We all know that vinyl keeps creaking along!. What other electronic devices could make a comeback when pc related goods have sprinted ahead, overstepped itself and fallen! ?. My bet goes to film cameras and magnetic tape, what do you think?.
What retro device will make a comeback???
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Decent Hi-Fi.
I'm seeing quite a few 30-Somethings who were the first generation iPod buyers coming back for something better than crappy docks and PC speakers. Quality never goes out of style.
I'm not so sure about tape though. The gear is available cheap which always helps. But is there enough blank media widely available to support a resurgence?
I'm seeing quite a few 30-Somethings who were the first generation iPod buyers coming back for something better than crappy docks and PC speakers. Quality never goes out of style.
I'm not so sure about tape though. The gear is available cheap which always helps. But is there enough blank media widely available to support a resurgence?
Crystal Set Radios (when we run out of power).
Whats all this modern stuff, spinning disc TV Logie Baird style - ooer.
12" monochrome valve TV's with a dirty great magnifying glass to make it look like a 17".
On reflection I think I will stick with PC's that have the power of a previous generations computers large enough to fill a room costing next to nothing.
Anyone want to go back to a dog looking down a large trumpet like thing with a steel needle floating on a shellac disc driven by clockwork.
Lots will have a affinity with crt TV's, they ain't coming back with HD TV imagine a 50" CRT, you would need a fork lift to move it.
As for linear recording kit like cine and audio tape forget it. Anyone who has ever tried to edit such content compared to non linear editing with digital kit will say never again.
By the way old enough to remember the above (may be not the spinning discs)
Whats all this modern stuff, spinning disc TV Logie Baird style - ooer.
12" monochrome valve TV's with a dirty great magnifying glass to make it look like a 17".
On reflection I think I will stick with PC's that have the power of a previous generations computers large enough to fill a room costing next to nothing.
Anyone want to go back to a dog looking down a large trumpet like thing with a steel needle floating on a shellac disc driven by clockwork.
Lots will have a affinity with crt TV's, they ain't coming back with HD TV imagine a 50" CRT, you would need a fork lift to move it.
As for linear recording kit like cine and audio tape forget it. Anyone who has ever tried to edit such content compared to non linear editing with digital kit will say never again.
By the way old enough to remember the above (may be not the spinning discs)
Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Whats all this modern stuff, spinning disc TV Logie Baird style - ooer.....
By the way old enough to remember the above (may be not the spinning discs)”
“Whats all this modern stuff, spinning disc TV Logie Baird style - ooer.....
By the way old enough to remember the above (may be not the spinning discs)”
The spinning disc is already back...
It carries the polarized filters for 3D cinema projectors (our local cinema had a behind-the-scenes opening on Heritage Day and we got to see the film reels, splicing table as well as the digital projector and HDD playback system).
CD's (well i know there are still some, but close to death i would say)
Mac OS "Classic" - rather than OS X.
Analogue terestrial tv (but keep freesat/sky/cable digital)
Mac OS "Classic" - rather than OS X.
Analogue terestrial tv (but keep freesat/sky/cable digital)
none
that is what progress is. newer and better
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however, if we run out of petrol, we may have to go back to older forms of transport.
and if transport costs get to high, we may see less imported food. more carrots and parsnips
that is what progress is. newer and better
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however, if we run out of petrol, we may have to go back to older forms of transport.
and if transport costs get to high, we may see less imported food. more carrots and parsnips
Originally Posted by Chris Frost:
“Decent Hi-Fi.
I'm seeing quite a few 30-Somethings who were the first generation iPod buyers coming back for something better than crappy docks and PC speakers. Quality never goes out of style.
I'm not so sure about tape though. The gear is available cheap which always helps. But is there enough blank media widely available to support a resurgence?”
“Decent Hi-Fi.
I'm seeing quite a few 30-Somethings who were the first generation iPod buyers coming back for something better than crappy docks and PC speakers. Quality never goes out of style.
I'm not so sure about tape though. The gear is available cheap which always helps. But is there enough blank media widely available to support a resurgence?”
It's somewhat depressing that sound quality has gone backwards since CD, nobody really cares about it any more, it's all iPods and MP3s and other lossy compression, normally through crappy earphones
Originally Posted by Aspartame:
“It's somewhat depressing that sound quality has gone backwards since CD, nobody really cares about it any more, it's all iPods and MP3s and other lossy compression, normally through crappy earphones”
“It's somewhat depressing that sound quality has gone backwards since CD, nobody really cares about it any more, it's all iPods and MP3s and other lossy compression, normally through crappy earphones
”
I'm with you there.
Originally Posted by gemma-the-husky:
“none
that is what progress is. newer and better”
“none
that is what progress is. newer and better”
It's not about progress, it's about fashion and old tech having retro chic.
Originally Posted by David (2):
“Mac OS "Classic" - rather than OS X.”
“Mac OS "Classic" - rather than OS X.”
