I don't get it. Why is this happening? https://www.businessinsider.com/nostalgic-90s-tech-list-photos
>>535857042Eventually, personal non cloud locked computers will be retro
>>535857125>t. jeff bezos the faggotNo it won't.Shit personal computers have been around longer than you old man.
>>535857042>landlinesbullshit. that infrastructure is fucked and almost non existent at this point. and they aren't rebuilding it. stupid fucking zoomer.
>>535857042So you don't have to pay for subscription or be online. You enjoy more as you are not paralized by choice. You buy something and then you watch it.
>>535857042I doubt landlines will make a comeback, VHS, Vinyl Records, Cassetes, and CD's never went away, there is a small niche crowd that collects VHS and even Betamax tapes. The main draw now is that a company can't revoke the license of a piece of physical media you own, they can't go back and censor it because of whatever faggy jew running the company or bank doesn't like the content.
I wanted a NEOGEO AES+ US but it still too expensive.
>>535857042they long for a whiter time
>>535857042There is no going back. Using old technology doesn't bring back the good times. It's over, latching won't do anything. You have to accept that things are shit and without drastic change things won't get better. Drastic change would also destroy the economy. Of people stopped keeping their heads in the phones 20 hours a day it would literally crash tech companies and bring the economy with it.
>>535857042>landlinesI doubt you'd make it 1 hour before unplugging that shit again.
>>535857042buy physical media, the amount of times shows and movies come and go on streaming platforms is fucking bullshit, it's not worth wasting a penny on it anymore, they took a working concept and took a shit on it
>>535857365>The main draw now is that a company can't revoke the license of a piece of physical media you own, they can't go back and censor it because of whatever faggy jew running the company or bank doesn't like the content.no that is secondary. VHS is just better. VHS playback on CRT is pure kino. it literally improves the viewing experience. and VHS tapes themselves are just nice chunks of plastic with magnetic tape. and their slip covers have cool art a lot of the time. and it is an intentional decision to pop one in the vcr. not just clicking icons on your smart tv or pc. you wouldn't get it, zoomer.
>>535857249>You buy something and then you watch it.these fucking zoomers don't know how to pirate, sad!
>>535857526>physical mediaStill just ones and zeros in a magnetic tapeJust buy or download the files and watch or listen offline
>>535857556VHS is way too low qualityTape (open reel not cassette) I’d assume for audio but it just doesn’t have enough bandwidth for video. You’d need a system like the commercial tape data storage machines to do the original 35mm film prints any justice
>>535858078* is awesome, not assume. Stupid swype autocorrect
>>535857042meh.. dvd's are 90's tech. vhs is 80's
That's retarded. There's a usecase for collecting physical games, but if a show/movie you like is on VHS and DVD, you'd be retarded if you took the VHS outside of rare outliers, just like how you'd be retarded if you went back to a landline when its infinitely less practical than a mobile number.
>>535857042vhs & cassette tapes are fun to handle, think fidget spinner but actually has a use and the physical design is interesting technical art and a canvas for printed art. As for landlines, only superficially, there are devices to allow to use old school phones but as already pointed out no companies are going to lay down the old school cabling everywhere.
>>535858304"mobile" phone, which stays always home is pretty cool idea. you could make it look like oldschool telephone. nothing fancy.. shows missed calls and maybe text messages :)
>>535857042In many places land lines are no longer for sale. The telcos are trying to get rid of all the copper.
>>535857556Not a zoomer, why use an old CRT when you can just use an RCA to HDMI adapter and watch on the flatscreen.
Mojave phone booth bros are we coming back?
>>535858555>flatscreen.get the fuck away from me
>>535858543>you VILL use the always on millimetre band radiowave transmitters!
>>535857125Soon writing a school paper without (((ChatGPT))) will be hip and trendy.
>>535857211>when you find out cable internet IS a landline
>>535857042I got blazing saddles and full metal jacket for a few bucks
These retarded Gen Alpha and Zoomers cannot possibly be kind and rewind.
>>535857125>Eventually, personal non cloud locked computers will be retroThey will be illegal
>>535857365We never completely got rid of our VHS players in our house and there are some movies that never made it to any other format.
Analog has soul, digital does not. That's what VHS has over DVD. Soul. Playing VHS tape playing on a CRT TV, not a single bit is computed.
>>535859106The real problem is, we no longer have sovl.
>>535857042VHS always sucked to be honest. The quality is poor, they break after watching them too much, and you have to rewind them. Its a fun novelty to pop them in but they don't offer much in the current day beyond that. DVDs on the other hand -- there's actually reasons to collect older DVDs because they usually have special features that you can't find anywhere else. Even the Blu-ray rereleases usually lack the features old DVDs had.
