new technology and electronic gadgets of 1983

[SkivMarine]

Wow. So many of those things either didn't succeed in the marketplace, or have since been made obsolete.

But, I do remember many of those things, and I remember being amazed at the time by the "advanced" technology.

Makes me realize that, 30 years from NOW, we will be looking back at 2012 and thinking; "wow. so many of those things didn't succeed in the marketplace....."

[barelyworthwatching]

those robots are as much as an ipod

[barelyworthwatching]

a 5lb camcorder lol.. nowadays they're light as a car! (smart car)

haha get it?... cuz they're toys.... nvm..

[ChernobylPizza]

and now it's all completely worthless trash

[MXB2001]

I wanted it all back then, and got none of it. No wonder I am bitter and hate all new tech now.

[bfudge85]

rob the robot is robot bob's weak and pathetic son.

[delsold16z6]

i wish apple was still a cool company like back then and not just a bunch of hipsters now

[Love4SK]

wow, 1983 sounds like its gonna be pretty cool

[DecentMan4you]

I wasnt stateside for this show I was oversea's in Akihabara Japan in 1983 Serving in the USNavy an here are my pictures for the stores there [ tinypic.com/a/2jurr/3 ]

1983 in the Navy on January 11, 2011

If I could NOT afford it I would Take pictures of it - Scan's from Matte finish pictures - tinypic.com/a/2jurr/3

[Dariuszdavi]

and to think 30 years on that all this technology is scrape metal.... shows what time, minds and money does

[symbioid]

It sounds like boards of canada at the end :D

[MetallicBill]

I have those same Sanyo "Walkman" amplified speakers, the cabinets are not up to durable use and were shattered with more then one tumble to the floor, but I saved all that to reconstruct, I wish someone could help in that regard, they work as good as you see shown here! It's White/Westinghouse who put their name on the product. I am guessing Sanyo licensed them? I had a Walkman much like the one shown, maybe the same one, it cost me about $72 bucks at the time!!

[BricktownBubba]

What wonders the far off future of 1986 will bring.

[Koolaid10199]

I love videos like these. They are so much fun to watch. Twenty-five years from now people will be laughing at our iPads and Android phones.

[mrmootheirrev]

Throughout the 90s we had a prehistoric 80s TV, woodgrain and all, with huge dials that clicked when you turned them and a back so thick you could play a game of Monopoly on the top of it.

Now we have a LED LCD, almost as thin as paper, high def and able to access all the crap off the internet.

Both cost the same in real dollar terms.

I'd love to hook up the old TV and see if the picture looks like a toddler's urine soaked crayon drawing compared to the Monet of the LCD.

[MetallicBill]

@mrmootheirrev LED LCD TV is much thinner then regular LCD, true, I was impressed seeing them first hand, in the 40 to 50 inch range. BUT I still have my first....console RCA ColorTrak from 87

[DanielAvilaAGT]

@mrmootheirrev Lol we got ride of ours in 2007! lol

[Manthing32]

2:12

the music is on hit

[MetallicBill]

@Manthing32 Closed with Come Sail Away by STYX! I knew I knew it!

[JuggalocodeChile1988]

Thats some good cam quality of the 80's.

[AeroTheHedghog]

Where the Hell is my robot?.. Those things would be cheap by now.. even though they are cheezy now I'd buy one.

[kotraquin]

LOL@beta

damn I feel old

[MetallicBill]

@kotraquin I sold off all my extra Beta VCRs during this recent recession, so they are still being used, dude!!!

[Shtanto]

"I don't do windows"

Must be linux based then. Where'd they put this robot? Real AI indeed...

[bohden]

LAWL A.I



[readi1]

a cool 10 Gs

[Kasak1984]

This is great! I guess the robot thing didn't really catch on back then though.

Well, looks like we finally might start seeing robots in homes in this new decade.

[Libertine1789]

Everything looks so clumsy...

[MrIvan72]

dam i cant believe they had robots back then.how come we cant buy robots so easly if they have been for a long time.

[willouboy]

hello all, anyone knows the title of the music you hear on the sanyo walkman plugged into the main speakers from 0:22 to 0:27?

thank you :-)

[papadop]

@willouboy The song is "That's Me" by Abba.

[willouboy]

@papadop BIG THANK YOU FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!! :-D

[papadop]

@willouboy A big YOU'RE WELCOME to you willouboy.

