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   What happened to the video store?

   • Once upon a time, the video store was a hub of entertainment and memories. Mr. Blue MauMau/CC BY 2.0 Though some specialty video rental shops survive, the golden age of the video store is over. Browsing the wide variety of online streaming options has largely replaced wandering the aisles of the local rental shop. But the memories remain.

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   Where is the oldest video rental store in the world?

   • A video rental store in Berwyn, Illinois in the US. (Closed in 2015) The world's oldest business renting out copies of movies for private use was a film reel rental shop opened by Eckhard Baum in Kassel, Germany in the summer of 1975.

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   Do video rental shops still exist?

   • Though some specialty video rental shops survive, the golden age of the video store is over. Browsing the wide variety of online streaming options has largely replaced wandering the aisles of the local rental shop. But the memories remain. We reached out to our readers and asked them to recall their favorite moments from the rental days gone by.

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   What is a video rental shop / store?

   • A video rental shop / store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game discs and other media content. Typically, a rental shop conducts business with customers under conditions and terms agreed upon in a rental agreement or contract, which may be implied, explicit, or written.

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   History. 1970s. The world's oldest business renting out copies of movies for private use was a film reel rental shop opened by Eckhard Baum in Kassel, Germany in the summer of 1975. Baum collected movies on Super 8 film as a hobby and lent pieces of his collection to friends and acquaintances.

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   Nov 5, 2019 · Before video stores, movies were solely watched in theaters, leaving studios hesitant to embrace video technology and video stores because they feared for losses in revenues. The first VCRs hit the market in 1975, and shortly thereafter the video rental store boom began.

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   Aug 29, 2018 · Though some specialty video rental shops survive, the golden age of the video store is over. Browsing the wide variety of online streaming options has largely replaced wandering the aisles of...

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   Feb 8, 2022 · In the early-1980s, video store chains popped up all over the country. The once-lucrative business rented out Betamax and VHS tapes at an affordable price for American families.

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   Dec 10, 2022 · The world’s first video store opened in West Hollywood in 1977. It was the brainchild of a failed actor and former stuntman who would change the entertainment industry. An early video player, from 1963.

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   Oct 7, 2019 · Video rental took off in the early 1980s, with mom and pops cobbling together an industry out of nothing. Not long after David Cook opened the first Blockbuster in 1985, investor Wayne...

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   Feb 24, 2020 · 20th Century Flicks is the oldest video rental store in the World. It’s small, close-knit crew has unwittingly become custodians of the largest collection of DVDs and VHS tapes in the UK, and...

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