Things you still use

[Villavic]

My VCR was dead so I was looking for a new one, not big deal but just to record sometimes what I can't watch because of job and other reasons (Desp.Housewives, A&E specials, etc).
But I just realize there are no vcrs anymore!! they were until last year. I didn't want to buy a dvd recorder.. but at the end I did it, and enjoying it, but it was too expensive anyway.

So Thinking in other "old" stuff I still use.. I found 35mm cameras. In fact I DON'T have a digital camera. Not yet. I think I'll buy it this year, but I still love printed photos, are easier to show it, cheaper, etc. printed photos from films are far cheaper than digitals. At least in Peru.

[Red]

I still use my old crappy StarTac phone. Its so visibly on older model its the equivalent of a Betamax or Atari.:(

[mylittledemon]

I'm shocked when anyone younger than say, 40 years old, still has a VCR. The technology is so out-dated, and the quality is in inherently piss-poor. DVD Recorders and DVR units kinda put the VCR on it's death knell if you ask me.

[DavidMn]

I must admit that I'm a bit of a late adapter to technology, but I've been scrounging around for a new DVD player lately.

[Red]

Still need the VCR to tape Gilmour Girls, Family Guy and America's Next Top Model. DVD for movies. Doesn't everyone do that or is no one taping shows anymore? Oh riiiiight, TiVo. Yeah, I don't have that. In fact, I'm pretty sure Canada doesn't have that.

[wondergirl9847]

We have both. Like Red, I tape special stuff from the TV with my VCR and watch stuff on DVDs. I have so many VHS tapes of movies though, that I never watch. I'd rather watch my fave TV shows than a movie. That's weird though, becuase as a kid, I always wanted to rent/watch movies and now, I could care less about watching a movie. Occassionally, I will though. Bought The 40-Year-Old Virgin from Pay-Per-View back in February. Hilarious!

I don't have TiVo either.

[Miss Vicky]

I'm under 40 and own a VCR. It mostly collects dust though. Kinda like my turntable.

[DavidMn]

I'm under 40 and own a VCR. It mostly collects dust though. Kinda like my turntable.I just threw out an old turltable of mine that I had since I was like 6. Thing had so much dust on it! :lol:

[EnchantedSLN]

I use my turntable regularly. And we have DVD/VCR combo players, but I only use the VCR part when I'm taping something, for out of print stuff that hasn't been released on DVD, or for old bootlegs I haven't yet "upgraded." We have a couple tape decks in the house, but those rarely if ever get used.

[DavidMn]

I use my turntable regularly. And we have DVD/VCR combo players, but I only use the VCR part when I'm taping something, for out of print stuff that hasn't been released on DVD, or for old bootlegs I haven't yet "upgraded." We have a couple tape decks in the house, but those rarely if ever get used.I wonder, do more recently released recordings on Vinyl sound better than ones from the 70's?

[EnchantedSLN]

I wonder, do more recently released recordings on Vinyl sound better than ones from the 70's?

Good question. I wouldn't know, I mostly just use mine for old stuff. I like checking out the back catalogues of bands that way... digging through the LP bins in back of used records stores and buying like 20 albums for $3. If they suck, at least I didn't waste any money, and if they're good, I'll eventually replace them on cd (if one is available). I imagine today's releases on vinyl would have a crisper sound, though.

[DrummerDeanna]

I totally still use my turntable.

The Beatles were actually not menat to be heard on state of the art super duper enhanced cds. They were meant to be heard on scratchy vinyl, and NOTHING beats that sound (except maybe them live). And old jazz tunes? NOTHING beats an old jazz vinyl. Nothing. I LOVE the scratch, I live for the scratch.

I am under 40 and still have a VCR. Believe it or not, many people still do! It's not a dead technology yet, dying, yes...dead? No. If it were truly dead then it would be impossible to find VHS tapes at any store....but ya still can ;)

And I still use mine for the few movies I haven't yet bought on DVD. It's not al lthat much worse. I dont' have to wait for anything to load....and if I want to stop something - I stop it and dont' have to to go through a whole -waiting for disc to load, menu, select scene regiment to get to where I was going. So I have a VCR and a DVD player -and I use them both.

Lets see...other old stuff....well I just sold my non-digital camera via Ebay..someone actually bought it lol- so no more using that for me!

Now the real question - does anyone here still use Cassette tapes for music!?!

[catinthedark]

i'm under 40 and i....

- still have and use my vcr. sure, the technology may be out of date, but that doesn't make me any richer. it's taping west wing as we speak. while i'm watching season 4 of six feet under on dvd.

