How do you Deal with Old Technology?

[thenighthawk63]

What is an antanae? XD

[mandoza3]

Beta max was better, played longer, and was like 20 bajillion times the price!

[killerdodo1234]

i still use a VHS player... but i use new technology also. Most of the old disney movies we have are in VHS. We also have a tv like that.

[ashipod13]

@killerdodo1234 same

[LyokoTravels]

I know these old Tech I was born in 1995

[tubeman25]

We have an old tv that I got from walmart that I got back in 2001 fro college and it still works. Regular tv not flat screen

[ritter89]

Partially senile octogenarians can operate today's browsers and OSs. Surfing the web requires less brain power than programming a VCR. People are addicted to buying and using consumer products. They haven't a clue how to create or repair any of these products. Unless you're programming, you're just another bonehead consumer like everyone else. "Generation Y" consumers are no more tech savvy or evolved than their grandparents. They're just accustom to buying increasingly user-friendly products

[gearsofshock]

im from iowa too :(

[Telstar85]

I deal my reel-to-reel tapes by playing them.. and when a side is played, i flip the reels over and play it again. That same method I use for vinyls and even C-tapes. It ain't that hard. Those things don't have DRM or such, so i can play those over and over again, even lend those to my friends, and heck, I can even copy those tapes!

My question is... How do YOU deal with NEW technology? :D

[linksgard2]

chris, stop being a troll .

[0neofthem]

why are chris's webcams so shitty

[fancysnake1]

@0neofthem it's a HD webcam ustream makes it look like that

[windowsfan22]

HOW TO YOU DEAL WITH CHRIS PIRILLOS ANNOYING POINTLESS VIDS!

[brendanhen]

FAIL!

[MasterSpira]

but the good thing is the old tv screen dosent break when you hit it thats the good thing in a old tv

[karn33333]

i have over 200 vhs tapes alone. I still like them. I deal with it easily. my computer has a TURBO FEATURE! granted its AMD hexacore but still when was the last time you seen a computer with that!

[kosard212]

nerds are cool =D

[localSickened]

i keep it because in the future i regret selling them because thats what i usually do like my n64, i only had a couple games and i want to play them but i sold it. keep ur old technology unless its something useless

[faraz569]

some one who has 3122 videos should noe how to deal with a worthless life......like himself.....

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Earphones rule! And old stuff is much more reliable than new technology. And what are you really getting out of new technology? You still rewind when you want to watch a little while back; all you're really proving is how impatient you are. I mean, does it really take that long to re wind a tape?

I appreciate early technology, THAT'S how I deal with it.

[DigiChan]

LOL. My parents man. hahahaha.

[hjhazzer]

bitch and moan to it gets replaced

[carnivalwrkr2005]

What part of Iowa are you from, I grew up in Cedar Rapids back in the '90s but now live in Massachusetts.

[rlmotionpictures]

My parents still uses the VCR to record shows instead of a DVR. XD

[bigbadwolf2007]

Old technology rules. New technology sucks!

[deizi1]

i have old and new technology, but i've come to that conclusion that older tech works better. even today. 25years of experience.

[chempranav]

Chris, You're behaving as if you never belonged to 80s or 90s. and these old stuff seem alien to you... c'mon!

[siggadoraj]

You are a complete idiot and need to get a life, it is old technology but is good technology that will probably not be replaced anytime soon. All technology does is take away jobs and turns people into nerds like you. Really technology hasn't changed much either, so you just made this video for no reason. Shame on you.

[luridplanet]

I just bought a used VCR for 10 bucks to replace my old one. I got 100s of tapes

[esheep4]

i have a good gameing computer but i still play on old sytems like the NES :)

[conorman30]

Geek much

[jessee200]

2010 13years old and yet i still dont mind antenna and tvs that dont break when you punch them of course now antennas are quite diferent and i use cable

[argorider2]

My grandmother has directtv and a brand be iMac with osx 10.6 on it and She knows how to use them! She's 75!!!

[rhblakeman]

54 yrs old and still repairing beta and vhs decks for people. Some I am converting VHS and Beta to CD and DVD although those are technically old tech. Only reason I am into any of this technology is to make money with it. I still use antenna for over the air, listen to AM and FM radio in my service van and I still run a CB radio on the interstate just to listen to what that truckers are talking about. I also have one analog POTS rotary dial phone, and it works just fine with the newer ones.

