11 Sounds Your Kids Have Probably Never Heard

vienna · 11-16-11, 01:31 PM

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106713

JU_88 · 11-16-11, 01:36 PM

STEED · 11-16-11, 01:40 PM

BetaMax Video recorder or the VHS one.

nikimcbee · 11-16-11, 01:53 PM

What about a record player?

JU_88 · 11-16-11, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

What about a record player?

Alot of kids know what vinyls are because of these
What about the sound of a dial up modem? or just in case they can remember that, the loading sound from a comodore 64

Oberon · 11-16-11, 02:37 PM

If you didn't have an epileptic fit from the loading screen first...

Hmmm, well we never had a coffee perculator, so I never heard that, same with the flash cube, the hum of the TV warming up, well I still have an old telly that does that, it'll be useless after next year though...very loathe to throw it out since I've had it for over twenty years.
Never had a record player that played more than one LP or SP at a time...but who else used to flip the speed over on them for laughs?
Broken Records, ha, yes...one of my LPs used to get stuck on 'My Old Mans a Dustman', so you'd have to give it a little knock and off it'd go again.

Sledgehammer427 · 11-16-11, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

What about the sound of a dial up modem? or just in case they can remember that, the loading sound from a comodore 64

My friends and I say that if the girl you are talking to never used Dial-up, then shes too young.

kiwi_2005 · 11-16-11, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

Sailor Steve · 11-16-11, 03:09 PM

I remember all those sounds. Thanks for reminding me.

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Originally Posted by JU_88

Ah yes, the cassette tape and the manual fast-winder.

August · 11-16-11, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

If you didn't have an epileptic fit from the loading screen first...

Hmmm, well we never had a coffee perculator, so I never heard that, same with the flash cube, the hum of the TV warming up, well I still have an old telly that does that, it'll be useless after next year though...very loathe to throw it out since I've had it for over twenty years.

Why will it become useless?

If it's because of the switchover from analog to digital signal you can get an adapter box that will allow you to bathe in CRT emissions until it gives up the ghost.

Takeda Shingen · 11-16-11, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

BetaMax Video recorder or the VHS one.

My parents' first player was Beta. I remember watching movies on it.

vienna · 11-16-11, 03:48 PM

The Sony Betamax was an oddity in that it was one of the very few times Sony failed with a product, i.e., it didn't become an industry standard. The better picture quality, the smaller size of the casette, superior electronics, and other features were all swept away when the VHS format came along. The only place Beta seemed to hold out was within the film ant television industry; there were (and still are) a significant number of studio camera rental places in Los Angeles still offering beta video cameras. It is somewhat a parallel to the Apple computer systems: the artsy crowd swear by their Apples will the rest of the world uses the PC. This, however, has changed in the film/TV industries as more power and features not available on the Apple systems began to appear on Windows and Linux based PCs. I have built a few custom Windows PCs for some former Apple users frustrated because they could not achieve desired effects on "under-powered" Apples or because newer video cards/adapters were not available for the Apple...

MH · 11-16-11, 04:05 PM

Cool invention that did not catch.

Jimbuna · 11-16-11, 04:54 PM

Loved the Betamax...far more robust than the VHS.

Rhodes · 11-16-11, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MH

Cool invention that did not catch.

Lovely!

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	BetaMax Video recorder or the VHS one. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	What about a record player? __________________

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The Sony Betamax was an oddity in that it was one of the very few times Sony failed with a product, i.e., it didn't become an industry standard. The better picture quality, the smaller size of the casette, superior electronics, and other features were all swept away when the VHS format came along. The only place Beta seemed to hold out was within the film ant television industry; there were (and still are) a significant number of studio camera rental places in Los Angeles still offering beta video cameras. It is somewhat a parallel to the Apple computer systems: the artsy crowd swear by their Apples will the rest of the world uses the PC. This, however, has changed in the film/TV industries as more power and features not available on the Apple systems began to appear on Windows and Linux based PCs. I have built a few custom Windows PCs for some former Apple users frustrated because they could not achieve desired effects on "under-powered" Apples or because newer video cards/adapters were not available for the Apple... Last edited by vienna; 11-16-11 at 04:08 PM.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Loved the Betamax...far more robust than the VHS. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	If you didn't have an epileptic fit from the loading screen first... Hmmm, well we never had a coffee perculator, so I never heard that, same with the flash cube, the hum of the TV warming up, well I still have an old telly that does that, it'll be useless after next year though...very loathe to throw it out since I've had it for over twenty years. Never had a record player that played more than one LP or SP at a time...but who else used to flip the speed over on them for laughs? Broken Records, ha, yes...one of my LPs used to get stuck on 'My Old Mans a Dustman', so you'd have to give it a little knock and off it'd go again.

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MH Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,184 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	Cool invention that did not catch.

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