End of an era

[Onkel Neal]

"Be kind, please rewind," the signs used to say in video stores, urging customers to return their rented VHS tapes spooled back to the beginning.
If only Blockbuster could rewind back to the 1990s.

That was the time when the video chain was the colossus of the movie-rental business, with stores in seemingly every city shopping district and suburban strip mall in America. Visiting the store was a weekly rite for many people, who would show up on Friday evenings to check out the latest releases, navigating a crush of couples and families who had exactly the same idea -- only to find out that the last copy of "Air Force One" or "The Lion King" had already been snagged.

That custom is now as gone as a world with three television networks, a UHF station's late show and a Zenith Space Command.

On Wednesday, DISH Network, which purchased Blockbuster in 2011, announced it was closing the chain's 300 remaining U.S.-based retail stores, as well as its distribution centers.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/tech/g...html?hpt=hp_t1

Man, hard to believe it has changed so much.

I'm gonna go rent a video and DVD tomorrow after work--once more for old time's sake!