I can't see this happening at all. As a Mac user, I think OS X and iOS (what's used on iPhones and iPads) will eventually merge. That seems to be happening already with Lion and the upcoming Mountain Lion. I know some people collect old (pre-OSX) Macs though.
Originally Posted by AidanLunn:
“It's not about progress, it's about fashion and old tech having retro chic.”
“It's not about progress, it's about fashion and old tech having retro chic.”
no, but progress represents the mainstream
retro stuff will always be a niche market
crt tv's
vinyl
tape
etc
Originally Posted by cnbcwatcher:
“I can't see this happening at all. As a Mac user, I think OS X and iOS (what's used on iPhones and iPads) will eventually merge. That seems to be happening already with Lion and the upcoming Mountain Lion. I know some people collect old (pre-OSX) Macs though.”
“I can't see this happening at all. As a Mac user, I think OS X and iOS (what's used on iPhones and iPads) will eventually merge. That seems to be happening already with Lion and the upcoming Mountain Lion. I know some people collect old (pre-OSX) Macs though.”
More's the pity, and Windows 8 looks like MS is going the same way.
The keyboard/mouse/keyboard shortcuts is more than fine for desktop pcs, I don't like gestures etc adding just for the sake of it
Retro styling is not the same as retro tech. Fashion and styling always comes back into fashion but just because a DAB radio has an art deco casing doesn't mean the technology inside is from the 1920's.
Originally Posted by gamercraig:
“More's the pity, and Windows 8 looks like MS is going the same way.
The keyboard/mouse/keyboard shortcuts is more than fine for desktop pcs, I don't like gestures etc adding just for the sake of it”
“More's the pity, and Windows 8 looks like MS is going the same way.
The keyboard/mouse/keyboard shortcuts is more than fine for desktop pcs, I don't like gestures etc adding just for the sake of it”
Yeah there's a discussion on it in the Computing forums and some of them don't like the new Metro interface. I'm still using OSX Snow Leopard as I didn't like the iOSification of Lion and I doubt I'll be upgrading to Mountain Lion either.
Originally Posted by cnbcwatcher:
“Yeah there's a discussion on it in the Computing forums and some of them don't like the new Metro interface. I'm still using OSX Snow Leopard as I didn't like the iOSification of Lion and I doubt I'll be upgrading to Mountain Lion either.”
“Yeah there's a discussion on it in the Computing forums and some of them don't like the new Metro interface. I'm still using OSX Snow Leopard as I didn't like the iOSification of Lion and I doubt I'll be upgrading to Mountain Lion either.”
I got Lion because it was free for me as I'd just bought a new iMac a few weeks back. But it shows where Apple's heart now lies. Needless to say I haven't bought the multi-gesture trackpad
Originally Posted by gamercraig:
“I got Lion because it was free for me as I'd just bought a new iMac a few weeks back. But it shows where Apple's heart now lies. Needless to say I haven't bought the multi-gesture trackpad”
“I got Lion because it was free for me as I'd just bought a new iMac a few weeks back. But it shows where Apple's heart now lies. Needless to say I haven't bought the multi-gesture trackpad”
My Mac's a laptop (Macbook Pro) so I have the trackpad built in, but when I'm sitting at a desk with it I prefer to use a cheap USB mouse. Do you like the iMac so far?
Originally Posted by cnbcwatcher:
“My Mac's a laptop (Macbook Pro) so I have the trackpad built in, but when I'm sitting at a desk with it I prefer to use a cheap USB mouse. Do you like the iMac so far?”
“My Mac's a laptop (Macbook Pro) so I have the trackpad built in, but when I'm sitting at a desk with it I prefer to use a cheap USB mouse. Do you like the iMac so far?”
Yep, just want OSX to keep its own identity, but I think Apple have other ideas!
slate and easel in schools.
the peggy tub.
wax cylinder phonogaph.
wearing animal skins.
living in caves and hunting animals in tribes .....
...... return of the soroban .......
the peggy tub.
wax cylinder phonogaph.
wearing animal skins.
living in caves and hunting animals in tribes .....
...... return of the soroban .......
Can't see these coming back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bTM...eature=related (8 rpm record)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faYK...eature=related
(16 rpm record)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bTM...eature=related (8 rpm record)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faYK...eature=related
(16 rpm record)
Originally Posted by Chris Frost:
“Decent Hi-Fi.
I'm seeing quite a few 30-Somethings who were the first generation iPod buyers coming back for something better than crappy docks and PC speakers. Quality never goes out of style.”
“Decent Hi-Fi.
I'm seeing quite a few 30-Somethings who were the first generation iPod buyers coming back for something better than crappy docks and PC speakers. Quality never goes out of style.
”
I couldn't agree more.
The amount of people who'se idea of hi-fi is listening through iphone speakers, or stupid tinny little ipod docks, these days
I will always have a proper hi-fi system.
even a small micro system will do in comparison.
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