Old and obsolete tech you know how to use - (and that for some reason insist on using)

[XYZpdq]

Better picture quality than cable and satellite and it's free. If only there was actually anything good to watch. But hey, at least I'm not wasting money on it.

yeah that's about my take on it
I got a decent antenna from a buddy, hooked it up, scanned my region to get a pretty decent mess of channels, then realized they all mostly suck and I can't run it in a small window while I use my tv as a big monitor like I normally do for videos, so meh.

 

[soft breathing]

Record & play VHS/cassette.
Take photos with an analogue/manual SLR camera.
Develop analogue c-41 film.
Operate old atari/commodore machines.
Use a fax machine, slide ruler, rotary phone and an abacus.
Manual transmission if that one counts - automatic cars seem to be getting more and more popular around here.

Shit, I feel ancient and kind of useless just thinking about all of that.

 

[John Titor]

Does bookbinding count?
I also took a photography course so I know how to use a dark room and photo negatives. Just fyi, you have to do that shit in the dark. You probably seen TV shows having characters make photos with the red light on, that only works when you're making black and white photos.

 

[heyitsmike]

yeah that's about my take on it
I got a decent antenna from a buddy, hooked it up, scanned my region to get a pretty decent mess of channels, then realized they all mostly suck and I can't run it in a small window while I use my tv as a big monitor like I normally do for videos, so meh.

Your television can't do picture in picture? During college football season I'd have an SEC game in the inset with an Xbox game in the main window.

Or, if you have a Xbox TV tuner as well, you can watch two games at once.

 

[XYZpdq]

Oh yeah I forgot about film.
Yeah back in high school I learned how to develop b/w at least.

Your television can't do picture in picture? During college football season I'd have an SEC game in the inset with an Xbox game in the main window.

Or, if you have a Xbox TV tuner as well, you can watch two games at once.

no, I have a very cheap hdtv from walmart
and honestly even if I had pnp I don't think I'd bother with anything on broadcast tv
I was very very close to getting a doubleplus antenna to get a Mexican-based Spanish language channel about a county and a half from me but now they're on Pluto online so fuck that lol

 

[heyitsmike]

I was very very close to getting a doubleplus antenna to get a Mexican-based Spanish language channel about a county and a half from me but now they're on Pluto online so fuck that lol

I was already receiving Telemundo, but I just noticed a few weeks ago that I could now get Azteca América. I looked into it and apparently they just started broadcasting within the last year.

 

[XYZpdq]

I was already receiving Telemundo, but I just noticed a few weeks ago that I could now get Azteca América. I looked into it and apparently they just started broadcasting within the last year.

I was looking for Nuestra Vision. They carry some of CMLL's big events (when CMLL is happening in better times).

 

[DDBCAE CBAADCBE]

I grew up around about three such vehicles two of which were trucks that were as best as I can recall "crank activated"

 

[President Joe Biden]

Forgot to add that I use an over the air television antenna. Since more people are cutting the cable it's kinda getting resurrected from the obsolete tech graveyard. Over the air color television was becoming widespread 50 years ago, becoming obsolete 25 years ago and is now becoming widespread again. Time is a flat circle, etc etc.

Better picture quality than cable and satellite and it's free. If only there was actually anything good to watch. But hey, at least I'm not wasting money on it.

yeah that's about my take on it
I got a decent antenna from a buddy, hooked it up, scanned my region to get a pretty decent mess of channels, then realized they all mostly suck and I can't run it in a small window while I use my tv as a big monitor like I normally do for videos, so meh.

Did you have to change anything after the federal switch to digital in '09?

 

[heyitsmike]

Did you have to change anything after the federal switch to digital in '09?

Before my current residence, I had only used over the air television in the house I grew up in. Once I went off to college and thereafter, all the places I lived in had either cable or satellite.

My oldest set in use is an LCD from late 2009, so already after the switchover.

 

[Stoneheart]

I dont know if it counts, but i can do a pcr by hand. its not fun-

 

[XYZpdq]

Did you have to change anything after the federal switch to digital in '09?

nah, I had cable around that time, then cut the cord around 2015ish, then tried hd antenna around a year or two later

 

[Dom Cruise]

I still play PS1, PS2, Xbox and Gamecube games on a flat screen CRT.

 

[Basil II]

I still play PS1, PS2, Xbox and Gamecube games on a flat screen CRT.

beats the shit games of the 2010's.

 

[Wild Wild Wisteria]

PSX and PS2
Cassette tapes/recorders + how to navigate radio stations and get a clearer signal
Floppy disks (I even own a USB floppy disk reader)
A whole bunch of mini-CDs, CD roms and DVDs

Spoiler: This baby

Bonus: (no idea if these are considered obsolete)
Graphite pencils

 

[Hesa]

Atari STe 1040 for old school techno with a Korg M1. I've have loads of old synths over the years but I've sold a lot of them as the prices have got stupid these days.

 

[Baguette Child]

I am licensed for and use daily a ham radio. The community for it dwindles every year but I still have lots of regular chatting friends, and enjoy getting to interact with people in distant places via a non-digital medium for a change. I can also get some really quality news stations in which helps since I don't really trust domestic news outlets anymore.

 

[Not Really Here]

Persian tech from 500 A.D.

Fancy version

The tech that made it beyond obsolete

My name is humanity and I am retarded.

 

[Spasticus Autisticus]

I am licensed for and use daily a ham radio. The community for it dwindles every year but I still have lots of regular chatting friends, and enjoy getting to interact with people in distant places via a non-digital medium for a change. I can also get some really quality news stations in which helps since I don't really trust domestic news outlets anymore.

There are more licensed hams (at least in the US) than ever, even with all the Silent Gen/Early Boomer hams going SK. But in terms of activity it's in a weird spot right now. A lot of people get licenses and then don't do much with them (I'm guilty of this, I haven't been on the air in months). On HF, bad propagation seems to be driving the popularity of digital modes like FT8. HF in general is probably losing popularity simply due to the cost of the equipment and the difficulty in setting up an antenna, particularly for apartment dwellers and residents of HOA neighborhoods. In my area, 2m and 70cm still have a decent amount of activity, but I've heard of it being totally dead in many places. Then you have the rise of Internet-linked voice systems like Allstar, IRLP, Brandmeister DMR, Wires-X/YSF/FCS, and the D-Star gateways, which have exploded in popularity due to the relatively low cost of entry, but their reliance on the Internet takes something away from the experience IMO.

 

[heyitsmike]

On HF, bad propagation seems to be driving the popularity of digital modes like FT8. HF in general is probably losing popularity simply due to the cost of the equipment and the difficulty in setting up an antenna, particularly for apartment dwellers and residents of HOA neighborhoods.

It's crazy that private citizens are actually using HF. I guess you're only using it for voice so you don't need much bandwidth. But the antennas are huge.

I remember how big the antennas were on my ship for the HF circuits (which we never used). I can't imagine having one in my backyard.