Dur... What's a CD?

[heather124]

I did tell him to leave straight away, thankfully there was a customer in the store at the time or I probably would've been too freaked out if it was just me and him. Of course I was working alone at the time, one of those days I wished by 250 pound male coworker was there!

[Imogene]

Not a retail related story, so, OT:

I was over at a friend's apartment recently, and he owns a record player, so, while we were out shopping, he picked up a record by John Mellencamp (he had to have his Jack and Diane). We got back to his apartment, I hop on the PlayStation, which is right next to his record player, as he sets up the system/LP, and walks away as the music starts. I was into whatever game I was playing by that point, but I kept looking up and across the room at my friend, as something about the song seemed extremely wrong. It was about that point I realize John Cougar sounds like Alvin Seville.
"Dude, you've got your record player on the wrong speed."
"What?"
I point at the system. "Record player=wrong speed."
He hops back up and checks the system, indeed, he had it on 77 RPM instead of the natural 33 whatever.

[Sofar]

And whomever said that VHS tapes die after a dozen playings, I do hope you were exaggerating...

A few dozen, I kept track. Back before I got a D.V.R. the tapes I was using to record my stories would die after twenty to fifty playings, either the tape would snap or become too stretched out in places to play properly, developing one to three-minute-long areas of the tape that would hold no picture at all, and occasionally jam the mechanism.

[jb17kx]

You must have bought bad tapes, or have a bad VTR. I've put mine through hundreds of read/write cycles each with no problems.

And yesterday at a flea market I bought myself a 1000ft reel of Agfa 2" quad tape just for the sake of it. It even had a BBC sticker on it, and it was only $5! The LP record of Leonard Teale reading Banjo Patterson I also picked up was only $1.50, an it was in perfect condition.

I have seen a person try to mount a CD on a turntable, actually. Brilliant pattern carved in the CD.

[AFpheonix]

I still have functional VHS tapes from when I was little. The picture's a little faded, but hey, they can still play.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I still have functional VHS tapes from when I was little. The picture's a little faded, but hey, they can still play.

Me too. I have amassed quite a collection of episodes of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." on VHS that I taped when the reruns would air. Some of those tapes are over 20 years old now and they still play.

But then, if one were to break, it's not the end of the world. Most of the eps I have taped (and I have all but maybe 12 eps out of 107) I have at least 2 copies of.

[Thrifty]

Let me add myself to the list of people who have really old VHS tapes. I have a copy of Bambi from when I had to be like 3 or 4, so 18 years old. It seems I would watch it every day over and over for quite awhile and it still works fine.

[HYHYBT]

Just one minor thing, about the original post: "Books On Tape" is a brand name, and they do indeed sell CD's under that name

Oddly, I currently can play records, 8-Tracks, and CD's in the house (and therefore can put any of them into iTunes where they belong) but can only listen to cassettes in the car. And my very first videotape, from 1984, works about as well as it ever did. Though it's never been rerecorded; that may wear them out faster than multiple viewings.

[bean]

I'd have people come in asking for the "type that's in my car". I don't drive your car idiot - so I don't know what kind of player you have. I'd have to ask them if the hole is a small rectangular one or a larger thin one. They still wouldn't know and some have even gone back OUT to their cars to check.

Those are probably the people who drive around with their daytime running lights on at midnight thinking they're headlights..

Never noticing nothing on their dash is lit up and ignoring people flashing their lights - I've even seen cops doing this (they drive Chevy Impalas around here, with come with DRLs).

I'm all for safety, but DRLs aren't terribly smart for the feeble minded unless you have auto headlights on the car.

[BlakeMP]

You know what I hate? When people talk about "DVD Tapes."

Does anyone else ever get that? Doesn't it just make you want to STRANGLE someone?

[Spiffy McMoron]

I'm all for safety, but DRLs aren't terribly smart for the feeble minded unless you have auto headlights on the car.

*Off-topic warning*

Now, I realize that you live nowhere NEAR Canada, but up here, daytime running lights are great, especially in the summer. During the summer twilight can last for as long as several hours in the morning and in the night. During this time, it can be light enough for you to see the tachometer and speedometer, but on the highway, it can be difficult to see a car and to tell how far away it is from you-particularly if the colour of your car is a dull, muted colour like tan or grey, which lends to look similar to the road during dusk. DRLs make it obvious when a car is coming the other way.

[DesignFox]

I used to have a BETA machine...and boy did I love the tapes I had! I'm pretty sure if I found the old BETA and hooked it up, all of them would still work. I also have a collection of VHS from when I was a kid and pretty much all of them work just fine. My brother wore out my Star Wars collection- but then I just found it on Ebay Some stuff you just can't get in its original version anymore, so I haven't bothered replacing all my tapes with DVD's. And I used to watch movies to fall asleep at night...every night... so those tapes have been through hundreds of viewings and they are fine.

I cannot fathom how technologically dumb people can be... who on earth would try to shove a cassette into a CD player? I don't think I could handle that lady...I'd be too hard put not to laugh in her face.

[tignish]

(semi) off topic

don't forget the people who want UBS devices.
I usually tell them I don't have anything that will work with that financial institution. then smile when they give me the blank stare.

[Bliss]

Between the S.O. and I we have a huge pile of CDs, tapes, records (both vynil and acetat (sp?)), DVDs, VHS, Beta tapes (and beta machines to watch it on), reels with two reel machines (One just bust a gear set, I have to fix it some day), shelves full of books... what can I saw, we're media guys.

Btw the BF has some dats and I think one ADAT or two with material in it but we don't have DAT or ADAT machines.

[Dreamstalker]

Somewhere, I have a reel of 16mm; no clue what's on it and the only marking on the can is "1945". I scored it out of the trash room at our old building (there was some cool stuff down there!).