A Note From The Webmasters:
WARNING: We are NON-EXPERTS
in the technology of Video Devices.
We simply like watching TV & Video
However, we have some EXPERTS in fields related to Video Entertainment who have contributed explanations about the hard stuff!
Warning 2: Some of the rest of this page might be pretty boring!
)Yeah, we know about a lot of things related to the Internet and Web Development and have been involved with Computer Programming since 1983. First got involved with the Internet in 1993 before there was a World Wide Web. Back then the Internet (or Information Superhighway as it was informally called), was strictly text based and could be accessed rather awkwardly with a 1200 Baud Modem. A few years before that the Internet was the Arpanet. We missed that part. We did use Bulletin Boards to get information online prior to 1993. Not sure when that started, probably after we got our first $700.00 modem!
However, all these overnight developments in the technological realm of Audio/Video simply overwhelm us old folks. We could write a history book about the Information Age though
While many predictions about "the future", which has been around for a while, the instant dissemination of information which we now take for granted is far and away the most astounding. At least within those areas we encounter in everyday life - there surely have been astounding medical breakthroughs!. Some of us recall the flying cars, household robots and moving sidewalks predicted during the 1965 Worlds Fair. Why by 2000, if not earlier, we could talk to the kitchen wall and say "Breakfast - Bacon & Eggs" and a few seconds later they would emerge freshly cooked according to one of the exhibits.. We do have microwave ovens now though.
Back in 1965 in the tenement we lived at in the South Bronx,
the oven was used for heat. Color TV's were just beginning to
emerge but were only for the rich. We had the typical
"Rabbit Ear" B&W TV Set which displayed a
herringbone pattern in the background at its best. At its worst,
I fondly recall my father asking me not to stand in certain
sections of the living room because it interfered with the
over-the-air TV broadcast the antenna brought in.
It was important to him, especially during a ballgame -- though
we lived close enough to Yankee Stadium for a while to hear the
cheers live when the Yankees scored a homer.
In 1969 we moved to Manhattan in NYC. No, not the fancy East
Side Manhattan that was so often shown in New York based TV
Shows and Movies. We lived "Uptown". However, given
all the tall buildings and obstructions there was no way to get
an over-the-air signal without Cable TV. So we had Cable TV back
when you had to describe to outsiders what it was. You still got
the same Network TV Stations, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13. However
there were a few value-added services included. I recall the
early version of "The Weather Channel". It consisted
of about 10 rotating cards that would report the Humidity,
Barometric Pressure, Temperature, Wind Speed and Direction and
the current time. I often wondered if there was a person whose
job consisted of placing those cards in front of the camera at 5
second intervals all day. 
Hey, it still greatly improved reception and I could now walk anywhere in the apartment without causing havoc on this vital means of home entertainment.
Should have picked up on the future of these innovations a little earlier than we did. We could have been rich now! As I write this our cable service has been down for a week. I still live in a building built before I was born with lousy phone service which makes dial-up near useless. We're going out of our minds waiting for the cable to be repaired! I'm not in Manhattan anymore. We moved to the "suburbs" some time back.
My loving wife has been with me since 1975 and has been most helpful and encouraging in our internet endeavors. We formed our company in 2003 and like the economy have had our ups and downs. Without her support I may have been inclined to give it all up at least a few times.
We know that the enduring Analog "Over the
Air" Television Signal died rather suddenly in 2009.
The bandwidth was needed for other uses. Many of had been quite
satisfied with Analog for several decades!
Analog Signals were replaced by Digital Signals which were born
from innovations that evolved throughout the .Personal Computer
Revolution.
Soon Most TV Sets, DVD Players and PC Monitors went Digital.
Next came High Definition with a much crisper viewing experience
and superior video resolution. Slowly, at least by today's
technological advances, the High Definition devices are
being replaced Blu-Ray.
Right now, Blu-
Ray Players can only play
DVD's in the USA where you likely are. At this writing,
Blu-ray recorders are only available in Japan -
but come back next year!
We won't quote resolution numbers since they don't mean that much to our aging eyes.
That's best left for the experts whose writing we feature here for your education to better explain
Why? You may ask....
| Because
this is our current VCR/TV Hookup
Why we just glow when we're watching our HaloLight!
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We wisely chose the 2 head model over the 4 head and VCR Tapes can be had for a song! It has a wired remote control too! Of course, now and then we run into issues like this:
Kind of reminds us of
reading that old 1902 Sears & Roebuck Catalog that
was sold as a novelty However, Amazon is not Sears & Roebuck and still has a selection of VHS for you. |
In
Association With Amazon.com
Toshiba SD-P91S 9-Inch Portable DVD Player
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We're kind of messing with you on this page. Somewhere
we noted we like to watch DVDS, TV, even VHS. However,
one more Home Electronics device has proven to be the
most watched here and well, the most portable. Our 