- have a real answering machine. again, totally out of date, but it still works. why should i pay the phone company any more money than i already am to answer my phone?

- have a turntable. don't use it - but can't throw it out.

- just bought an iPod last week.

- have never been in a chat room, don't use instant messaging, and hate text messaging with a passion.

[bretonbanquet]

I'm shocked when anyone younger than say, 40 years old, still has a VCR. The technology is so out-dated, and the quality is in inherently piss-poor. DVD Recorders and DVR units kinda put the VCR on it's death knell if you ask me.

Not all of us have endless cash to replace old technology, especially when it comes to all the stuff I have on video tape. If I threw out my VCR and replaced all my tapes with DVDs it would cost me hundreds and hundreds. VCRs work just fine, thanks - quality isn't as good for sure, but it's good enough. Quality can only get so good, no matter how much better manufacturers keep telling you their stuff is getting.

And I'll throw out my turntable only when all my vinyl has been re-released on CD (fat chance) and when someone wants to replace my 2000 LPs with CDs...

I still use cassette tapes as well, but only in the car. It doesn't have a CD player because they cost a fortune. It's still good enough quality to make me go deaf :o

[Richard B]

I still use a TV with a tube, flat screen, but still a tube.

Looking to get a plasma this year or something along that line or flat panel and certainly hi-def. So those Sound Stage shows (all taped in hi-def) pop out of my screen and into my living room.

[diamondsnake]

I never use email and only occasionally use AIM. I'd rather write someone a nice letter or card. I like stationary. And, if I need to talk to someone immediately I just call them (I don't log onto an intstant messanger.)

I buy black and white film! I just took a class on photography and digital may be easier, but it just doesn't compare.

I still use a regular old date book. No palm pilots for me!

[estranged4life]

I'm shocked when anyone younger than say, 40 years old, still has a VCR. The technology is so out-dated, and the quality is in inherently piss-poor. DVD Recorders and DVR units kinda put the VCR on it's death knell if you ask me.

VCR units, but only use one (For transfers of VHS to DVD-R) so I dont mind 'em...But I definitely prefer DVD over VHS (Who doesnt?)

I still use my collection of audio cassettes, Which I will never part with (Too much rare s**t to part with: i.e. "Buckingham/Nicks" on Polydor audio cassette, With a different track listing than the vinyl release and a mint condition "J-Card".)

[estranged4life]

I just threw out an old turltable of mine that I had since I was like 6. Thing had so much dust on it! :lol:

in my dining room (That was my Mom's...But I inherited it last March) but I need a cartridge for it so I can blast the LP's I inherited (Mainly alot of older Beatles releases from '64-'66, Some other classic rock & DISCO!!!!).

I know one thing, that stereo console plays a mean 8-track tape too!

[Red]

No palm pilot for me either, I use just a regular day-timer. I need to see the whole week planned out in front of me, complete with colour coded hi-lighters.

[skcin]

I still use the VCR, since we just bought a DVD recorder. They're still too damned expensive, so we got a pretty crappy one - with a VCR built in. :laugh: Actually, I mainly wanted that so I can transfer but bootleg VHS tapes & home movies onto DVD.

I still have a turntable and an 8 track, neither are working properly right now. I really need to take them in to get repaired.

Our truck only has a cassette player, so the few old cassettes we still have (which are alomost all hair-metal bands from the 80's) we bring with us on road trips. Not so much with the satelite radio anymore, though.

I still have white appliances! :eek: No stainless steel for me, thank you. Seems everyone wants to get those whether their old stuff is still good or not.

[DrummerDeanna]

I still have white appliances! :eek: No stainless steel for me, thank you. Seems everyone wants to get those whether their old stuff is still good or not.

I KNOW!!! I cannot cannot comprehend getting new stuff when the stuff I have is in perfect working order. But to each their own I guess. I've had the same (white) microwave for about ten years now lol...my VCR? Also for about ten year...all are in perfect working order - so I see no need to upgrade.

:shrug:

[HomerMcvie]

I KNOW!!! I cannot cannot comprehend getting new stuff when the stuff I have is in perfect working order. But to each their own I guess. I've had the same (white) microwave for about ten years now lol...my VCR? Also for about ten year...all are in perfect working order - so I see no need to upgrade.

