I bought my first VCR on December 27th 1984 (the first day of the sales). Electronics retailer Lasky's were advertising Fisher top loading VCRs...
Some interesting information in the link. Maybe it is the translation but I was surprised at the comment: "Personally, I only became aware of...
Colour TV Radio Cassettes seem to be a rarity. Philips did a fairly big one. This is the first time I have seen this JVC [ATTACH]...
A £50 radio cassette and a £90 CD mechanism ? Everything about CDs was still quite expensive back then.
The pictures remind me of a "Vintage Communications Fair" I went to in the Birmingham NEC years ago when it was held on the same day as a Ham...
There is some interesting stuff on the Sharp history website. https://design.sharp.co.jp/design_column/1991lcmuseum Using Chrome I just right...
What an oddity. Translating from https://design.sharp.co.jp/design_column/1979_pc2000 gives 1979 (Showa 54) RateCaputa April 24, 2023 IN HISTORY...
A 3.3" full colour LCD would have been cutting edge stuff back in those days.
Orion was more associated with cheap VCRs. However, they made ones like this which no major manufacturer would dare to, although Amstrad sold a...
I expected adverts to drop off after Christmas but 34 years ago today Dixons were still advertising portables. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] That Goodmans...
James' recent comment in the thread about Akihabara made me wonder if BIC Camera was still going. That led me to this video [MEDIA] The only time...
It seems VWestlife was one of the few Americans to buy a MiniDisc recorder back in the day. He isn't as big a fan as Techmoan though [MEDIA]
By complete coincidence, yesterday I found out that the "choir" in this track was done using twelve tape loops running half way across the studio....
Rather than start a new thread I will post this here...
In the early 1960s that was the only option. This web page includes videos showing how it was done....
Watching Youtube I got this advert for some kind of drink powder. I found the boombox on the kitchen counter more interesting. [ATTACH]
I think I have posted this before. I have bought a couple of items through Jauce [MEDIA] Other services like Buyee are available
Multiplex = a fancy way of saying two channels in the same signal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multichannel_Television_Sound Japan might have...
After viewing a view this is quite a good demo of what a BBD does to sound [MEDIA] Fun fact. The CCD devices that made small cameras possible...
In 1969 BSR were exporting turntables from the U.K. to Japan via the Trans-Siberian railway ! [ATTACH] Photo from...
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