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...Western European movies and TV shows, often illegally duplicated and sold on the black market-provides the only alternative in many countries to state-controlled or censored entertainment. Even in European countries where television is pervasive, but often soporific, video cassettes can serve as an antidote to dullness. As VCRS proliferate, governments may be tempted to follow the French precedent of halting the invasion with stringent tariffs and customs restrictions...
...Middle East is a treasure trove of VCRs. A Sony official said last year that 20% of the company's VCR production was sold there. Saudi Arabia bans cinemas, bars, nightclubs and theaters, and its local television operates under censorship so strict that even affectionate pecks between husband and wife are too profane for the small screen. Little wonder, then, that well-to-do Saudis snap up VCRs and cassettes, especially of R-and X-rated fare. VCRS and cassettes are banned in Iran, but thousands have been smuggled in by wealthy Iranians. In Egypt, where the per capita...
...Absolutely not! Herewith a few handy statistics to toss into all the heady talk. Just two hints for beginners: never speak of Betamaxes (that's not a generic term, it's a Sony product name); and never call those dandy $1,000 gizmos videotape machines. They are VCRs, and never mind what the initials stand...
...increase in VCR exports from Japan to the U.S. between August 1980 and August 1981. Japan, which manufactures 95% of the machines, will produce 20 million VCRs...
...Time Shift. No, this has nothing to do with productivity on an assembly line. It merely shows that, according to the Field Research Corp., three-quarters of the people who own VCRs use them to record programs off the air and watch them at a later time. They then re-use the tape, thus erasing the program and undercutting the dire conjectures of the movie companies that VCR owners would stockpile films at home and stop going to the neighborhood Bijou. Some 75% of the VCR owners questioned did admit they had tape libraries, but most meant 15 tapes...