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no more vicar but a diver instead
Jan. 22nd, 2009 08:23 amLast night, I unplugged our ailing and failing VCR. In its place now resides a DVR, which I managed to hook up fairly easily. The only problem was that the TV set would show only static. A call to Comcast's tech support this morning revealed that all I had to do was to switch the TV set th Channel 3. Now, all I have to do is learn how to use this newfangled contraption.
It feels strange to see a technology become obsolete. Of course, having been born in 1955, I've seen plenty of technology come and go. For example, I have fond memories of 8-track tapedecks. And portables tapedecks were my joy in the days before VCRs, when I'd set the deck in front of the TV's speaker and record the whole soundtrack, dialogue and all, so that I could play back my favorite movies as often as I wished.
It's a good thing I still have a TV/VCR elsewhere in the house, otherwise I'd be unable to watch the tapes of those MST3K movies that were never released on DVD.
It feels strange to see a technology become obsolete. Of course, having been born in 1955, I've seen plenty of technology come and go. For example, I have fond memories of 8-track tapedecks. And portables tapedecks were my joy in the days before VCRs, when I'd set the deck in front of the TV's speaker and record the whole soundtrack, dialogue and all, so that I could play back my favorite movies as often as I wished.
It's a good thing I still have a TV/VCR elsewhere in the house, otherwise I'd be unable to watch the tapes of those MST3K movies that were never released on DVD.
