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From: theo on 9 Apr 2010 12:48 On Apr 7, 9:27 am, YnRAaHVtYmxldG93bi5vcmc=(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au (BT Humble) wrote: > Marty H wrote: > > BT Humble wrote: > > > From that first link, check out the $7.2M pair of goggles. These days you > > > can buy an auto-darkening welding helmet that does the same job for $100. > > > and here I was pissed that my first DVD player was worth $1600 > > I waited to buy a DVD player until they were $200 (and it was a hella long > wait, too!) You bloody cheapskate. I paid $920 for my first VCR, back when $920 was a shitload of money (circa 1974, I think), It did come with three free blank tapes though, saving me $75. Theo
From: Kevin Gleeson on 9 Apr 2010 16:56 On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:48:42 -0700 (PDT), theo <theodoreb(a)bigpond.com.au> wrote: >On Apr 7, 9:27�am, >YnRAaHVtYmxldG93bi5vcmc=(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au (BT Humble) >wrote: >> Marty H wrote: >> > BT Humble wrote: >> > > From that first link, check out the $7.2M pair of goggles. These days you >> > > can buy an auto-darkening welding helmet that does the same job for $100. >> >> > and here I was pissed that my first DVD player was worth $1600 >> >> I waited to buy a DVD player until they were $200 (and it was a hella long >> wait, too!) � > >You bloody cheapskate. I paid $920 for my first VCR, back when $920 >was a shitload of money (circa 1974, I think), It did come with three >free blank tapes though, saving me $75. Would have been later than 74 I reckon. Unless you were buying a machine like a U-Matic. Can't be arsed googling it, but closer to 76-77 I think. I started working at a TV station in 1979 and VHS or Betamaxes were still quite rare then. Kev
From: George W Frost on 9 Apr 2010 18:12 "Kevin Gleeson" <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote in message news:lt4vr55pic25ru8821kkhkmt1ai1m5u6kk(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:48:42 -0700 (PDT), theo > <theodoreb(a)bigpond.com.au> wrote: > >>On Apr 7, 9:27 am, >>YnRAaHVtYmxldG93bi5vcmc=(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au (BT Humble) >>wrote: >>> Marty H wrote: >>> > BT Humble wrote: >>> > > From that first link, check out the $7.2M pair of goggles. These >>> > > days you >>> > > can buy an auto-darkening welding helmet that does the same job for >>> > > $100. >>> >>> > and here I was pissed that my first DVD player was worth $1600 >>> >>> I waited to buy a DVD player until they were $200 (and it was a hella >>> long >>> wait, too!) >> >>You bloody cheapskate. I paid $920 for my first VCR, back when $920 >>was a shitload of money (circa 1974, I think), It did come with three >>free blank tapes though, saving me $75. > > Would have been later than 74 I reckon. Unless you were buying a > machine like a U-Matic. Can't be arsed googling it, but closer to > 76-77 I think. I started working at a TV station in 1979 and VHS or > Betamaxes were still quite rare then. > > Kev I had a TV station recording tape cassette machine in one of the sheds and I ended up giving it away because of its size, think the bloke got about $150 as scrap The tapes were in a container about a 12" long, about 9" wide, 2" deep, but that was in the early 70's, I think they were made in the 1960's then I got a Philips tape recorder, the tapes were little square cassetes,which I consider to have been the best, but as there was a war on between Philips, Sony and National about which format to bring out, Philips brought out their version, which in my opinion was the better one, but the others, ganged up on Philips and flooded the market with Beta, then VHS, with VHS ultimately winning, even though Beta are a better quality tape than VHS, with Philips even better. So, Philips were appointed to the back shelf But, that is only my opinion
From: BT Humble on 9 Apr 2010 20:05 theo wrote: > YnRAaHVtYmxldG93bi5vcmc=(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au (BT Humble) > wrote: > > Marty H wrote: > > > BT Humble wrote: > > > > From that first link, check out the $7.2M pair of goggles. These days you > > > > can buy an auto-darkening welding helmet that does the same job for $100. > > > > > and here I was pissed that my first DVD player was worth $1600 > > > > I waited to buy a DVD player until they were $200 (and it was a hella long > > wait, too!) ? > > You bloody cheapskate. I paid $920 for my first VCR, back when $920 > was a shitload of money (circa 1974, I think), It did come with three > free blank tapes though, saving me $75. U-Matic? BTH -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: theo on 10 Apr 2010 01:28
On Apr 10, 4:56 am, Kevin Gleeson <kevinglee...(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:48:42 -0700 (PDT), theo > >You bloody cheapskate. I paid $920 for my first VCR, back when $920 > >was a shitload of money (circa 1974, I think), It did come with three > >free blank tapes though, saving me $75. > > Would have been later than 74 I reckon. Unless you were buying a > machine like a U-Matic. Can't be arsed googling it, but closer to > 76-77 I think. I started working at a TV station in 1979 and VHS or > Betamaxes were still quite rare then. I am a bit hazy about the date (it was the seventies, I wore flairs and platform shoes), but I do remember the pain of the price. Theo |