BP Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Any old timers still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 I remember a door to door salesman knocking on our door in 1973 selling cable TV promising crystal clear reception and Ranger and Knick home games, along with the monthly Bruno Sammartino wrestling card at Madison Square Garden. SfFB0S-3bq4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTaborJet Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Any old timers still around? Excuse me Mr. Mod. My thread was ten minutes before YOUR thread. Copy Cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Excuse me Mr. Mod. My thread was ten minutes before YOUR thread. Copy Cat. You left out the cable TV Mrs. TJ, the cable TV I said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTaborJet Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 You left out the cable TV Mrs. TJ, the cable TV I said! OHHHH, I totally see the difference now. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTaborJet Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Any old timers still around? I remember having like 9 channels of TV. Can you friggin' imagine that! Then I recall my parents splurging for HBO in the early '80's. The first movie we saw was Jaws and I recall it cutting out mid-way through... my dad was pissed beyond belief! There was no remote whatsoever. Now I have 4 remotes and a phone that looks like a remote and I'm always picking up the wrong one. A TV bigger then my entire kitchen, more wires running to and from something... a surround system that I'm surprised hasn't shaken the foundation loose yet... Well..... technology is great. I won't fight it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 I remember having like 9 channels of TV. Can you friggin' imagine that! Then I recall my parents splurging for HBO in the early '80's. The first movie we saw was Jaws and I recall it cutting out mid-way through... my dad was pissed beyond belief! There was no remote whatsoever. Now I have 4 remotes and a phone that looks like a remote and I'm always picking up the wrong one. A TV bigger then my entire kitchen, more wires running to and from something... a surround system that I'm surprised hasn't shaken the foundation loose yet... Well..... technology is great. I won't fight it. The first ever movie I saw on ''Home Cinema'' in 1977 was ''Damnation Alley'' with Jan Michael Vincent. Home Cinema predated HBO. and the converter was a big black box with a huge channel changer in the middle. no digital converter. no remote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The first ever movie I saw on ''Home Cinema'' in 1977 was ''Damnation Alley'' with Jan Michael Vincent. Home Cinema predated HBO. and the converter was a big black box with a huge channel changer in the middle. no digital converter. no remote. Do you have a "dog" named Dino, by chance??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The first ever movie I saw on ''Home Cinema'' in 1977 was ''Damnation Alley'' with Jan Michael Vincent. Home Cinema predated HBO. and the converter was a big black box with a huge channel changer in the middle. no digital converter. no remote. I remember seeing that movie in Albany, NY. We all cheered when they said one area where there were survivors was Albany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I remember a door to door salesman knocking on our door in 1973 selling cable TV promising crystal clear reception and Ranger and Knick home games, along with the monthly Bruno Sammartino wrestling card at Madison Square Garden. SfFB0S-3bq4 We didn't get cable till 1981. I can remember when USA was a part time network. They would start their broadcast day at like 6:00pm. Having MSG was at that time was great. Ch 9 only televised the Knicks and the Rangers road games. I also remember the days of WHT on ch68. Regular broadcasting during the day and then movies and sports and night. I can remember sitting there trying to adjust my tv enough so I could get a somewhat unscrambled version of Islander games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 It is funny because I can hear myself now. When I was a kid there was no internet. We were happy to have color tv. Not the flat screen kind anyway. We had to watch that thing all day long and play pong. You kids today play your high def xbox and don't know how good you have it. And peep shows only cost a quarter. Geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Newspapers, local TV and radio...that was it. Sounds blah, but like the old saying goes, "you never miss what you never had"...think 50 years from now how much technology will have advanced...2007 will seem like how we view the 50's and 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozer76 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 My first experienc with cable tv was the wired control that had the 3 level dial on the left and channel buttons going from left to right. When you put the left dial just between the 1st and 2nd second level and then press down 3-6-9 at the same time, the playboy channel came in clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 My first experienc with cable tv was the wired control that had the 3 level dial on the left and channel buttons going from left to right. When you put the left dial just between the 1st and 2nd second level and then press down 3-6-9 at the same time, the playboy channel came in clearly. That