Do you still own or use a VCR or another out of date Tech?

Augmerson

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.

Jay D

Technics 1210s

Timeless though imo.

marshbaboon

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.

I bought a ps1 slim not long ago specifically for playing resident evil 2, final fantasy 7+8 and space hulk.

My brother still has his 3D0 launch console. It's absolutely legendary among us & friends at this stage, has passed hands so many times.

Can't beat a game of return fire & a few beers.

NegativeCreep

Still have a walkman and cassette player. Is a ps2 and GameCube considered out of date? Have them too.
Have a VCR and a gameboy advance aswell :L

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Still have a Vic-20 in the attic back in Dublin! No gaems for it though...

Also have a rotary phone which, for some reason, is still connected and works.

foxyboxer

I wear mechanical watches which are inherently less accurate than a quartz watch or phone.

No school like the old school brah.

phasers

Yep, I still have a DVD player!

stovelid

I'm not a zany prat so no.

Dave!

I still have an iPhone 3GS!

dodderangler

I still use a toothbrush with no batteries

ger vallely

There are literally hundreds of cassette tapes here,couple of tape players too. I also use a regular mobile.Not an Iphone or android,just a phone.The vcr is still useable,sitting there under the telly and I have quite a lot of video tapes.

Daemos

Still have 2 VCRs to record TV shows

Our two main TVs aren't even widescreen

Jesus Shaves

Unfortunately no, I gave away all my games consoles when I got a new one, raging now as I'm looking to buy all the classic consoles again.

PseudoFamous

a PS1 is acting as my monitor stand, quality workmanship on sony's part.

The_Kew_Tour

Still have my Gameboy at home.

AnonoBoy

8-track bitches!

Chuck Stone

To hear my phonograph I use an ear trumpet .

cantdecide

"I have a little boy and a little girl and they've never even seen a real iphone.... the poor bastards": a former colleague.



I have a working SEGA Megadrive and a handful of games...

Augmerson

stovelid wrote: »

I'm not a zany prat so no.

Ah, just a muppet then? Sure join us if you like. I've one of them things you look through where you see pictures of the world. It's just like being in Rome I tell you. You can have it if you like.

TPD

I own one cassette tape which I bought recently, but no walkman / other tape playing device. Must scour some car boot sales, prices online are pretty ridiculous.
Original and pocket gameboys came out of storage recently, batteries still good for a few rounds of tetris.

The parents have a combi vhs/dvd player hooked up to the full HD tv, don't think it gets any use though. Fairly large collections of VHS and DVD too, which will likely get next to no use in the future.

My dad's most used radio is older than I am, sadly it'll be useless after the switch over.

Colmustard

My brother has asked me to convert his video memories to disk, so right now I have an old VCR connected to my tele.

But the olympics are on so I will do it next week.

Wibbs

foxyboxer wrote: »

I wear mechanical watches which are inherently less accurate than a quartz watch or phone.

Ditto. Still have a VCR, use it on occasion too. Use a film camera at times. Have an apple laptop from 2000 that I regularly use to browse the web. Have an original walkman II that I used until I got my smartphone a couple of years ago. Only stopped using an old rotary house phone last year. I've been a fogey for most of my life mind you...

Grayson

I have a rake of floppies. No idea what's on them.

I did buy an original gameboy last year.

SouthTippBass

cantdecide wrote: »

"I have a little boy and a little girl and they've never even seen a real iphone.... the poor bastards": a former colleague.



I have a working SEGA Megadrive and a handful of games...

You'll find most Megadrives to be still in working condition. With no moving parts there was nothing inside to break! I still have mine and a box full of games. Cant beat 4 player Micro Machines 96, still the best multiplayer game ever!