:shrug:
I have all stainless appliances, BUT, I have rental properties for hand me downs. I would never shell out for a new refrigerator, to replace a good one. For two years, I kept praying for someone's stove to die, so I could give them my white one. Finally, that day came last year. More important that the stainless, I was able to switch over to a gas stove!:thumbsup:

[DrummerDeanna]

I have all stainless appliances, BUT, I have rental properties for hand me downs. I would never shell out for a new refrigerator, to replace a good one. For two years, I kept praying for someone's stove to die, so I could give them my white one. Finally, that day came last year. More important that the stainless, I was able to switch over to a gas stove!:thumbsup:


Hey Good for you! At least you don't just chuck out perfectly good appliances! That drives me nuts - we are all so wasteful and take so much for granted (myself included). That said, I wouldnt' let my landlord give me any of his old cast-off appliances - even though my stuff is old it still looks nice - I do have a thing about stuff looking nice at least :\

[chiliD]

1) Nose DROPS instead of sprays.

2) manually operated lawn sprinklers instead of electronic timers

3) hand-wash dishes instead of an automatic dishwasher

[bikerchic]

I love stainless steel. Unfortunately when I did my kitchen over, I bought all white. This was five years ago and stainless was just starting to come out and it was still very pricey (about twice the price of white). My kids were small at the time and the fingerprints really turned me off. The salesman actually talked me out of buying SS because of the prints. Anyhow, I really regret not buying it. Although my microwave just died and I did replace it with SS. So slowly I will replace with SS as my white ones die but that could take 20 years and by then white will be back in :laugh:

[madformac]

A watch.

It's amazing how many people just use cell phones for the time now.

[HomerMcvie]

Hey Good for you! At least you don't just chuck out perfectly good appliances! That drives me nuts - we are all so wasteful and take so much for granted (myself included). That said, I wouldnt' let my landlord give me any of his old cast-off appliances - even though my stuff is old it still looks nice - I do have a thing about stuff looking nice at least :\
Tenant needs stove. THIS is your new stove. Don't like this one? Buy your own. End of discussion. THIS is how it works. Seriously.

For the record, my stove that I gave them was less than five years old, and in very good shape. Except it was white, and electric.

[HomerMcvie]

I love stainless steel. Unfortunately when I did my kitchen over, I bought all white. This was five years ago and stainless was just starting to come out and it was still very pricey (about twice the price of white). My kids were small at the time and the fingerprints really turned me off. The salesman actually talked me out of buying SS because of the prints.
It was REALLY pricey when it first got popular! I wouldn't have paid for it then.
As far as fingerprints, GE has a stainless called Clean Steel, which doesn't print up as badly as regular SS. That's what I've got.

[skcin]

A watch.

It's amazing how many people just use cell phones for the time now.


Good call. I always wear a watch, but most people I know don't anymore.

[bikerchic]

As far as fingerprints, GE has a stainless called Clean Steel, which doesn't print up as badly as regular SS. That's what I've got.
Ya, I've seen those, that's what I would get.

[Red]

Good call. I always wear a watch, but most people I know don't anymore.


...see, I don't get these people that don't wear watches. Glancing at your wrist is a lot easier than digging out your phone (at least if you're a chick with a handbag), PLUS, there's the added bonus of having another jewellery item.

[DavidMn]

...see, I don't get these people that don't wear watches. Glancing at your wrist is a lot easier than digging out your phone (at least if you're a chick with a handbag), PLUS, there's the added bonus of having another jewellery item.I still have this $15 digital I bought 5 years ago.

[catinthedark]

...see, I don't get these people that don't wear watches. Glancing at your wrist is a lot easier than digging out your phone (at least if you're a chick with a handbag), PLUS, there's the added bonus of having another jewellery item.


hahaha - i totally wear my watch for the jewellery aspect of it. it looks good. but i never look at it. i am guilty of getting the time from the lower right hand corner of my computer screen, or pulling out my cell phone. :o

[skcin]

...see, I don't get these people that don't wear watches. Glancing at your wrist is a lot easier than digging out your phone (at least if you're a chick with a handbag), PLUS, there's the added bonus of having another jewellery item.


Same with a calculator. "Oh, let me use the one on my phone!" What? Why? By the time you dig it out, get to that screen, type in the numbers, figure out what makes the +/- or = signs, I've already figured it out. IN MY HEAD! :shocked: No, not really, on my actual calculator.

[SuzeQuze]

Same with a calculator. "Oh, let me use the one on my phone!" What? Why? By the time you dig it out, get to that screen, type in the numbers, figure out what makes the +/- or = signs, I've already figured it out. IN MY HEAD! :shocked: No, not really, on my actual calculator.

:laugh: My brother did this, I was using my Palm's calculator and before I was done he had done the math in his head. However, he also asked me the time once cuz he didn't have his cell phone while he was wearing a watch. :shocked: :lol: