It wasn't always this way. Back in the 1980s, there was thing called the video cassette recorder or VCR. Players had video tapes that were sold on television to showcase their highlights.

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A Valley woman is looking for the community’s help after buying a VCR from a Mesa Goodwill and finding a VHS tape inside. That tape showed a little boy and his family ...

That tape shows a little boy and his family celebrating Christmas morning in the 1980s. Destinee Johnson said she bought the VCR a few weeks ago from the Goodwill store near Power and McDowell roads.