Desktop and laptop computers, tablets, phones and VCR/DVD players can be safely dropped off for free during specified dates.

CR asks, "What types of old tech are you still using?" Survey says millions cling to DVDs, vinyl records, game consoles, and other outdated tech and physical media.

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Products such the Hi8 VHS VCR to Digital Converter ($115 ... As long as you have a DVD or Blu-ray player, a computer with a DVD drive, or a video game console such as one in the PlayStation ...

Thankfully, her followers no longer have to go on an odyssey — just an outing. A vintage Dorfman flick is about to screen at Halifax's last independent cinema, Carbon Arc, as part of its inaugural ...

VCR technology was invented in 1956 ... were "Blade Runner" and "The Fugitive," released alongside the first DVD players in Japan, while "Twister" was the first DVD commercially available ...

It’s difficult to imagine our lives without them. But just like fax machines, VCR and DVD players - and feature or ‘dumb’ phones before them, the technology is ripe for usurping. If you ask ...

Philips has many audio firsts to its name – it launched the first personal cassette player (EL3300) in 1963 and developed the compact disc (CD) with Sony in the 1980s, along with various other video ...

The decision to end Blu-ray production is not isolated. Others, like Panasonic and LG, have halted manufacturing in recent ...

"Red eyes in photos. My five-year-old son saw an old printed photo of me from 20 years ago and asked why my pupils were red. It's complicated to explain this concept in a smartphone world." ...

And my parents were all about books. We got a combined VHS/DVD player when I was 13, which was the first time I started watching movies. Before that, it was all about books. We had a TV with one ...