I wanted to shed a tear when I saw VHS blanks on clearance at my local Walgreen's recently, but then I remembered all the good times in college, when hours of work in the edit bay was ruined by a flaky cassette. ;)

Modern VHS tapes are also useless for repairing an old damaged cassette. They have heat welds instead of screws.

VHS did cling to life a little bit longer in Korea...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/moreska/6530843017/in/set-72157629554410759

What really bakes my noodle is there's still a market in Asia for VCD. Tempted to get all the SW movies on them sometimes.