Do you still own or use a VCR or another out of date Tech?

Jordan 199

Duggy747 wrote: »

In the parent's house they still have the 2 VCRS, one of which is 30 years old, has never had a problem in it's existence and stills run perfectly fine. Outlasted every TV it was plugged into.

Is the 30 year old VCR a top loading one?

Colonel Panic wrote: »

I've also got a couple of old SGI and Sun workstations that I should really throw out!

A Silicon Graphics workstation, awesome

Augmerson

Are almost all the machines that are mentioned were built before in-built redundancy methods incorporated by tech companies so they could sell more stuff? They have amazing longevity.

Augmerson

Augmerson wrote: »

Are almost all the machines that are mentioned were built before in-built redundancy methods incorporated by tech companies so they could sell more stuff? They have amazing longevity.

Well as I mentioned before, I've a 286 Compaq laptop from 1989 which still works perfectly - no bad sectors on its 42MB hard disk and even the battery still holds a charge.

eth0

Karsini wrote: »

Well as I mentioned before, I've a 286 Compaq laptop from 1989 which still works perfectly - no bad sectors on its 42MB hard disk and even the battery still holds a charge.

Hard drive i bought in 2006 packed up recently. And thats one of the better ones, most wouldnt last 6 years. Li-ion batteries are generally a sh1te technology all round except for the ones that went into some of the nokia phones like the 6310. I reckon they were putting some unusual experimental stuff into them. NiMH and NiCD batteries last ages. Have D cell batteries from the mid 90s still work perfect

Greentopia

I have a Nokia 3310 lying around somewhere, still works.

My current phone is a Nokia 6303 which is probably a dinosaur now as it's not a smart phone, but I love it. A brilliant no nonsense solid phone that does exactly what I want a phone to do. I've had it nearly 3 years and it's never given me an ounce of trouble.

My DSLR camera is 7 years old now-a Nikon D50-and I still use it. Only 6.1mp, less than many phone cameras have now, but produces great images and a well built camera without all the extras that entry level DSLR' have now like HD video, articulated LCD's, ultra high ISO's (often unusable at the top end) and so on. Better to have a decent stand alone camera than a so-so one with lots of bells and whistles I reckon. And I prefer stand alone products anyway.

I still use my Sony micro hi-fi system that's at least 10 years old with tape deck and CD player that I listen to the radio on.

Some day I'm going to buy a refurbished old valve radio like my Aunt had when I was small. Modern radios don't come close to the warm homely sound of valve radios I think. The beautiful and small (for a valve radio) Bush DAC90A is the one top of my wish list.
And I love that you have to wait for them to warm up. Aah brings back memories

Greentopia

mikemac1 wrote: »

Another vote for the Nokia 6310i

Beast of a phone

Highest quality phone Nokia has ever made I reckon. A friend of mine has had one for about 10 years and it still works perfectly. He has another more modern phone for everyday use but says he will never get rid of his 6310i.

28064212

Pfft, bunch of noobs. The only way I post on Boards is by using a magnetised needle, a 386 processor and a steady hand.

PS Did Katie Taylor win?

crapmanjoe

Augmerson wrote: »

How about Betamax? Still playing a 8-bit or 16-bit videogame console? Walkman....cassette or CD?

I still have a CRT TV. I still play my Playstation 2 and own a few Playstation 1 games for it. I guess, being honest, I just don't have the money to buy a newer console or TV set. I also use a Canon EOS 300D from 2006. I like to make things last though.

I connect to the net via 33k modem.

Do people honestly still connect to Internet via dial up

refusetolose

cd-i player

fasttalkerchat

I had an Atari 2600 and sold it for a fiver when I was 14. Still regret that.

MJ23

I play tapes in the car (97 Peugeot 406)

eth0

MJ23 wrote: »

I play tapes in the car (97 Peugeot 406)

I must see does the tape deck still work in my 91 Peugeot 405

Augmerson

crapmanjoe wrote: »

Do people honestly still connect to Internet via dial up

Some of them might, if they had old computers. Not sure if the service is still provided in that way though.

I remember once connecting to Esat digital's service and getting a 56k connection. For some reason a more technological minded person will tell ye, even if you had a 56k connection, it was very unlikely that you would connect at that speed. Often it was 48k.

Pointless story is pointless but I like to tells it.

fussyonion

I have a Bush VCR which is practically brand new because we never learned how to record on it!

I couldn't figure out how to programme it because we have Sky and Sky channels are three digits-the VCR would only allow me to programme channels that were two digits, so I gave up trying to do it.
Still use it now and again to watch old videos.

Also have a CD walkman which I don't use, but don't want to throw it out cos it looks all shiny and I remember at the time thinking I was so cool owning one!

EZ24GET

Still have a VCR. Had to go to second hand store to find the latest one, there are things that will never be released on DVD so need to have one to enjoy them.

Oh, and I keep a rotary dial phone around too. When the electric goes out it's all that works ( I often forget to charge the cell phone and the walk around one needs to be plugged in.)

Dial up is all i can get.

My xbox is hooked up to a CRT TV. I'm pretty sure in the attic of my family home is a bag containing a few dozen C64 game tapes.

bonzodog2

Greentopia wrote: »

Some day I'm going to buy a refurbished old valve radio like my Aunt had when I was small. Modern radios don't come close to the warm homely sound of valve radios I think. The beautiful and small (for a valve radio) Bush DAC90A is the one top of my wish list.
And I love that you have to wait for them to warm up. Aah brings back memories

I had one like that when I was a kid, I think it was branded Philco. Back in the day when radio stations had names like Hilversum, Kalundborg and Athlone, and it was wavelengths quoted not frequency !

I'd like one of those again, just for LW

Mint Sauce

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

I had an Atari 2600 and sold it for a fiver when I was 14. Still regret that.

I think I gave mine away.

<smacks head>

rubadubduba

i still have one of these.
http://www.scottdecker.com/video_games/atari_lynx.html

and its still working.

TheMilkyPirate

Everything i own is modern and new, I'm a bit of a new tech geek so i like to be up to date.

I suppose the fact there is a tape deck in my car might qualify me for this thread :pac:

old_aussie

I replaced the old radio in the car with a fancy DVD player so I can watch movies while driving.

Duggy747

Jordan 191 wrote: »

Is the 30 year old VCR a top loading one?

Sort of, you pop open the door at the front, load the tape in and then close it.

Much like putting a DV tape into a video camera.

Augmerson

Augmerson wrote: »

Some of them might, if they had old computers. Not sure if the service is still provided in that way though.

I remember once connecting to Esat digital's service and getting a 56k connection. For some reason a more technological minded person will tell ye, even if you had a 56k connection, it was very unlikely that you would connect at that speed. Often it was 48k.

Pointless story is pointless but I like to tells it.

Lucky you. :pac: The highest I ever got was 54.6k in Ballybunion.

Augmerson

Karsini wrote: »

Lucky you. :pac: The highest I ever got was 54.6k in Ballybunion.

54.6k! So close and yet so far! :pac:

mfceiling

Found a commodore 64 in the oul lads attic the last time I was up home along with a few games...was seriously tempted to take it down for a go again.

Sleepy

That I still use:

An Olympus OM-2n SLR from the 80's.
A Fed-3 Rangefinder from 1968 or so.
Main TV in the house is a 32" CRT.
Original Gameboy (actually gets more play than the DS)

vintagevrs

Clearing out the attic the yesterday and found a box full of original Gameboy stuff, two Gameboys, games, accessories and magazines.......

Riesen_Meal

Still use Minidisc, best portable recording format ever made... (imo)