“- Setting the clock and a timer to record something on your VCR”
You just awakened a sad memory from 30 years ago… I wanted to record a movie I saw in the TV programme magazine but it started after midnight and I should have used the next day’s date :-(
Some VCR popular brands had the TV Guide™ feature. In the TV Guide little magazine near the checkout counter you lookup the show on a chart. And if it had a 5 or 6 digit number in bold next to it – punch that into the VCR. And it’ll program it to record it.
This technology partnership failed because it required people to have properly set the clock beforehand. If one could do that troddening thru the menus or instruction manual, then they probably won’t need to buy the magazine.
Holy shit TV Guide! I forgot about those! They’d just show up in the mail every week, I have no idea who was sending them or why but inevitably they’d be in the mailbox!
The first time I went to a friend’s house and they had a guide on the TV my mind was blown!
Oh and Tivo too! I learned about Tivo from a friend and had never even heard of DVR before that! The idea that you could just record TV at will was mind-blowing! I was like, “yeah but where do you put the cassette?”
Actually I don’t even think ours had a date, only time, like a microwave or oven, so you have to set the timer for a time within 24 hours. I think I might have missed sorting once between I messed up the AM/PM.
That’s likely more from personal preference and not having looked for it at the grocery store. I was more remembering the old monkey(?) commercials and everyone talking about it because it was from “NASA.”
My crazy friends and I used to mix a tang packet into a 600ml of jolt soda, which was just cola with extra caffeine… We spent a lot of time vibrating with energy after drinking it.
Popeye was one of my favorite shows I remember watching over and over and over again. Singing and acting it out. I also had recordings of the Pink Panther and I think one of, if not the first animated Superman movies or cartoons.
That’s also an old memory you unlocked of a home video of myself maybe 3-4 ish “playing Popeye” singing “Popeye the sailor man, toot toot!” and I would take a drink from my Dad’s cup pretending it was spinach and acting like my biceps popped out and then promptly sneezing in my Dad’s face.
When I was a kid, I would make a beeline for the magazines when we went to the store. Not to check out the hotrod babes. But to see what new cheats there were for my favorite N64 games.
“- Setting the clock and a timer to record something on your VCR”
You just awakened a sad memory from 30 years ago… I wanted to record a movie I saw in the TV programme magazine but it started after midnight and I should have used the next day’s date :-(
Some VCR popular brands had the TV Guide™ feature. In the TV Guide little magazine near the checkout counter you lookup the show on a chart. And if it had a 5 or 6 digit number in bold next to it – punch that into the VCR. And it’ll program it to record it.
This technology partnership failed because it required people to have properly set the clock beforehand. If one could do that troddening thru the menus or instruction manual, then they probably won’t need to buy the magazine.
Holy shit TV Guide! I forgot about those! They’d just show up in the mail every week, I have no idea who was sending them or why but inevitably they’d be in the mailbox!
The first time I went to a friend’s house and they had a guide on the TV my mind was blown!
Oh and Tivo too! I learned about Tivo from a friend and had never even heard of DVR before that! The idea that you could just record TV at will was mind-blowing! I was like, “yeah but where do you put the cassette?”
You knew your favorite show had made it when it was on the cover of TV Guide. I know I was happy when Babylon 5 got a cover.
Actually I don’t even think ours had a date, only time, like a microwave or oven, so you have to set the timer for a time within 24 hours. I think I might have missed sorting once between I messed up the AM/PM.
I’m confused by your inclusion of Tang. I mean, in some places it’s still sold and consumed everywhere. Honey Lemon Tang is the bomb, btw.
That’s likely more from personal preference and not having looked for it at the grocery store. I was more remembering the old monkey(?) commercials and everyone talking about it because it was from “NASA.”
Never knew Tang still existed. I only knew it during my childhood
My crazy friends and I used to mix a tang packet into a 600ml of jolt soda, which was just cola with extra caffeine… We spent a lot of time vibrating with energy after drinking it.
pluto is a planet in like New mexico or Arizona
When I was 2 or 3 year old our Family had a VCR. I still remember watching Popeye using VCR.
Popeye was one of my favorite shows I remember watching over and over and over again. Singing and acting it out. I also had recordings of the Pink Panther and I think one of, if not the first animated Superman movies or cartoons.
That’s also an old memory you unlocked of a home video of myself maybe 3-4 ish “playing Popeye” singing “Popeye the sailor man, toot toot!” and I would take a drink from my Dad’s cup pretending it was spinach and acting like my biceps popped out and then promptly sneezing in my Dad’s face.
Good times.
I remember VCRs being mind-blowingly cool new tech. Only rich people had them. And colour TV. Who can afford that?
I remember my dad surprising us one night with a pizza and a rented VCR.
I remember hearing about color TVs, even seeing a few in stores but no way we could afford one …
Then my Dad signed up for a remote class through DeVry Institue of Technology (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_%26_Howell) where the final project was to build a color TV!
— I don’t remember what term we used for “online classes” before there was an online
What do you mean? It’s only been googles… 18 years… since… whoa…
Wtf
When I was a kid, I would make a beeline for the magazines when we went to the store. Not to check out the hotrod babes. But to see what new cheats there were for my favorite N64 games.
Wampa Stompa
I wish they would remaster/remake Shadows of the Empire…
And then the #&@)#% sportsball game before your show ran long, so your recording cut off before the end of the show because the tape ran out…
Ugh yesss. I forgot that was even a possibility.