[rhblakeman]

Only reason I have a cellphone at all is for business use otherwise I'd be untethered to that stupid thing. Just voice, no data or text. Texting instead of voice is like ditching phones to go back to telegraph. No attachement to some crooked cable company to watch TV, no paying to listen to radio in my vehicle. If I wasnt making a living on technology stuff I probably wouldnt have broadband either, dialup worked fine for email and occasional browsing. I have customers with dialup yet as well.

[danny75461]

have you ever visited anyone today who is stuck with 1980 or earlier technology ?

[ericrussell3333]

are u really making a vid on how to use vhs tapes hahaha

[stimboi]

without those old technologies,there wouldnt be new ones like what u're having now.

so have some sentimetal repect...you wouldnt be where u are now without those old things..

[mwelch100]

ihave an antenna

[ZenoxDemin]

VCR are better than DVD because you can STOP it and then come back and watch again where you left it. You can also SKIP ANYTHING and there is no thing that are unskippable.

[pantherpawz]

A "VCR"

[Jesias1]

my grandparents is actually quite technical.. i use to play games on their computer, like call of duty with highest graphics

[mybetamax1]

my tv is sanyo from 1982 my vcr is akai from 1987 no long play mode wired remote its awsome

[CasinAandC]

i have that same exact kind of tv/vcr except its hooked up to cable. we also have 2 HDTVs.

[djandywdotcom]

I find my self helping people that are older with new technology but the truth is i dont mind i'm a nice guy and i find it interesting and i learn new ways of using technology by helping others deal with technology everday

[super3slug]

wait this is old tech? im still living with that stuff now!!!

[BrainSeepsOut]

Well, damn. I'm old.

[Nazmus1992]

I love my CRT!

[augustuen]

this video makes me fell kinda stupid :P

[ZerqTM]

* CRT screens are more power efficient

* magnetic strip takes are still used in DV cameras and for backuping large datastores....

[sonic91207]

i know just how you fell

[AxelQC]

Chris, this is 1990s technology. You didn't exactly just discover the Rosetta Stone.

[porkyminch01]

did you see how the huge speed frame rate format looks ood? that is because we dont see that way, 24 frames per second is enough because is the way our brain proce what we see, did you notice how regular non HD stuff looks like this video in your fancy TV? notice how the new TV have a lower life of use?

[CHVNX]

Who DOESN'T still use VHS tapes, seriously? Do you realize how many of these films will never be put on DVD or sold again?

Anyone not using VCR's is an idiot who is missing out on a lot of great movies.

[jonnyrb1981]

Dont hate I still rock those TV,s

[maxinator775]

nasally voice

[laughlikecrazii]

Dude I don't wanna hate, but you are a nerd

[DeadlyDictator]

man when i was a lil kid we had sega and nintendo 64. then we got a ps1 and i felt like a god! i could move a lil dude on a board with wheels and do flippys with it. (thps)

[Kingzogre]

mmm...windows ME and dial up

[InTimeProcess]

I take gold out of technology

[Dms12444]

Hey, 20 year old tech is actually really interesting. And mind you this is coming from a 14 year old. Yep a 14 year old who loves the IBM PC AT. And enjoys using windows 3,0 (not 3.1).

[Gumpa2]

is it my enthernet or has this video not many frames per second?

[DeltaPhi79]

It's called "RECORDED LIVE FEED". Live video lags.

[UzumakiNarutoX3]

With a converter box you can watch DTV on this, too...

[fatleaf]

Have you ever noticed that the older stuff usually lasts five times longer than the "new" stuff before it breaks.

[pawletoe]

yup cuz the old stuff was made with heavy material that took up space

[Graphicspittz187]

You know whats funny Chris? I have bot 3 flat screen TV's in the last 4 years they all broke good brand to, And now i am very happy using my 13" Toshiba tube style tv with a VHS player built in

[cobra22122]

what a retard :|

[soilworked86]

I wouldn't count out antenna just yet. OTA digital HD still sets the benchmark for broadcast HDTV quality. The only subscription TV service that comes close is Verizon Fios, but even then we're only talking about video quality as OTA surround sound quality is noticeably superior if you have an above average audio setup.

[SizzlingMonkey]

I still have a cathode ray tube TV. Although it's like 40 inches. I haven't replaced it because I don't really need to yet. :P

Down the road twenty years. I'd love to watch a documentary with this kind of insight, hopefully spearheaded by Chris.

Hehehehe.

[deathworm123]

hey i like my cathode ray tube tv!

