The last videocassette recorder (VCR) in Japan will be produced by the end of the month, according to the Nikkei newspaper.据MBS新闻报道，本月月底，日本将生产最后一台盒式磁带录像机（VCR）。Funai Electric has been producing VHS-playing VCRs for 33 years, most recently in China for Sanyo.船井电机株式会社早已制造家用视频系统盒式磁带录像机三十三年。最近在中国为三洋生产录像机。
But last year it sold just 750,000 units, down from a peak of 15 million a year, and has been finding it difficult to source the necessary parts.但是去年，盒式磁带录像机只售出了七十五万台，近不及曾多次一年销售一千五百万台的佳绩，而且现在机器的主要配件也很难寻到。VCRs were introduced in the 1970s but were superseded by DVD technology.盒式磁带录像机自二十世纪七十年代引入，但旋即被DVD技术代替。
Last year, Sony announced it would stop selling Betamax video cassettes - a rival to the VHS. VCRs were required to play or record such tapes.去年，索尼宣告它将暂停销售Beta制式录像机的录像带。Beta制式录像带是VCR制式录像带的竞争对手。盒式磁带录像机必须录像带才能播出或视频。
It was 12 years ago that UK High Street retailer Dixons decided to phase out the sale of VCRs due to the popularity of DVD players.十二年前，英国低街零售商迪克森由于DVD播放机的风行而要求逐步暂停销售盒式磁带录像机。Niche market“小众市场”Some vintage technologies - such as vinyl - have enjoyed a renaissance.一些用于古董技术的产品，如黑胶唱片，又新的流行起来。
However, Tania Loeffler, an analyst at IHS Technology, does not think the same nostalgia will ever be felt for VCR-playable formats.然而，IHS科技公司的分析员塔尼亚·莱夫纳指出盒式磁带录像机会步入某种程度的浪漫风潮。I dont see VCR becoming like vinyl, where a lot of people appreciated the warmness of how something sounds on vinyl, she told the BBC.她告诉他BBC：“很多人喜爱黑胶唱片是因为它播出出来的声音带着一种寒冷的感觉。
但我找到盒式磁带录像机并无法像黑胶唱片一样给大家带给相近的感觉。”The quality on VHS is not something I think anyone would want to go back to.“我指出没有人不会想盒式磁带录像机的画质和音质。”However, she added that a niche market for accessing VHS content, perhaps for archival purposes, would probably mourn the loss of VCRs if they became unavailable.但是她补足道，在盒式磁带录像机解散市场后，或许人们出于档案整理等原因仍然不会想要播出盒式磁带的内容，从而构成盒式磁带录像机的小众市场，这也许将沦为缅怀盒式磁带录像机的一种方式。
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