Comments on: Off the “Platter” and into Your Home http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:07:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-444109 nlpnt Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:21:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-444109 "I have about a hundred VHS cassettes from the 1980s… I saved the commercials in the shows I recorded, thinking that they would be the interesting bits in the future." Search for "old ad" on Youtube- the future is now! :) “I have about a hundred VHS cassettes from the 1980s… I saved the commercials in the shows I recorded, thinking that they would be the interesting bits in the future.”

Search for “old ad” on Youtube- the future is now! :)

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-433379 Charlie Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:53:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-433379 Well a jack knife anyway. I *think* switchblades are spring operated. Well a jack knife anyway. I *think* switchblades are spring operated.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-431695 jayessell Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:13:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-431695 The last article on the last page... Is that a switchblade in a screwdriver? The last article on the last page…

Is that a switchblade in a screwdriver?

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-431661 jayessell Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:57:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-431661 I had heard it was the high fidelity of German designed magnetic recorders that allowed Hitler to make "live" speeches from several cities at once. After the war... amazingly.... American tape recorders sounded much better. PS: Thundercat... I predict the future will enjoy our VHS and DVDs. I have about a hundred VHS cassettes from the 1980s... I saved the commercials in the shows I recorded, thinking that <i>they</i> would be the interesting bits in the future. I had heard it was the high fidelity of German designed magnetic recorders that allowed Hitler to make “live” speeches from several cities at once.

After the war… amazingly…. American tape recorders sounded much better.

PS: Thundercat… I predict the future will enjoy our VHS and DVDs.
I have about a hundred VHS cassettes from the 1980s… I saved the commercials in the shows I recorded, thinking that they would be the interesting bits in the future.

]]> By: Thundercat http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-430162 Thundercat Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:30:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-430162 What they probably didn't realize at the time was that this process would allow people in the future (ie now) to still be able to listen to thousands of hours of classic programming. We can still listen to Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, Amos 'n Andy, Dragnet, Fibber McGee and Molly, etc. What they probably didn’t realize at the time was that this process would allow people in the future (ie now) to still be able to listen to thousands of hours of classic programming. We can still listen to Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, Amos ‘n Andy, Dragnet, Fibber McGee and Molly, etc.

]]> By: Casandro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-430131 Casandro Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:12:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-430131 What's funny is that tape recorders were already avaliable back then. The only problem was that the electronics weren't as advanced back then, but this was fixed in 1941 and you could modify those tape recorders to give you high-fidelity sound. What’s funny is that tape recorders were already avaliable back then. The only problem was that the electronics weren’t as advanced back then, but this was fixed in 1941 and you could modify those tape recorders to give you high-fidelity sound.

]]> By: glindsey http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-429994 glindsey Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:59:40 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/24/off-the-platter-and-into-your-home/#comment-429994 I absolutely love the term "electrical transcription." It gives me the image of Rosie the Robot as a court reporter. I absolutely love the term “electrical transcription.” It gives me the image of Rosie the Robot as a court reporter.

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