In 1998 television sets, videocassette recorders, videocassettes, audiocassettes, and satellite dishes were outlawed in order to enforce the prohibition.
When it's dirty, disconnected or in need of repair, you'll save the day for homeowners who want their stereo, compact-disc player or videocassette recorder in working order.
The growing popularity and availability of videocassette recorders inspired the growing trade of the video rental shops, which in turn accelerated a decline in cinema audiences.
For most people, the surprise wasn't that the videocassette recorder was dying after so many years of quiet, clunky obsolescence, but that it had still been alive.
Improved formats, in which the tape was contained inside a videocassette, were introduced around 1969; the machines which play them are called videocassette recorders.
She researched the series, and due to it being shown in broadcast syndication, she was able to record late-night re-runs using her videocassette recorder.
