of the VCR, JVC’s VHS format was much more popular than rival Sony’s Betamax format.

Learn more at http://mroche.umwblogs.org/history-of-the-vhs/.

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.