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mhhf1ve
11/3/2016 4:43:26 PM
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Re: Shows Versus Movies
Re-surfacing DVDs sounds like an interesting repair job... I wonder how long DVD players will continue to be manufactured. I thought VCRs recently stopped being produced? So it makes me wonder how long optical media will survive... Even if tech like m-discs still exist.
mhhf1ve
11/3/2016 4:39:43 PM
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Re: Shows Versus Movies
Retro music players like the hard drive iPods from the early 2000s are also making a comeback -- selling for hundreds on eBay. However, they're outfitted with modern storage technology so they can hold terabytes of music, not just a few megabytes or gigs.
mhhf1ve
11/3/2016 4:37:04 PM
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Re: Shows Versus Movies
The LP revival reminds me that I saw a "laser reading" turntable not too long ago that did away with physical contact with the record. I'm not sure if it also dispensed with the need to spin the record, but it seems like there could be a solid state device immune to skipping that didn't use needles or rotating mechanisms to play a record. It wouldn't be analog, though.
batye
11/2/2016 2:24:43 PM
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Re: Shows Versus Movies
@Ariella Amazon sells basic LP players :) - https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_5?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=lp+player&sprefix=lp+pl%2Caps%2C166&crid=2Y1GWK5PHHU19 under $45 usd lp you could still find them at yard sales.... I still use old nokia phone as battery last up to 10 -12 days :) plus if I drop it it make dent in the asphalt. - not a crack on the phone :) but it just me I love old technology...
Ariella
11/2/2016 2:20:00 PM
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Re: Shows Versus Movies
@batye Well, LPs are considered retro cool now. My daughter has been asking for a player, oblivious to the fact that we possess no records. I recall my mother even unloaded one she had over a decade ago. Someone wanted to buy it because no record players were selling. But now that it's trendy, you can buy them. The same holds for Walkmans. The question is: will old cell phones have the same retro cache in decades to come?
batye
11/2/2016 2:16:45 PM
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Re: Shows Versus Movies
@Ariella I see, I only handle DVD's plus for old dvd's I buy at garage sales I got special dvd resurfacing machine - hand cranking :) to buff the surface... but f dvd cracked it lost forever... with old cracked cd's I use trick from - http://smallbusiness.chron.com/repair-cracked-audio-cd-45954.html and try to transfer them to mp3 format to usb stick :)... plus I still have old LP and two LP players :)
Ariella
11/2/2016 2:07:56 PM
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@batye I have no need to acquire a library of films. I have checked some DVDs out at my library, but frequently had problems with them. It doesn't seem to be a good format for something that will be handled by many people -- even though it doesn't require any rewinding like the old video tapes did.
batye
11/2/2016 1:48:23 PM
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@faryl I stop watching tv over last 5 year... only my wife watching tv her crime shows :)
batye
11/2/2016 1:47:04 PM
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@afwriter thanks for sharing... my wife uses sat box pvr to record shows during viewing... but with only 300GB hard drive inside sat motorola box... I keep deleting them as we run out of space.... :(...
batye
11/2/2016 1:43:23 PM
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Re: Shows Versus Movies
@Ariella I prefer it on DVD/BR/USB stick but I'm old school... in my mind I must own media I buy to watch it :) lol but it how my mind works... even with Windows 10 I still want to have it on DVD :) or USB stick :)
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