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Where did they think the terms "fast forward", "rewind " originally came from?
Feb 11, 2018 4:56 AM
Mariska
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Where did they think the terms "fast forward", "rewind " originally came from?
JuggNuttz
or the ones who will never know what trading a cassette tape felt like after listening to the same one all day at school.
RudeRobby
Tape cassettes? hmmm
SpiralNihilism
I was there, Gandalf. When the strength of VHS failed...
TheRunawayFound
Was in a business class recently and mentioned the Betamax-VHS branding case. Blank faces everywhere.
TheEvenPrez
Side question, but how do elves not get bored of living? I imagine after 3K years you've seen it all.
ThatguythatsaysTHEEdumbestShit
My kids are not one of them...oldest is gonna be 13 in may.....i feel like that is an accomplishment as a parent
JCentauri
Confession time: When I set the DVR to record something I still refer to it as "taping".
Mariska
Same
88wut
Kids wouldn’t care about vhs because it’s not HD.
movethebongos
There are HD vhs:s our there tho :D
SweetrollTheif
I would say 8-track, but that is just one long continuous loop of tape...
HalfIagoHalfFuManchuAllBastard
We even had LOTR on VHS
Mariska
I still have LOTR and the original Star Wars Trilogy on VHS
FirstAidPoetry
Used to work doing VHS repairs. Miss the days stuff could still be fixed.
CampEvill
Please be kind and rewind
Mariska
We had a brown and black one with that plastic wood labelling on top
EagleFace5
We had a black one with white trim. Jesus I'm getting old...
calivalley
Saw each one in theater's with my dad, he told me recently that taking me to see Fellowship of the Ring when I was 10 is his fondest memory
KeredRednaxela
I watched the two towers on VHS. My stepdad rented it from movie gallery
Solkanarmy
don't forget pause, or 'la cucaracha', as it should be called
Jsupes
Isildur! Be kind, rewind! No ISILDUR!!!
isildur
*hits Eject*
VHSdreamz
I'm still here. It's cool though I've got doritos.
Taliska
This last week I had a kid in my class ask me what a VCR is, Id mentioned it in passing... I died a little inside... I felt so old...
Mariska
PaintedLady5519
I still own VHS tapes. I have no VCR, but still.
Mariska
I still have a ton of VHS tapes. I have a VCR too, but unfortunately it didn't survive my last move-just don't have the heart to toss it
Chriso325
My boss brought a few VHS tapes into work one day... the 17-18yr olds didnt know how to work the VCR or even how to put them in right
Alkuam
If they can't reason it out, that's bad.
somecallmetimmmmkay
Hmmm that's true for so many 17-18yr olds though!! Boom!! Phrasing!!
AbottleofAuqafinaleftoutinthesun
rewind (v.) Noun meaning "mechanism for rewinding film or tape" is recorded from 1938. Related: Rewound; rewinding.
AbottleofAuqafinaleftoutinthesun
You telling me you're from the 30s, pal?
redghost999
I asked my kids a question about The Matrix the other day. They just said 'What's The Matrix?'. Same with Fifth Element..
Mariska
guardian19d
I remember having to mess with the "tracking" knob to clear up any static and fuzzy picture.
VHSdreamz
Auto tracking or detgh
marcosis9000
And you could record in two different speeds!
isildur
Commonly three on NTSC VCRs: SP, LP, and SLP/EP
macabretech
I tend to show my age when I say "I have this on tape" instead of "recorded."
AllenDaAlien
I own fellowship and towers on vhs still
TheUglyGuy
Fast forward and rewind came from reel to reel audio tape recorders. Video is so new age.
BlastFX
Besides, “fast forward” makes sense regardless of the medium.
Mariska
Good point
ArthurPhillipDent
True. But to be fair vhs was pretty much an identical design
Froglip
Still not the origin
thoraxe707
How about Laserdisc
Zyrixion
My first time seeing the star wars trilogy was on laserdisc. I'm 28, and it still makes me feel old as fuck.
Alkuam
How about CED? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Ced_cart2.jpg
skylin05
I honestly don't know what Laserdisc is. Time to google I guess.
TheMightyMoggle
I first saw Labyrinth on laser disc :)
Selerox
I feel sorry for the four people that bought a Laserdisc player.
ALTEREDgenitalia
I just shed a tear for Blockbuster. Gah I miss the nights we went there. PS2 rentals...
RadishIsAMeat
It's the circle of life. Blockbuster wiped out independent stores and now they are the ones being taken out.
redsmerf
There's apparently a few Blockbusters left doing rentals. Mostly in Alaska
sarahsaurroar
I went to get a rental, my dad had HIS unpaid fee, pitched a fit, paid it, canceled his card and I got nothing. XD I was not happy.
gundam02
I'm old enough to remember NES game rentals from independent stores before Blockbuster rose to power. . . And now I've made myself sad :(
EndersGameofThrones
Yeah, I remember missing mom & pop shops for books and videos. Now, I miss the Blockbusters, Borders, and dwindling Barnes & Nobles.
BatmansUnderPantsAreSoSoft
Video 4 Less in Rockford, IL. Had bins of pogs and a small popcorn machine you could fill up for like .25 cents. NES all weekend <3
WhatAboutEyebrows
Used to rent sonic 2 and then 3 and I remember finding out Tails could fly AND THEN CARRY SONIC TOO!!! Good times
GoddammitMrNoodle
Man, I don't. No one could ever agree on a movie and we'd end up with 3 and no time to watch them all and then late fees.
melindarae
One of my favorite jobs, actually. Worked at a big metro hub, talked about movies with customers. Ate candy for meals. Those were the days.
quietmrbean
That place was lit on a Friday night!
Smokinsalmon
Our libraries carry new release video games now.
ThatShiftyMonkey
I still go to the Family Video down the street every Friday.
ThomsonI
Greetings from the future. Invest in Apple before this thing called an "i-pod" comes out.
ThomsonI
Also, pull as many fire alarms as you can in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001.
PileOfWalthers
From reel to reel tape decks.
Mariska
PileOfWalthers
It actually HAS been 84 years. The first reel to reel tape deck, the 1934 A.E.G. Magnetophon K1:
Mariska
Well I'll be damned, got to learn something new today, thank you!
Rifneno
You realize we're becoming the generation that talks about walking uphill in snow to school, except now it's about technology?
Whamwasabandman
15 miles
Taliska
Barefoot
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
Under german shellfire.
merlinious
Uphill
Whamwasabandman
in the snow