How do you Deal with Old Technology?

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I’ve converted my desktop to an Ubuntu server to play with.

(first post woot)

cool

nope.

relatives dont care about that.. they had better lifes without tech. lol

My mom just figured out 2 months ago that DVD menus were interactable.

omg i cant ever go back to dail-up THE HORROR

Well antennas are still used, my dad bought 2 just for the heck of it, and he has a small TV in the garage, but just an extra one in case Comcast goes out 1 day so we have a few channels.

Of course I am talking about a DTV box, he already has antennas.

“VCR”?????”Antenna”????? I just learned about those relics of the past last week.

and exactly how young do you think we are. Just about everyone i know still have VCR and use DVD Blue-ray

lol

LMao thats my Lulz 4 the day

what if chris went to jail… wow that would be so weird haha =) lol

Lol @ 1:27 when Chris said “piece of technology” I thought he was going to say “piece of ****.” Anyways what about them people that still play nintendo or atari. Now that’s funny, not that there’s anything wrong with that. It has some nostalgic value in it. Dialup I will never go back to, no way no how. That’ll be equal to hell for me. My parents still have one of those TV with an antenna and to change the color, position of the screen, etc there are *****. So that’s worse than Chris’s old TV.

Blu-ray ?

Things become obsolete when they are released to the public.

Thats why my HDDVDVBDBDBDVDVDVD is still the most superior thing around.

look at that amazing tv

Woah! Totally linear!

10 years… I still have old technology with the TV. I bypass it with a VCR, but I only had 13 channels. (It was bought in Japan during the 90’s) There other TV’s in the house, but it still works so I use it and there isn’t color issues. I still have VHS I want to convert to DVD… I also have a 486 that still works, but it doesn’t count as I don’t use it. I just keep it to show I have a old *** computer that is older then some of my co-workers.

Throw away and upgrade to latest stuff.. and bring your own stuff to relatives houses..

It is quite amazing the vcr’s have become pretty much outmoded

my mom got a VCR/DVD burner as soon as they came out payed something like 399 for it so she is some what up to date lol

I was the last guy to buy DVD/CDs. The Tapes were too nostalgic to me to give up.

wow hes talking to us like we are retards i think anyone over the age of 10 will know what a vhs is and how it works….

meh

NOT EVERYONE HAS ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD TO UPGRADE LIKE YOU DO. Grow up. You act like a brat. If it works why replace it? My ps2 still works should I throw it out just cuz? I don’t have 6 bills to spend on the ps3. You have been so snobby about Tech. VHS still works, why should anyone spend the money to replace VHS with DVDs or Blue Ray, Chris “money bags” Pirillo? Its about the MONEY! WoW, you don’t have a clue on whats going on with the middle class. Wake up Chirs!

Well you would “upgrade” to play new movies…duh? Anyways its not hard to afford a ******* telle and dvd player, seriously its like 350 euro for a good tele that will last you ages and around 100 for a nice dvd player (or jusr use ur retro ps2)

They have Dial-Up!?! and a CRT!?!?! I would die there its like my grandparents house at least they have Broadband though!!!

At least some things are being done to keep old technology up with the times. Capture cards and devices have long been out to put all your old analog video onto your computer. As far as broadcast television goes, Congress has already set aside a date for transition from analog to digital broadcasting, Feb 17, 2009, in which digital broadcasting promises a clear picture along with the ability to broadcast in High Definition. It’s things like these that help keep old technology usable in a time of digital media, DVRs, and the like.

Yeah, but when you stopped a VHS tape, you could remove it from the player, so your wife could play HER tape, then replace it and have it start from the place you stopped it, without a lot of clicking of the remote to find the spot at which you paused the DVR.

I have to preface my answer with the following information: I grew up on stories of my mother’s childhood in the country which sounded like the cliche stories that go something like this…back when I was a kid, I had to get up and milk the cows before I walked miles to school and I only got shoes once or twice a year when we took the wagon to town (By the way, that is not much of an exaggeration.)

