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VHS at CES 2009: Still alive (and photos to prove it)

Perhaps the rumors of the death of VHS were (somewhat) exaggerated. At least three top manufacturers still have combo VCRs in their product lines--one of which also includes a Blu-ray player.

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January 11, 2009 5:50 PM PST

One of the biggest surprises of CES 2009 was the Panasonic DMP-BD70V, which combines a state-of-the-art Blu-ray player with (wait for it) a VCR. No, you won't be able to dub your Blu-ray movies to VHS, but die-hard VHS-philes will be able to play back those old tapes and watch brand-new Blu-rays on the same box.

Photo credit: Panasonic

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CES awards and nominees

Best of CES, 2009

Best of CES 2009 and
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