While you all run around the house changing the digits on your VHS video cassette recorders, I'll reset the mechanical wheels on my Seagull 1963 Pilot.

 

32 minutes ago, Fielder said:

While you all run around the house changing the digits on your VHS video cassette recorders

 

You old school boy, you. 😁

Haven't seen a VHS in years. The only clocks I had to alter was the kitchen cooker and clock in the car. Everything else was automatic. 

But yes, as usual I was complaining when our clocks changed and constantly reminding my daughter what the REAL time was. 😃

 

Edited November 2, 20241 yr by martin-w

My VCR always blinks "12:00", so there! 😁

2 hours ago, stans said:

My VCR always blinks "12:00", so there! 😁

Mine shows four dashes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What’s a VCR??? 🤣

49 minutes ago, Matthew Kane said:

What’s a VCR??? 🤣

Something that got me really excited back in 1986 when I could finally afford one. The novelty of recording TV programmes and watching them later was ground-breaking.

At least we had decent TV in those days unlike the 176 channels of dross spewed out now in glorious high definition. 😉

38 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Something that got me really excited back in 1986 when I could finally afford one. The novelty of recording TV programmes and watching them later was ground-breaking.

At least we had decent TV in those days unlike the 176 channels of dross spewed out now in glorious high definition. 😉

Yes I was joking, we got our first one around that same time too, up until then my Dad rented one on a few occassions before we bought one, they had a lot of hype that is now lost, The First TV, The First Color TV, The First VCR, people got really excited about them back then, I don't think there is any Hype like that anymore we take things for granted now. My kid gets excited about Minecraft but that is different

6 minutes ago, Matthew Kane said:

Yes I was joking,

I guessed as much. 😉 Seeing colour TV for the first time in 1968 stood outside a TV shop waiting for my bus home has always stuck with me. Wimbledon looked brilliant. It would be six years before we could afford to rent one.

Apparently there was VTR before VCR.

"Put the blame on VTR"

 

6 hours ago, Matthew Kane said:

The First Color TV

Oh yeah, I rember when my family finally got a color TV in 1969.  Not only that, but it also was our first TV that could receive UHF channels.  I could finally watch the channel that had all the Japanese cartoons like Speed Racer and Astro Boy:

 

 

Edited November 4, 20241 yr by Mike A
added "1969"

🤪Nah, I just run all my clocks on UTC.

14 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

At least we had decent TV in those days unlike the 176 channels of dross spewed out now in glorious high definition.

 

There's some good stuff among the dross, though. 

12 minutes ago, martin-w said:

There's some good stuff among the dross, though. 

But to gain access to it all you need multiple subscriptions.

19 hours ago, Matthew Kane said:

What’s a VCR??? 🤣

Ha-ha. Funny man!

4 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

But to gain access to it all you need multiple subscriptions.

 

I don't have that many. Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple TV. We don't have anything else, no Sky TV or anything like that.  I'm sure we pay less than we would for Sky. Plenty of awesome science fiction, including the new series of Silo on its way. House of The Dragon, Game of Thrones, all the Star Trek Next Generation, Stargate, DS9, Foundation and plenty more. But yes, there is also plenty of rubbish accompanying the good stuff.