Old Technology

[Archie]

I have a pornograph. Use it to play dirty records.

Derek and Clive?

[Dopey]

I have a pornograph. Use it to play dirty records.

Derek and Clive?

Malabo De.....

[Craig T]

Laser discs was one thing I noticed back in the day but never invested in. I think by the time I could afford it, DVD's were just coming about.

I still have a VHS player sitting under my TV. I have a few old VHS cassettes that you can't get now on any other media. One is a 2.5 hour long cassette all about a disused railway line I live close to. Lots of old video footage but I tried converting it to DVD but just can't get past the copyright protection on it. I end up with a picture, no sound, sound and no picture or both but all jumbled up picture.
I have most the Camel trophy years on VHS as well.

Vinyl was more my dads thing but fortunately, he kept his Technics Turntable and records so it's now refurbished and sits in my house. I do still buy new vinyl, I like the feeling of buying something you can handle, sit down, study the cover and the enclosed booklet while soaking up the music. Paying for a download just seems wrong to me. Last record I bought was "Public Service Broadcasting", Every Valley. A musical take on the rise and decline of the Welsh coal mining industry. Sounds odd but it is very good.

I have a vast collection of DVD's and Blurays and yes, I prefer them over streaming services too.

I'm slowly getting out the dark ages and have watched some things on streaming. Off course the last overland on Four on demand, Chernobyl on the Sky Player (the best thing I've watched multiple times in many years) and a new program called "tracing the rails" on Youtube about that disused railway line I mentioned on VHS tape.

Off course in the garage I use Spotify for music. Not too many adverts on Spotify so can live with it. I used to use Youtube as a music player but they have adverts between every track now and they keep finding ways around my adblocker widget on the computer so, very annoying.

Craig.

[martinthefirst]

Have tried Radio Paradise? no adverts: https://radioparadise.com/home

[Alan Drover]

I have the Flying Scotsman on laser disc when it was owned by Alan Pegler making a non stop journey from Kings Cross to Edinburgh in 1968. It had 2 tenders to ensure an adequate supply of water as although some water troughs still remained they were 220 miles apart. It managed to do the journey non stop. It's on an "Active Play" disc which means I can vary the speed, and reverse the playback. Virtually all discs were linear action which meant the speed couldn't be varied. CAV discs spin at a constant speed whereas CLV discs speed up to maintain a constant linear speed.
I now listen to Boom Radio which is available on only DAB+ but only one radio can't get it. There are ads but not many and hourly news bulletins are only a couple of minutes as is the fairy tale known as the weather forecast.
Boom radio in the garage.

[Daisythelandie]

We still have VHS players and an 'All in One' player that has VHS, DVD and harddrive but the VHS is hardly used now. The music is all on CD and all the vinyl is in boxes in the attic as the turntable ceased to function and we had copied almost everything to CD for the car players anyway. Some of the vinyl goes back to the seventies and some are first editions with the gate fold sleeves so could be worth something to someone one day. My new car has a CD player but madam's new car doesn't so she downloads her music onto a memory stick and plugs that into the USB socket.
As for radio I listen to MOROW radio (wired to various speakers around the house) on the internet which is mostly prog music and NO ADVERTS. It's free but I do donate something every year.

Youtube is dreadful for music now as the ads come thick and fast and usually in the middle of a good bit of music...

The march of technology goes on a pace....

[Wittsend]

What prog music might that be ...


 

[Daisythelandie]

Yes some ELP too. Infact they played Tarkus just this morning, 20 minutes worth. King Crimson, Tull, Floyd, early Genesis etc, etc, and a load of other stuff old and new. 

How's the Rover doing? an old guy round the corner from me had a Rover P5 sitting in the drive for years and wouldn't sell it but it eventually went for banger racing, what sacrilege..... I think someone bought the reg which included 666 but the car had no MOT so I don't know how that would have worked. 

Cheers.

[Wittsend]

The Rover's doing quite well. Drained the rad (no easy task) and filled with fresh antifreeze. No leaks yet. The trip up to Fakenham will be a good test.

Old technology 

[diffwhine]

First I've heard of Morow Radio - thanks for that. I've given up on Radio 2 as all I can listen to without shouting at the radio is Jonnie Walker's 70s and Rock Shows. As he is sadly now not long for this world, when he finally stops (unbelievably he's still broadcasting), I will have to find something else for my workshop.

MOTs... If one really wants an MOT, its not that difficult for various unscrupulous parties to issue a certificate - especially if the vehicle or number plate concerned has significant value...

[Alan Drover]

I can't even listen to Sounds of the 60's now that Tony Blackburn presents it. He rushes through it like a man possessed. The best presenter of that show was the late Brian Matthew. Cool, calm, collected and very knowledgeable.
Boom plays hits from the 1950's onwards and their presenters are not manic in their presentation.