is funny I seem to remember your controller getting "stuck" in the 3-6-9 position. So weird! I do remember those "remotes" though. Pretty damn funny because it had like a 50 foot cord with it. Give it to the neighbor so they can change the channel for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozer76 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 That is funny I seem to remember your controller getting "stuck" in the 3-6-9 position. So weird! I do remember those "remotes" though. Pretty damn funny because it had like a 50 foot cord with it. Give it to the neighbor so they can change the channel for you. Unfortunately at the age I was then, I really didn't know what to do with myself when the playboy channel was on. Nope, my time came when the spice channel was not completely blocke out. You know, it was wavy and grainy at times, but then before you knew it there was a brief flash of perfectly clear picture. Beating off to that stuff was hilarious....wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, go go go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I know its not directed at people like me but.... I may not be an old timer, but when I was a kid my parents didn't want me watching much TV, and the only computer I used was for school work at school. I played basketball, football, baseball, and ran around outside all day long.... I miss those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 We didn't get cable till 1981. I can remember when USA was a part time network. They would start their broadcast day at like 6:00pm. Having MSG was at that time was great. Ch 9 only televised the Knicks and the Rangers road games. There were no commercials on MSG network back in the 70's, they would just cut away from the announcers (Jim Gordon and Bill ''the big whistle'' Chadwick for the Rangers). it was on channel 8 on your TV with no converter. I also remember the days of WHT on ch68. Regular broadcasting during the day and then movies and sports and night. I can remember sitting there trying to adjust my tv enough so I could get a somewhat unscrambled version of Islander games. Wasn't WHT ch68 also the home of the Uncle Floyd show? WQj_WoIX4jY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I know its not directed at people like me but.... I may not be an old timer, but when I was a kid my parents didn't want me watching much TV, and the only computer I used was for school work at school. I played basketball, football, baseball, and ran around outside all day long.... I miss those days Those were the days! There was always like 10 kids around to play a tackle football game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsTaborJet Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 And peep shows only cost a quarter. Geez. What do they cost you now Max? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 What do they cost you now Max? Not sure because I have one of those prepaid cards that you swipe. Buying in bulk keeps the price relatively cheap so that may have been a bad example on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anskyruben Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Go Mike Tyson and punch your clown more times daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I remember having like 9 channels of TV. Can you friggin' imagine that! I finally managed to get satellite tv in our house in 2000. Up to then, we had the grand total of...7 channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I finally managed to get satellite tv in our house in 2000. Up to then, we had the grand total of...7 channels. That's because over in Ireland it's so damn expensive. It's ridiculous, just to get the SKY basic costs more than my iO channels, which I have most of them, and that's before the money conversion. I do wonder how you survive sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 That's because over in Ireland it's so damn expensive. It's ridiculous, just to get the SKY basic costs more than my iO channels, which I have most of them, and that's before the money conversion. I do wonder how you survive sometimes. I was lucky enough, they were doing a hell of an offer at the time, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I was lucky enough, they were doing a hell of an offer at the time, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 That sucks, but I guess you got the internet thing down so it's not all bad. It makes you appreciate TV a bit more,but anything is better than the 4 channel dig which one of the channels is in Irish, so basically three channels. And damn those channels suck. We were lucky, being right on the border, we got the British channels as well. I had to pity all those people down in Kerry, etc that could only get the two RTE channels for years. TV Hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 The first ever movie I saw on ''Home Cinema'' in 1977 was ''Damnation Alley'' with Jan Michael Vincent. Home Cinema predated HBO. and the converter was a big black box with a huge channel changer in the middle. no digital converter. no remote. I remember that movie. George Peppard was in it, too, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 I remember that movie. George Peppard was in it, too, right? Yes, it had one scene with gigantic radio active ****roaches that were attacking everybody. pphX78VAP8E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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