[cityflyguy]

My grandad can use an old casio personal organiser to store numbers with a querty keyboard yet cant access the phonebook in his mobile phone. I just got my mum a sat nav and you can play mp3s with 2GB memory on it yet she still insists on putting horrible WMA CDs in her car. I even set up bluetooth so she can make and recieve calls on the GPS yet still pulls over and uses the phone. It annoys the shit outa me.

[cityflyguy]

Old people and even my parents just dont like to embrace technology. Its funny how old analogue devices which were often more complicated (e.g VCR and Cassete tape recorder) they can work fine. For instance they can record music from the radio having to use a more complicated procedure than putting a cd into a PC and clicking burn. Or they can record VHS tapes by having to set a timer yet they cant use Sky +/Tivo properley.

[cityflyguy]

I still have CRT tvs, I have my ps3 hooked up via RGB which is as close as im gonna get to HD for now as Im saving for a car and HDTVs are gonna get cheaper and cheaper. Plus im waiting for 1080p to be the standard. I remeber going to an old peoples home like 4 year ago and listening to their conversation about how great CDs were, that you could put one in the machine and you would have 20 songs!. I was thinking you can put 2000 songs on something the size of a cig lighter.

[SuperKurt11]

I will destroy it

[Tech2help]

me 2

[sillychicken599]

my nan's computer is running windows 95. GROAN!! and she has a 14" boxy tv. but in my house i have a computer with windows xp. (good) and a 50" tv. mi nans is like returning to the 1990's

[BeatlesFan32]

funny video, but dude, CRT isn't that ghetto, I still have one in my room lol

[barakHobama]

your parents are together? how strange

[TehL33TGam3r]

how do i deal with old tech? i cant, my relatives have win ME........ their the anti-christ, because they like Windows ME

[Dragonislander]

Windows ME??? Windows ME sunks!

[4x4Mudmaster]

lcds and plasma tv`s make my eyes hurt.and the new dtv signal will not come in if there is a bolt of lighting within 100 miles.i miss the old days of vcrs cassete tapes and carberaters.

[0neofthem]

god damn vhs takes forever to fastforward or rewind.

[TheGEEKcentral]

my grandma has windows 1.0

[Unicornguy]

Old tech is ok. I mean a tv with an antenna is a tv all the same. It's better than no tv. Although I hate dial-up you had to use it when no one was on the phone and it was super slow. On my old computer it had an internal speaker and if someone was on the phone when I was connecting to AOL I could hear their conversation. It was kind of funny.

[TruthandJustice101]

"antenna" = "laser"

Rec if u remember that from Austin Powers

[TruthandJustice101]

I am currently writing this post from a  350mHz / 256 RAM computer I found thrown away in the trash. I never spent a penny, but I restored it using the original 8 GB hard drive to these specs:

* Windows 2000 (stripped down of excess services)

* USB wireless Internet antenna for DSL

* Opera 10 browser (with ads blocked and Turbo feature)

* Over 68 Windows Updates from MS

* Office 97, but I use Google Docs which is fast!

* Avira anti virus

* SpeedBit Video Accelerator to watch YouTube vids

[randomrob1968]

well, the whole thing is accelerating, too. Whats hot now will appear quaint in a just a year or two.

[background001]

That's beacuse they are unintrested in technologies. They don't care. But most people nowdays do.

[sgtpepper1138]

my parents are sort of up to date, they have ps3 (hell, I don't even have one) and my mom (who's 63 I might add) plays GTA and has solved it a few times, they have networked computers, the ONLY bad thing about going to their house is they have sat. interent, though not by choice (they REALLY want cable) but it's the best they can do with where they're located.

[road2stamfordbridge]

An ANTENNA???

OHHHHH wow!!!

WOW!!

Thats a big box that plays a "TAPE"???

Can anyone tell me what a VCR is??

[TruthandJustice101]

Old technology can sometimes fill the unfulfilled voids in your life. For example, when I was a kid, I wanted an Atari 7800 like my friend had. I never got one. But 25 years later, I bought a used one on Ebay and my Inner Child was vindicated. I played Donkey Kong into the wee hours of the night. I shed a single manly tear and then moved on.

[exozero]

When I was younger, my parents wouldn't let me get a Game Boy color, well, I'm coming of age soon so I can get one off ebay myself xD

[TheBlankDeck]

@TruthandJustice101

that...was...beautiful

[Suatae]

@TruthandJustice101 I agree. I went to my cousins house and he still has the original SEGA Genesis with Kid Chameleon. He let me play it and it brought out the inner kid in me. I remembered when I used to play that game for hours trying to reach the last level,

[Qkumber1]

@Suatae Kid chameleon ROCKS!!!

