VCR

A videocassette recorder (VCR), also simply known as a video recorder, is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and video from broadcast television or other source(s) on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette, and can play back the recording. By the 1980s, pre-recorded tapes were widely available for retail and rental and blank tapes were sold to make recordings.

VCRs declined in popularity during the early 21st century and in July 2016, Funai Electric Co., Ltd., the last manufacturer of the devices, ceased production.