My parents did not replace their black and white TV or their rotary phones until I was in college, and I am only a few years older than you Chris. They finally got a DVD player last year (from me) about the time they became comfortable with VHS. They still don’t have a computer and wouldn’t know how to use it if they did. When I visit home I have to go to the library to get email.

I was in the data room at a company about eight years ago and I had the pleasure of getting rid of the last of the monitors and keyboards that looked like the ones you see in the “Apollo 13″ movie.

Last year, I also had the pleasure of replacing the phone system at the company I work at now. We were still using some of the first punch button phones ever made. We finally got a plain paper fax a couple of years before that!

The above makes me feel old until I remember that friends of mine only a few years older than me talk about using punchcards in their first jobs. Talk about perspective!

I’ve got a friend that i used to visit, He doesn’t have a television, no internet connection in the house, no t.v. but lucky for me he has a neafty thing called an 8-track player in which he listens to some really awsome songs on. The only reason i survived there was because there neighbors had wifi that they let me use when i brought over my laptop. I would suggest never getting away from technology, without it everything is just blah.

I feel for you man, I really, really do…

How do I Deal with Old Technology? I use the Tim “The Toolman” Taylor’s method:: More Power!

the monitor im using is crt

With the always-updating internet, old technology serves more purposes now. Out of date technology was being left in the dust, but is now being revived slightly. Donate old technology, don’t throw it in the trash if it works and is in decent condition :)

Yes..unfortunately..

Yes..unfortunately I do have relatives with old technology..

well i have relatives thats “living in the old ways” but im grateful my parents aren’t, they always want up-to-date gadgets from cellphones to anything… and im glad they consult us (their kids) about what’s new. i think they’re kinda cool now *lol

How do you Deal with Old Technology?

Well as so long it can be used.

holy ****. my parents still uses a vcr and vhs. and chris, you’re not alone.

its so funny that your so pissed and out of your realm.

Chris, You’re just wrong about antennas going away in a year. In a year antennas will be more popular than ever. We love cable but the cost is way to high. Because it was so expensive we purchased basic cable which is only 13 channels. When we watch cable we generally watch the big network shows. We can get all the big network shows free in HD with an antenna. So why would I blow my money on basic cable. I have basic cable to save money. Now with an antenna I save a lot more money.

You’d be surprised how much old technology people use every day and think nothing of it. Here are a couple of examples:

1) I have an old 19″ CRT TV in the bedroom purchased back in 1987. Yes, I’d like a flat panel replacement but it’s hard to justify the purchase when the current TV still works and I rarely watch it.

2) My parents have a rotary phone they use as an extra phone extension. They can’t place outgoing calls but they can pick up incoming calls. My kids absolutely love it.

3) My friend still uses Windows 98 because he claims it does everything he needs and runs on minimal hardware.

Those that spend their days using, supporting, and writing about technology can sometimes lose sight of how “current” the rest of the population really is. What might seem like old news to many of us, is extremely new or completely unheard of for the average person.

That TV with the DTV tuner (get the $40 coupons) will work just fine next Februaru Chris. At least overthe air is not compressed like Comcast is compressing three HD channels into the 6MHz analog spectrum.

Chris, old stuff ans well as old people (like your parents) still works. Your parents are old, have you thrown then out just because they are old? Like the post above not every one has a six figure income and gets to sit at home all day and play with new stuff. We have real jobs to go to and earn a pay check to pay the bills each month.

Heh.. You think its bad to have to deal with it while -visiting-? the only Tv signal we get here in my house is from an old set of rabbit ears. Beyond that I do have a VCR, to watch those movies I have yet to be able to find on disc.

