The reason I mentioned the details in the Western Appliance commercial is because I was taken off guard by the inconsistency with the technology available during the original airdates of "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and the technology being advertised.

Rue Morgue was originally broadcast in 1975 and repeated in 1979... several years before VHS "Hi-Fi" VCRs were available (or VCRs in general). Except for the Himan Brown narrations in 1998, I didn't realize RMT was rebroadcast after it ended in 1982. It would have been interesting if this one had included a news broadcast; I'm guessing it may have been aired sometime around June 1989..(?) 