# When are mainstream studios going to stop releasing movies on VHS tape?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-mainstream-studios-going-to-stop-releasing-movies-on-vhs-tape/119864 "2002-07-19T19:40:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-mainstream-studios-going-to-stop-releasing-movies-on-vhs-tape/119864/1 "2002-07-19T19:40:56Z")

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Is there a schedule as to when this is going to happen? 2 years? 10?

I have noticed some video rental stores in my area (since they have finite footage) has been shrinking the VHS section and enlarging the DVD section.

I’m curious if there is a master-plan at work by the big studios on this.

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**Author:** ![mazzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@mazzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazzer)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-mainstream-studios-going-to-stop-releasing-movies-on-vhs-tape/119864/2 "2002-07-19T20:17:37Z")

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The master plan is, when you stop buyin’ ‘em, they’ll stop makin’ 'em. I’m sure they have a tentative timeline, but we’re still a couple years off from the day when new movies won’t be released on VHS. Thus, they’ll probably check their market research and slowly decrease their shipments.