the.com/videotape
the tape that turned memory into merchandise, then got erased by a hard drive.
means a magnetic strip that records and plays back video and audio, once the default way to own a movie or a moment.
from invented in 1956 by ampex, whose quadruplex recorder let tv stations tape shows instead of airing everything live; by the late 1970s vhs and betamax shrank the tech for living rooms and launched the format war of the century.
format warvhs beat betamax despite worse picture quality
blockbuster erabuilt an empire renting these by the millions
be kindrewind stickers were basically etiquette enforcement