It's the end of an era. The world's last Video Cassette Recorder will be manufactured this month. While the machines will no longer be produced, many say the tapes will remain popular for years.
Paul Lippa is in the business of transferring VHS tapes and other forms of media to DVD. He says customers concerned about preserving their family history are all about converting their tapes.
"Our business is quite steady," said Lippa, who is the store manager of Dub King in Austin. "Every time you go home to see your parents on a holiday you look in the corner and say, 'what are those?' Those are your family tapes and we have a spike after every one of the holidays."
While many now consider digital the way to go, some say tapes will always have a purpose despite the fact that the machines that play the tapes will soon no longer be manufactured.
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"I don't know if it'll be like record players where somebody out there will be like, 'well, I'll make VCRs because they're important,'" said Brian Connolly, of Vulcan Video.
Even if they don't, used VCRs are easy to come by and because so many movies still only exist on tape, many say VHS isn't going anywhere.
"If you're studying the films of a certain director, you want to see every film by a certain director or actor, and all those people will have at least one movie that's only on videotape," said Connolly.
That's why stores like Vulcan Video still have so many tapes.
"That's sort of like what made us last past Blockbuster and Hollywood," explained Connolly.
Plus, some people just like having the tapes.
"If it's Star Wars on VHS they'll play it, they'll watch it lower quality because it's harder to find a version of Star Wars that isn't all digitized," said Connolly.
A passion for VHS just like some have a passion for vinyl.