>>535857042>>535857249>>535857805I wonder how many actually buy VHS and DVDs. I doubt many enjoy the quality downgrade while there is limited content. Meanwhile, there's a major community that is making 1080 upscale of shows from as far back as the 50s.
>>535857249I can see the allure of owning a hard copy of media but why VHS? DVD is better in every way, higher quality, lasts longer, takes up less space, don't have to rewind
>>535857042>landlinesall modern landlines are VoiP since the fucking late 00s.
>>535859106electron gun will always mog whatever cheap kike chink shit you faggot normies slurp upall this "advancement" was just to make shit cheaper and easier logistically for you goyim
>>535859292>that is making 1080 upscale of shows480p in 4:3 format is all anyone really needs
>>535857211>what is VOIP
anything to get rid of scam calling jeets
>>535859868Spamblockhttps://github.com/aj3423/SpamBlockerIt takes a bit trial an error but I have it set to ring and hang up so they don't leave voicemails.
With old formats you’re not stuck renting AI. You just have to worry about your electricity
>>535857042But is it jeet proof?
>>535859650t. tech illiterate retarded zoomer
>>535857042Stop posting articles written by women and maybe you wouldn't be so fucking confused all the time
>>535857556>VHS is just better.They were awful. Discs are far better.
>>535857042>why is technology that can’t be retroactively edited for propaganda purposes making a resurgence?better ring the scooby gang, cunt, it’s a big mystery!!!
If I was interested in owning media why would I own 1000 vhs tapes instead of one hard drive?
>>535857211>landlines are non-existent >what is VOIP>what is ADSL2goddamn zoomers are fucking retarded
https://youtu.be/9jj3DkwUmp0
>>535860518just wait until you die and maybe next time you will be born a white man and then you have your own house and actually have room to store the patricians choice
>>535858555i bet you experience panic attacks trying to adapt from VGA/DVI-I lmao
>>535860577if you're not a zoomer you should neck yourself for being a stupid nigger. but i will assume you are a zoomer since you're retarded but think you're not. go ask grok or something. dumb nigger
>>535860624>Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next product
>>535860624I still have a bunch of vhs from when I grew up in the 90s laying around and a vcr that I would be surprised if it still works and they do have sentimental value to me but I don't see why I would go out of my way to buy more vhs I guess it could be a fun hobby to show your kids or something
>hard disk space cost x2 from a year ago, on will never go back down>chips shortages used to push plebes into "cloud" processing>chinks control all the resources needed make electronics>Taiwan>kike and chink data theft>kike data manipulation and control>all new media shit is trash compared to two decades ago>Why is this happening?
>>535861507>next productthey don't make VHS anymore grandpa. go back to watching me tv
>>535861949Do people actually keep all the movies and shows they download? I try to watch and get rid of them.But yeah, it's crazy seeing people upload a 32GB rip of Sausage Party or The Wiz.
>>535864148my lord of the rings trilogy collection is 350gb alone
>>535857211Literally have a copper landline right now because cell service at my house is ass and WiFi calling is only so reliable.
>>535857042Nobody really likes the dystopian age of 2020s and these VHS things are relics that reminds us of better years
>>535857183>jeff bezosRemember Bezos will always be Gru and envies to be Dru but cant have that hair in this timeline. No matter how much money you have, no woman can run her hands through your imagination of hair.
>>535858555TVs and VHS go together hand in hand. A lot of the special and practical effects of the 90s bake in the assumption that the viewing tech wasn't that good. Take a movie like independence day. If you watch it on VHS with a crt tv the quality is fuzzy enough that the models they used for blowing up the cities actually look like real cities. On the rereleased from the original reels you can actually see that they are models. That's why practical effects, "looked better" because the viewing medium hide imperfections.
>>535857556I agree, VHS is only good on a CRT.However, only certain movies benefit from being on VHS. There's a youtube video about it somewhere but the movies they said were good for the format were Alien(s) and Mallrats.I've watched The Time Machine (old one), Silence of the Lambs, and Small Soldiers somewhat recently.Right now discs are under appreciated and affordable, great time to buy. CDs and DVDs. You have to plan ahead to know what you want to look for in used goods stores, but it's worth it. PS3 is the best DVD player/upscaler for a modern HDMI tv.
>>535857042shitlennials can't stop whining how everything is bad nowadays and they're stuck with their nostalgia goggles. which is why companies like nintendo are milking manchildren who are stuck on the past by releasing rehashed games from the 90s
>>535858555 (checked)Some older media was specifically designed to take advantage of how CRTs "warp" the view, and don't look right on modern high definition screens. They used the CRT stuff to blend colors, smoothen animations, make low res stuff look much better with optical illusions basically that don't work on modern screens
>>535865096OLED is just now catching up to CRT's level of blacks. enjoy your vertical panel banding though, scrubs