They built things to last back then

Judgement Day

I have to confess that the only out of date tech items that I don't own anymore are a record player and an ordinary SLR camera. Everything else, including an Atari 2600 games console (the kids still drag it out for pacman), the original Playstation (never graduated to the later models) and which sees regular use, various cassette players, a Samsung multi-region VHS player which is used a lot, a Super 8 movie projector (awaiting a new bulb) - I've a pile of pre-recorded movies that I'm dying to watch on the 'big' screen. Since I've still plenty of LPs I'm going to purchase one of these new fangled record players that can be linked to a PC. All sit comfortably alongside the newer toys like the DVD player, XBox and Wii and I'm glad I never got shut of them.

stevek93

Still rocking a 3310.

TPD

SouthTippBass wrote: »

Cant beat 4 player Micro Machines 96, still the best multiplayer game ever!

True that, many a night spent playing micro machines, on the Wii, emulators, whatever could be found

1ZRed

MK64!:D

Dale Parish

I have an 2 IBM XTs on my desk

mike65

I would still be in VCR land if it hadn't died. Still have radio/ double cassette player from the mid 80s which is in continual use on the top of the fridge and a separates hifi cassette deck. My phone takes no pictures and sends only basic text data. Still have a proper film camera.

Wattle

Still have a VCR. I have a large collection of tapes from down the years that I like to look at from time to time. My VCR hasn't given me one hint of trouble in 15 years. God bless those Japanese.

Redhairedguy

I still use a VCR occasionally for work, and my SNES is used on nearly a monthly basis for some sweet Street Fighter II action after a few tipples with friends.

Irish Guitarist

I have a few VHS tapes but don't have a working video recorder to play them on. I burned a few of the better ones to DVD a few years ago.

I have a couple of hundred records and love the sound. I still buy second hand (and sometimes new) vinyl every so often. My turntable (this model) was bought in Argos about eight or nine years ago. Although it's hooked up to the iPod input of my stereo through an adapter it sounds pretty good, although the records don't lie down flat on it. I regret buying the cheaper mini turntable rather than the full size one.

A while ago I bought a second hand Rory Gallagher album and when I got it home discovered the cover was damp and the record was dirty. The needle kept skipping parts of it. I gave it a wipe with a damp cloth and it then played perfectly and now sounds even better than the CD. Although I was ripped off somewhat it goes to show that vinyl is more resilient than it's given credit for. A lot of my albums from when I was a teenager are scratched but that's probably my fault for not handling them properly.

I do still have a few tapes but never listen to them as I have most of the albums on CD. I only have about six albums on tape that I never bought on CD. I have a few tapes I made of my own music on a four track cassette recorder years ago.

I also have a tape I made of my voice was I was about four years old (32 years ago). I'm singing songs and telling stories I made up on it. Kids nowadays don't know the simple pleasure of recording themselves and listening back to it.

Wacker The Attacker

Fire, Electricity and the wheel havent found their way to Wesmeath yet.

The beatles will be hitting Cavan soon and books will be heading for Leitrim in the next few decades.

Cutting edge technology.

Plenty. I've a NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, original Game Boy, a VCR (albeit a VHS/DVD combo unit), a 286 brick laptop and a CRT TV (not my main one, mind you).

Eathrin

I own a VCR, a CRT tv and a lot of old games consoles which I regularly take out to play like the NES, the MegaDrive and the PS1.

aligator_am

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I also have a tape I made of my voice was I was about four years old (32 years ago). I'm singing songs and telling stories I made up on it. Kids nowadays don't know the simple pleasure of recording themselves and listening back to it.

Haha there's a bunch of tapes like that in my Dad's house, recordings of me and the sisters and brothers talking, I remember being amazed by it at the time and thinking to myself that I don't sound like that!

Must dig them up actually and give them a listen, should be great laugh, thanks for reminding me

B.A._Baracus

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Still have a walkman and cassette player. Is a ps2 and GameCube considered out of date? Have them too.
Have a VCR and a gameboy advance aswell :L

I wouldnt consider the ps2 and gamecube totally out of date. Sure its last gen and not whats currently hot but its not retro like the nintendo or megadrive.


