Thread 213409019

I miss VCRs and the sound of the tape reels spinning

>>213409054
I dont see a VCR in that picture

>>213409019 (OP)
I don't, because I still use mine every day.

>>213410012
Based

My first was a top-loader.

>>213410012
>literally a pic from Videocassette recorder wikipedia page
Liar
>INB4 NO I WAS JUST POSTING A SYMBOLIC IMAGE, MINE IS THE SAME MODEL ANYWAY REEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>213410012
nothing will top the VX

no you don't you're some zoomer 2000s born fuck don't lie

Yeah but you forgot the part where tapes could also get eaten

>>213409019 (OP)
I bought a VCR and it was expensive, even though you can get tapes for cheap. It ate my tape and broke.

>>213410246
Many such cases, why are they so obsessed with old shit?

>>213410246
i was born in 1990 chump

yeah i miss the constant anxiety every time you pushed a tape in, not knowing if this would be the day it got eaten

there isn't any anxiety about nonsense anymore, we all have real reasons to be very afraid all the time and our illustrious masters infest every space to try to get away from them, to remind you of them.

I do not even slightly miss VCRs. The dogshit picture, the tapes getting jammed and spooling out when you took them out, having to rewind shit.

I can understand people who miss laserdisc slightly, frame by frame viewing and the jog wheel is neat technology that no longer exists because of video encoding. Even so, the picture wasn't great.

>>213410287
>It ate my tape and broke.
was it made this century?
the old ones are typically extremely reliable

>>213409019 (OP)
I miss the 20th century too.

>>213410227
Anon, what the fuck am I looking at?

>>213410554
Maybe the 2000's

>>213410628
a pre VHS era video tape recorder from 1976

>>213410655
I'm old enough to remember watching SuperbowlXX (1986). But I have zero recollection of those machines. I even remember 8Tracks. I'll be damned.

fuck VHS. why would anyone miss that garbage

>>213410779
They didnt last very long in the market, and VHS came out shortly after (made by Matsushita as well). so its largely forgotten like V-cord and Cartrivision etc.

>>213410583
>I miss the 20th century too.
that's a very beautiful device you posted a pic of there
>yet why would you miss the 20th century
we still have it
>media, internet, books etc etc et cetera

>>213409019 (OP)
>zoomer larping as a millennial
no one who actually had to use a vcr misses vcrs

>>213410949
>fuck VHS. why would anyone miss that garbage
maybe not prefer the format yet definitely recall with fond recollection the experience of being alone with a stack of rented movies that came on vhs format
>Y E S
makes more then cents even makes amerikeen doll hairs

>>213410510
Frame by frame viewing still exists what are you babbling about

technology should have never advanced beyond early 2000s. That was the perfect sweet spot of SOVL and convenience. There should be amish style settlements with only 2000s and below tech

>>213411697
>There should be amish style settlements with only 2000s and below tech
I love this idea crazy sombish

>>213409019 (OP)
I miss the segmented displays

unc moment

>>213410779
What are 50?

>>213411629
It doesn't. You can go frame by frame, but it's slow and processor intensive. The frame by frame tech I'm talking about let you go forwards and backwards at any speed and adjust on the fly, and it was instant, because the pictures were analog and not compressed.

>>213409019 (OP)
I don't miss the dogshit quality of VHS. I recently had to digitize a few and they're fucking horrible.

>>213410425
With good cassette tapes you knew it would happen someday.
>the B-side is playing through.
Same with CDs
>theres a scratch
Hope it doesn’t fuck up a good track

It's fun to reminisce about old tech but actually using it on a daily basis is not.

>>213412000
There's some old tech that's legitimately just better, though. My MP3 player lasts 50+ hours, weighs less than 50 grams, and stores 32gb of music. Oh, and it has buttons and a headphone jack, so you can use it in your pocket.

When it comes to movies, sure, HD downloads obliterate tapes and discs. But there's a lot of stuff that didn't get better, it got worse.

honestly i remember our old console tv more than i remember the vhs

>>213412754
Goodtimes.

>>213412851
nice

>>213412851
My family had that same model. One time I raced my sister to the TV with the winner getting to choose the channel.

She smashed her head into the wood and needed stitches.

>>213412933
omg is that guitar hero for the nes

>>213413054
Yep sounds about right.

>>213412933
whats that plastic thing sitting inside that dildo with the dickhead exploded open

>>213414111
ice scraper sitting inside a ceramic boot

>>213410287
The local goodwill near me sells pristine condition ones for like 10, 15 bucks. Started collecting VHS again because it's comfy af and a super cheap hobby.

>>213410317
Because they have only known a shitty world and culture and see they literally just missed out by 15-20 years.

>>213415439
>cheap
not anymore
a single tape goes for over $5 now

>>213411802
shut your mouth

>>213409019 (OP)
Why can't you just buy and/or still use a VCR in 2025? I still have mine plugged into a CRT TV that I also use to play PS1 and N64 games, etc.

>>213409019 (OP)
I don't. Because I still have a VCR hooked up and watch it regularly

>>213410425
>i miss the constant anxiety
Is that you, Pedro?

just record movies onto vhs tapes and watch them that way

it's not as if VCRs don't exist anymore

though, if you actually do this, you're a faggot, just a heads up

>>213415543
I get them a quarter a piece where I am. Maybe a dollar tops.