I’m the only one in my immediate family that uses “High Speed” internet. When my parents or siblings ask for help and I have to Download something I download it at home and load it on a flash drive rather than deal with Dial Up anymore. WAY to frustrating…

When It comes to re using an old computer, my standard proceedure is to throw ubuntu on it, and then its good for another 4 years. I just did this for someone, whos computer was old enough that windows xp ran terribly on it. xp maxed out the ram and cpu, and there wasn’t a whole lot of hard disk space left on it. Ubuntu, used only about a 70mb base,and a few gigs of hd space. Ubuntu ran like a champ. Easily good enough for more years to come. Windows on a pc lasts maybe 4 years, ubuntu = 8 years easy.

As far as old media players….vcr’s are no problem. They are what i call, standard tech. Real hd players in the tech world are bigger tapes. They are around the size of vhs tapes, but hold many terabytes of data. Tapes are still used. As far as vinyl decks….they still sound the best. Discrete, solid state amps sound poor, vinyl’s or using a tube amp sound nice an warm.

As far as slow internet….i just carry my ubuntu laptop around, and when i encounter a dialup or slow connection…i just crack a wireless network, and share that connection via crossover cable to the computer that needs a speed boost. No biggie. In a world where 99% of people leave their linksys router at the defaults…or open…its free game.

Lol, it was funny, but I got to admit, I still have 2 tv’s with antena, and all are tv’s with that big glass, no flat screen or plasma or nothing. We don’t see much tv really, just the one that has stelite tv, and the ones that see it is my mom and my brother, my dad and me don’t watch much.

Yeah, my parents still use cathode raid tube TV’s, and I also use a CRT-screen for my computer, but that’s because my LCD-screen broke a year ago. Still, the image quality of the computer screen is pretty good.

Also, my parents only use VCR to record shows. So when they want to get a recorded TV-show on DVD, they need to pull out the VCR and give it to me, with the tape and an empty DVD…

But my parents are a little less technology-impaired than yours, I can hear. Well, see you later!

My grandparents still have old antenna to watch TV, but right now they got the DTV converter box. It does not make a lot of noise or static on the screen, but once in a while it get small boxes and the noise jumps as resulting in not really good signal. They also don’t have a computer.
I have a really old CRT monitor that was for Windows 3.11, but it works well in Windows Vista as a extended desktop for my laptop! I can’t believe it still works in today technology!

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Actually, even though we’ve had cable internet for a long time now, I haven’t had cable TV until recently. In fact, I’ve got two or three of those TVs laying around the house right now. :)

I think coming across old technology now and again is refreshing. In old technology, the complexity of the system is usually more apparent than in newer systems. It makes you realize how smart the guys who engineered this stuff really were. I mean making a pictures by shooting electrons onto a screen and deviating them with varying voltage is nuts. Who would have thought of that? I’m always amazed.
Dial ups, Cathodic screens, Tapes, anything analogue really, is always fascinating.
Using that technology can be tiresome but I complain a minimum because that technology worked great in its time and without it, we would never have gotten to where we are now.
For me, not realizing that just makes you a spoilt brat. In 50 years, people will be laughing at LCD screens too.

My mom has found that if there is something that she wants she just waits for me to buy it for her or give her my old tech because she knows that i am always upgrading my stuff i and buy good stuff and she doesnt mind getting my old stuff. She saves her money this way…

I have so much old technology like a Compaq running on Windows 95 and a Dell running on Windows 98. If we could update the old technology to new technology there would not be old technology and we would have no problem with old technology.

I always donate it to local church.
They know what to do with it, either to give it to folks in need or in church..

Always hated VHS, the quality just wasn’t there. Now I have to waste time and effort transferring this junk to DVDs. The other curse was dialup, never saw more than 33kb connections and drop outs all the time. So, yes I am addicted to the new technology.

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We still have LOTS of those old technologies here at home, our 3 desktop PCs still use those CR T monitors. And we actually have a Betamax and Laserdisc player stashed up somewhere.

my grandpa has an HDTV and he likes it
they have broadband connection, but only because my cousin who spends most of her time there asked for it, although my grandpa and me like tech very much