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Veronica is the best!
I wish I had a cool aunt like Veronica.
And so, are you *cue theme tune
Tapes , lots and lots of them
57 years ago (1969) meant the only tapes were audio (8-tracks, reel to reel, and some cassette tapes), and those were just starting to become popular because Dolby (released in '65) was starting to be used during mastering to reduce tape hiss enough that they could be used for music.
Betamax was released in '75, VHS in '76.
Philips started with cassettapes in my country Belgium in 63 , betamax and vhs where for video.
8 mm camera and movies were also availableUhm and what about Tapes for Data Storage? Pretty sure Mainframes existed in 1969 already.
I’m mean you had reel to reel. Which was a tape right, just not a cassette?
Umatic came out in 1971. But it was too expensive for most consumers. My brother in law had one because his family business was TV repair.
I will give it a shot for the tapes my parents have in the Attic
My grandpa recorded absolutely everything on VHS in the 90s. He had so many bookshelves full of movies and shows he meticulously catalogued. I wanted to ask him if he ever actually watched any of them, but I didn’t want to break his spirit.
OK, thanks iam that old, the years 70 and 80 where the best times to be around ,talk to your grandfather ,ask him everything about that time
That looks like a streaming video
I mean, any YouTube creator is neck-deep in streaming. It’s probably more unhealthy than long-form TV.
EDIT: Though to this influencer’s credit, she seems more low key and avoids other social media. It appears she only does YT, Patreon, Ko-Fi, Peertube(!) and her own site, and uploads on a modest scheduile. That’s quite reasonable.
Honestly super big props to this influencer for uploading a video about cutting out all streaming services 37 years before Netflix even started trying to pivot towards internet streaming!
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What about 1870 then?
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I cut all streaming services out of my life last year, except for Curiosity Stream, a sort of “Netflix” for educational documentaries.
But I haven’t even been watching that in a while, so maybe I should stop paying for it.
I just got sick of rising prices and invasive ads despite paying to avoid them. I use Plex now. I paid the one-time fee for the Lifetime Plex Pass and now I have access to all their advanced tools and streaming content, plus I can rip my movies/TV shows/music to my PC and stream them myself through Plex. No ads, no extra junk, no “are you still watching?” pop-ups. Just hit play and enjoy.
Stream? Yeah I go down by the stream often
I live in a van near one (this generation’s dream.).
I’d give anything for a steady diet of government cheese…
This gif is perfect, I was listening to a song, then it finished and went to the next one, and in both his punches were completely synced to the beat both times
on whom?
Damn… Guess I’m 56 now.
I stream a lot. Just on better services which have way better catalogues and they just happen to be free.
The media conglomerates could have easily made an open/shared plattform where they just compete for eyeballs and watch time. Instead we have 56 different shitty closed services which arent worth my time nor my money.
They were called broadcasts back then. And the equipment you needed was a bit more expensive and bulkier.
They were called broadcasts back then.
They still are. I get 50 channels OTA and I have a DVR to record them if I need to. I stream nothing but my own media off Plex. All this costs me $0/mo.
Thumbnail looked like Weird Al.
I guess people sit all day and stream stuff, because you cant do hobbies like dance, yoga, bicycle or anything else looool.
Yeah most people dont have the energy for those things, but its by design. Work and family takes all your energy. And then they want you to watch tv so you can get served ads, or watch news so you feel small and afraid.
work and family is excluded, for obvious reasons.
I still dont stream. I buy big hard drives and full them with stuff. :)
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