{
  "question": "Was today the day the last VHS tape was made?",
  "url": "https://was.today/the-day-the-last-vhs-tape-was-made",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — the last VCRs rolled off Funai's line in July 2016, a decade before today.",
  "details": [
    "Funai Electric ended VCR production in July 2016",
    "That was about 10 years and 3 months ago",
    "Tape production largely ended even earlier"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette",
      "url": "https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/mar/13/vhs-tapes-cultural-time-capsules-of-nostalgic/"
    },
    {
      "title": "BBC",
      "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-36896924"
    },
    {
      "title": "USA Today",
      "url": "https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2016/07/22/vcrs-and-vhs-tapes-through-the-years/87451844/"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-27",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/the-day-the-last-vhs-tape-was-made/2026-10-27",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T08:54:37.806Z"
}