Quote:
Originally Posted by Katsunami
How would you listen to music in 'the old days' (before 2000)?
Go to a shop. Pick up an LP/CD, pay for it and go home.
Put the album into your player. Press "Play" and listen.
Listening to music digitally (or reading books, or watching movies, anything...) has become a LOT more complex to understand for people who haven't grown up with using computers from childhood.
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Really! (just consumer)
Phono records: (before 2000)
Mono, Stereo (You could not play Stereo Discs on olderplayers equipped with Mono cartridges, the disk would be damaged because the needle would not move in the Stereo V
Speed (rounded): 78, 33, 45, 16 <<used for audio books
QUAD decoder: SQ, QS, CD4
Tape:
Vehicle:
Muntz, 8-track, compact cassette
Home:
(1/4") Mono, Stereo half track, Stereo Quarter Track, Quad 4-track
8-Track
Cassette
Portable :
3-5" Open Reel
Cassette
Video: NTSC, PAL, Secam (for other than film)
Film 16mm, 8mm, super8
Tape: VHS, Beta, HiFi VHS, 8mm (?consumer releases?)
Disc: Laser, RCA (CED), DVD
And if you Traveled out of country, you needed to worry if your equipment handled 50 or 60 Hz (pulley/shaft kits) and a wide range of voltages (same plugs as today)
Simpler... No Way