I still watch VHS tapes in 2026 for a very good reason

Despite today’s ongoing physical media renaissance, VHS tapes haven’t experienced the sort of retro revival fanaticism as, say, vinyl records, CDs, or DVDs. On the surface, it’s easy to see why: tapes were always a bit of a troublesome format, what with their middling audiovisual quality, as well as with their propensity to degrade during repeated use.