I imagine some 13year olds view it as tho :pac:

blaze1

I still have an original release 20gb xbox 360, not very old but I hold my breath every time I turn it on. :P

1ZRed

blaze1 wrote: »

I still have an original release 20gb xbox 360, not very old but I hold my breath every time I turn it on. :P

Wow! The only launch 360 that didn't RROD!:eek:

GetWithIt

iPhone 4.

Totally morto when I've to take call in public like.

o1s1n

I pretty much collect and use old electronic equipment. The build quality on a lot of it is just so good and made to last. Plus you can get so much of it dirt cheap.

Have a Sony Trinitron 29 inch CRT in the front room still going strong for all my old consoles. (Which are also all still working great.)

Arcade machine also in that room with loads of life left in it. Probably from about 89/90.

I put a vintage hifi together from old separates. Mainly Silver Pioneer from the 70s. Speakers are a pair of Celestion Ditton 33s from the 70s. They still sound amazing and shake the whole house.

One of my more interesting machines is an Akai 4000D reel to reel tape deck (I think it's from the 60s) which works great too. Looks like this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqW5HSzO1U

Big fat no to VHS though, I don't use **** :pac:

castletownman

I still ride a pennyfarthing to work

Judgement Day

o1s1n wrote: »

I pretty much collect and use old electronic equipment. The build quality on a lot of it is just so good and made to last. Plus you can get so much of it dirt cheap.

Have a Sony Trinitron 29 inch CRT in the front room still going strong for all my old consoles. (Which are also all still working great.)

Arcade machine also in that room with loads of life left in it. Probably from about 89/90.

I put a vintage hifi together from old separates. Mainly Silver Pioneer from the 70s. Speakers are a pair of Celestion Ditton 33s from the 70s. They still sound amazing and shake the whole house.

One of my more interesting machines is an Akai 4000D reel to reel tape deck (I think it's from the 60s) which works great too. Looks like this -

Big fat no to VHS though, I don't use **** :pac:

Nice reel to reel, I've always had a hankering for a 'good' one but never managed to get my hands on one yet. We used them a lot at school back in Old God's Time. I wouldn't agree about VHS though as there's still piles of movies only available in that format plus it's so cheap to pick up regular movies from charity shops - no home should be without one.

marshbaboon

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I wouldnt consider the ps2 and gamecube totally out of date. Sure its last gen and not whats currently hot but its not retro like the nintendo or megadrive.


I imagine some 13year olds view it as tho :pac:

I would have cried with joy to have a gamecube as a kid. I absolutely cherished my snes that I had saved up to buy myself, when everyone else was playing crap games like metal gear solid on their inferior playstations.

NegativeCreep

marshbaboon wrote: »

I would have cried with joy to have a gamecube as a kid. I absolutely cherished my snes that I had saved up to buy myself, when everyone else was playing crap games like metal gear solid on their inferior playstations.

GameCube was my favourite of all the things I had. The only games I had were Sonic mega collection, Super Mario Sunshine, wrestle mania, sims and pokemon. Still kept me more occupied than any other console ever :L Can play gamecube games in the wii now so it's not too bad :L

admiralofthefleet

still have a vhs, watched one about 3 months ago and the wife just bought one off amazon

BluesBerry

I still have 2 vcr's and working perfect , a local charity shop sells 10 videos for 1 euro buy a load of kids movies (sick of replacing scratched dvd'd) when they get tired of them donate them back and buy different ones

Seriously ive been through more dvd players and the video players have outlasted them all and would hate to part with them also have one of those old "hifi's" that was regarded as a piece of furniture back in the days :pac:

padd b1975

TPD wrote: »

My dad's most used radio is older than I am, sadly it'll be useless after the switch over.

Theres a switchover for radio signals?

robjones1981

Still have my nokia 6310i - not as old as some of the stuff on this thread though

Would love to still have atari2600, a commadore or gameboy

cunnifferous

Used to have an Atari Jaguar, anyone else have one of them? Think it only ever had about 5 games. Oh yeah and the Sega 32X, anyone remember that?