[willouboy]

oup's 2x "YOU" , sorry i'm french , i'm very bad in english. :-D

[JJ9715]

were cd players considered high tech in 1983?

[riotuesday]

@JJ9715 yes they were.

[mkline718]

@JJ9715 CD players were not even around in 83

[malcommerriweather]

@mkline718 You are a dumbass

[MrElectroman80]

@mkline718

CDs appeared in 1982.

[mixed123456]

i want one !! lol

[TheE3Guy]

glad i live in 2010

[A1var3z360]

lol

[hornick18]

ha!!!!!!

portable tv.

[hatelustfull]

fuckin losers techtards

[hardworker424]

Why didn't AOTS show the personal robot?

[johnanth]

Thank you Al Lowe, CyberJoke 3000!

[amandarandom89]

Hmmm, robots in 1983, and here we are, 27 years later and still without our flying cars :(

Also, whatever happened to portable TVs?

[sunwukong86]

they still exist i saw em in office deopt yesterday lol

[GenerationDarkness]

@amandarandom89

portable tvs are obsolete!

[StormyDrake]

Portable TVs? Not quite the same but I believe iPhones fit that description when you hit youtube to watch television shows.

[DanielAvilaAGT]

@amandarandom89 Lol portable tbs became the iPhones in 2007.. And iPads and tablets you can stream cable etc.. in my opinion that replaced portable tvs.. and ABOUT flying cars, well teres alot of things in the labs etc.. I saw a documentary in 2006 on discovery channel and well the flying cars have been in the works for about 10 years.. or so.. and before we have them cars, we will have cars that park by themselves and drive too. And that looks to be here. A new car this year parks by itself

[luisjoseromero]

Actually if you think about it, they're still showing the same crap on CES today.

[drunkgorilla]

And they said Dr Frankenstein was mad, these men are insane with these ideas. Who's gonna want a portable TV on a cassette player? Looneys.

[salemcripple]

lol, WOW we've come a loooooong way!

[pcressler]

Thank you (Thanks) for the priceless memories!!!!!!!!

[rustyshackleford01]

LMAO "Come Sail Away?" Thats classic. Love those robots, it's a shame they never became affordable to average citizens

[jamminmusicman]

THANK YOU AOTS FOR THIS CLASSIC!

[JasonvonEvil83]

Can't wait until all that sweet stuff comes out, I need a new Walkman. :)

[bobbymak880]

GREAT PIECE OF NOSTALGA!

THANK YOU AOTS AND efootage!

[kizkoool]

27 years later, domestic robots are still as dumb as they were in the 80's !!!

[nooloo3000]

@kizkoool  lol

[InterSmells]

$2500 for a talking vacuum cleaner?

i'll pass.

[guilleskitz]

I just imagine if i take my iPhone to the 80's! WOW!

[Tkalac]

It would be rather useless, don't you think? :o)

[ConwaysCorpse]

1:58 on the right...is that Harrison Ford?

[foodlovingpig]

I would love to get one of those robots. How awesome would it be to have one of those retro things riding around your house?

[nooloo3000]

i alwsy dream about it

[gerg6111]

The double cassette was how I did illegal downloads

[blixco]

@gerg6111 Remember "Home taping is killing the music industry"? Too bad it didn't.

[learn2die101]

in 27 years i wonder how much they will laugh at us...

[eviscero]

If torrents are still around they'll be thanking; not laughing.

[learn2die101]

@eviscero Unless net neutrality falls through

[MoronDude]

Why didn't they just buy iPhones?

[nooloo3000]

that was a joke right?

[kizkoool]

Of course not.

Look @ Roomba, considered state of the art domestic artificial intelligence from iRobot.

Open your eyes, it's just some jerky random walking piece of shit. Exactly like those robots from 1983.

[donwilson]

lol @ magnifier

[darkalligator]

where can i buy the radio cassette for the car? its really nice the idea of having it with you and then in your car.

[domehgt]

i laughed at the dockingstation, but the sony walkman/carradio was a great idea i think

[FrostGibbon]

lol i guess those robots never caught on lol

[maddocpowaq]

1:34 Lol at "I don't do Windows" So robot's worked better that time?

[Horrorshow655321]

Yep, in 83' we entered the digital age.

[pauleyh]

83 was a good year