by slasherindex | Nov 5, 1988
Passed by the U.S. Congress to prevent “wrongful disclosure of video tape rental or sale records.” The bill was inspired by the leak of Robert Bork’s video rental history during his Supreme Court nomination.
by slasherindex | Jun 6, 1988
Mark Wattles registers the company name “Hollywood Entertainment” in Oregon on June 6th, 1988, and opens the first Hollywood Video location in Portland. It later becomes a mega chain.
by slasherindex | Feb 1, 1988
Super Source Video releases the first two prerecorded S-Video releases. They are for the special interest titles, Impact Zone ($54.95) and River Song ($44.94). Up until 1991, they would release up to 38 titles on the format from various studios, including Paramount,...
by slasherindex | Jan 1, 1988
The Film Advisory Board (F.A.B.) announces their own motion picture rating system to compete with the MPAA. Unlike the MPAA’s at the time, theirs included descriptive words indicated the kind of content the program contains. It becomes a cheap rating alternative...
by slasherindex | Jan 1, 1988
After a fierce 10-year format war between Sony’s Betamax and JVC’s VHS, Sony caves and reveals they would be adding VHS VCRs to their product line. They’re adamant that they’re not phasing out Betamax.