I’m so old I remember…

[AnomalyLady]

I’m so old I remember CDs and VHSs.

 

[CuriousRick]

I am old enough to remember having the cassette player ready and trying to record songs off the radio

 

[joclfc]

I’m so old I remember CDs and VHSs.

Betamax

 

[joclfc]

ISOIRH a sex life

 

[Anastasia1999]

I am old enough to remember having the cassette player ready and trying to record songs off the radio

Me too. And making cassette tapes of music for my friends.

 

[CuriousRick]

Me too. And making cassette tapes of music for my friends.

I remember when my parents bought a stereo cabinet. That thing was huge! Like 6 feet long! Had the cassette. 8 track and turn table!

 

[Anastasia1999]

I remember when my parents bought a stereo cabinet. That thing was huge! Like 6 feet long! Had the cassette. 8 track and turn table!

Oh wow that is cool.

My grandparents had a gramophone and my Dad bought a Japanese (Aiwa) stereo system in the early eighties that we were not allowed to touch.

 

[CuyValDar]

Me too. And making cassette tapes of music for my friends.

Then later trying to do the same with VHS and MTV.

 

[CuriousRick]

Oh wow that is cool.

My grandparents had a gramophone and my Dad bought a Japanese (Aiwa) stereo system in the early eighties that we were not allowed to touch.

We had something like this. It was a big purchase in the early 80’s!

 

[Treeview]

We had something like this. It was a big purchase in the early 80’s! View attachment 2542870

That’s a Farkwahr Phonic! Schaak Electronic, the predecessor of Best Buy, used a console like that in lid 70s ads

 

[Treeview]

There has. Been a downward spiral in the number of phone numbers in my memory

Now, the only phone number I have memorized is my own

 

[AnomalyLady]

Betamax

Idk Betamax

 

[joclfc]

Me too. And making cassette tapes of music for my friends.

What were you listening to?

 

[joclfc]

Idk Betamax

You'll have to look it up, not sure if you had it in the US

 

[CuriousRick]

Idk Betamax

They came out about the same time as vhs. VHS won the battle.

 

[joclfc]

They came out about the same time as vhs. VHS won the battle.

Still got my taps somewhere

 

[AnomalyLady]

You'll have to look it up, not sure if you had it in the US

I don’t remember it. But I do remember that VHS looking cover that you put the cassette??? into.

 

[joclfc]

I don’t remember it. But I do remember that VHS looking cover that you put the cassette??? into.

With VHS you could see 2 reels on the cassette, on Betamax you only saw 1 and the cassette was smaller

 

[Anastasia1999]

What were you listening to?

Early eighties pop music. Haircut 100,Nick Hayward. Dexys Midnight Runners, Yazoo…..

 

[Zephreck]

Betamax were in the US they just were not as wide spread as VHS. As another poster mentioned above.. VCRs won the battle commercially and the use of them spread faster. A friend of mine also had laser disks. It was movies on a huge disk. They were incredibly expensive and the picture and sound quality was superior to VHS. They were rare and I can't remember when they released.. maybe mid 80s? I will see what I can find out about them.

Using Google. More about them..

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LaserDisc movies were first produced and marketed in 1978. While the format was initially known as DiscoVision, it was later rebranded as LaserDisc. The first movie title released on LaserDisc in North America was Jaws on December 15, 1978.

LaserDisc technology was a significant advancement over earlier video formats like VHS, offering higher picture and sound quality. However, it eventually lost popularity to DVD, which became the dominant home video format in the late 1990s.

 

[1darknightowl]

There has. Been a downward spiral in the number of phone numbers in my memory

Now, the only phone number I have memorized is my own

I'm so old, I remember my home phone number only 6 digits long including the full area dialing code.

 

[1darknightowl]

That reminds me of party lines, had to wait your turn.

I'm not old enough t remember party lines.

I did have DACS on one property I had. It was invisible untill dial up arrived and limited to 28Kbps.

 

[CuriousRick]

I'm so old, I remember my home phone number only 6 digits long including the full area dialing code.

Our original number was just 4 numbers

 

[1darknightowl]

Our original number was just 4 numbers

Wow only 9,999 numbers asuming 0000 was not used.

The modern 11 digit numbers gives 100 billion numbers.

 

[SimonSex]

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