Video recorders look set to disappear from some shops soon after one major chain decided to stop selling them.
DVD players have got so popular since they were invented that the store says there's no point selling videos too.
Before video players were invented 26 years ago there was no way of recording a programme if it was on while you were out or too busy to watch it.
But now new technology like DVD recorders and hard drives means there are other ways to record things.
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The first video went on sale in 1978
It cost £798.75, which would be £3,000 today
At first there two types of tapes, VHS and Betamax
By 1990 around 200m video machines were sold every year
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And with some DVD machines on sale for as little as £25, people choose to buy them if their video players stop working.
Other shops aren't planning on taking the machines off their shelves yet, but will stop selling them when people no longer want to buy them.
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