I’m so old I remember…

[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]

Marlboro Man tv commercials

 

[CuriousRick]

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

The modern 11 digit numbers gives 100 billion numbers.

It was a very rural community. Then for a long time they added a 5th number

 

[SimonSex]

I’m so old that I remember US Presidents who put forth programs and initiatives to bolster our democracy.

 

[joclfc]

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

I used to li

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

I record all of Live Aid on cassette and Video, then edited what I wanted to keep

 

[joclfc]

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

Used to have a Hitachi portable Stereo radio cassette recorder, every Sunday evening listening to the UK top 40 on Radio 1with the recorder on pause so I could recorder what I liked to listen to

 

[kyblue12]

Please be kind… Rewind

 

[1darknightowl]

The Sony Walkman.

 

[Rm3452]

Hairy pussies in porn

 

[SimonSex]

Three on the tree

 

[kathyisgr65]

I remember the satisfaction of slamming down the phone when u hang up on someone

 

[Tweedledude]

The party telephone line

 

[Coyote100]

I remember the first time you had a choice of colors for a telephone other than black.

 

[AnomalyLady]

I remember the first time you had a choice of colors for a telephone other than black.

Omg love!!

 

[QwertyMaster]

I'm so old I remember last Mother's Day.

 

[AnomalyLady]

I’m so old, my first phone was a flip phone

 

[Bdm20]

I’m so old my first phone was a rotary dial phone.

 

[AnomalyLady]

I’m so old my first phone was a rotary dial phone.

Did that come after a flip phone?

 

[1darknightowl]

I’m so old my first phone was a rotary dial phone.

Yes, good old mechanical stuff and pulse dialing.

 

[AlexBailey]

I remember before voicemail was a things and when no one even had phone answering machines. If they weren’t home when you called you just had to keep calling again and again until someone answered. It could take days to reach someone.

 

[1darknightowl]

I remember before voicemail was a things and when no one even had phone answering machines. If they weren’t home when you called you just had to keep calling again and again until someone answered. It could take days to reach someone.

Could we ever go back to that kind of life? Just a bit slower?