[Primiscomputers]

Chris+ old tech, is funny, it's like someone talking about the60's in 2120. LOL

[Jake0Jacob]

I still have a tv like, agreed its in my kitchen and we rarely watch it due to having a HD tv in the lounge and another in the play room(xbox woop) but we still use it but its not on an antenna just connected to our virgin box!

[kingmanic12]

I avoid old technology as much as possible.

[TruthandJustice101]

Old technology is often like an old whore = if you're low on funds, it gets the basic job done in a pinch. Plus, even though you know you can do better and you really don't have the patience, you can be assured that nobody has to know.

[exozero]

I can somewhat imagine how I am going to explain 80s and 90s 30 years from now. "This is called a sony walkman, you put a CD into it and music comes out from it. Oh, you don't know what a CD is?"

[TruthandJustice101]

I predict that one day we will be able to scan "virtual newspapers" on our Personal Computation Machines. I also predict that we will also be able to access and view VIDEO information over a high-speed "Super Information Highway".

People say I'm crazy, but you'll all see! It will happen one day!

[Technoguy3]

LOL. Yeah, and I bet everyone will call their Personal Computational Machines PC's, and their fancy "video information will be like You-Tube or something stupid like that. >.>

[unytcommsys]

I have an LCD TV w/ HDTV tuner and I still use an "antenna." I don't get cable/satillite because I have other immediate expenses. Like food, clothing, etc. I use Netflix (DVD), Youtube, and podcast to get my entertainment media. I might upgrade my DSL and will Netflix via Xbox soon. When I start making more $ Then I will get cable. Until then I have to do things on the cheap.

[happyclappy88]

i disect old tech... then i end up breking it and it goes in the bin where it would end up anyway... its all well and good utill you implode a CRT and make one hell of a mess... and end up in hospital with lacerations... not my finest hour.

[Technoguy3]

You've imploded a CRT too? It kinda freaked me out when that happened LOL.

[sebianoti]

wtf is wrong with the video?

[idontseedeadpeople]

My grandma gets all the best stuff. Awesome desktops and laptops and even the wii!!! if only she could send some this way.

[travisman26]

yup my parents have vista i try showing them linux and mac but no no no its so different that they cant use it and my grandparents dont even got a computer

[TheRealBlackPuma]

I don't really have ''old'' technology, more like out dated. A fat old fashion Tv and a reasonable outdated computer with a fat monitor hooked up to it.

But I don't really mind, though, if I would be able to get all the new stuff right when it comes out, I would look forward to it less.

[Watcher3223]

"How do you deal with old technology?"

If I still have a use for it, I use it. If it works for my reasons, for what I need and want, there's no reason to get rid of it.

I usually only throw something away when it's totally used up and I can't fix it to get it working again.

[tabbycat1994]

If you were living in the past yourself, you probably wouldn't be able to watch this video. xD

[varun009]

you know that tv was pretty genious they should apply that with new technology. i mean put dvd player in the tv's

[Bradleydl]

lol, you make it sound like we have never seen one before. xD

[beejm90]

CRT's don't really bother me, it's VCR's that annoy me. I used to hate having to rewind those things.

[XboxNerd08]

i was speed typing.. so idk why i spelled it like that?? :) quality

[AZLAN210396]

We here are still using CRT coz the sattelite TV here still dont support HD

[Boxtupac]

dude i have new techology and old tech

i still have vcr and old consoles from 1985

its still good

[flemeister]

I've got no problem using my 17" CRT monitor (but only with my old computer). =P The picture quality is excellent, just as good as my 19" LCD. Pity they're so damn heavy to move around. =D

[dharamsala55]

I'm 56 years old, so I lived quite a long time without all the technologies that we have today, and that never kept me from being happy and having a wonderful and fulfilling life.

I touched a computer for the very first time in my life in October 1998. Today, over 10 years later and retired, I repair PCs in my spare time for low-income people for free, and that indeed makes me also extremely happy.

In short, it is NOT because we reach a certain age that we are necessarily technophobes. :P

[UrsaMinor12]

vcr, vhs, antenna, glass tubes, what beith this black magic

[krisraps]

POOR VIDEO

[XboxNerd08]

He means poor video quilty

[TraceKrinken]

Poor SpEliNg oN yOuR pArTT.

[DAHEICHEL]

this is so funny

[modmadmike2]

Everybody in my family uses linux and custom pc's (5 person family).

[Qwixzambundu]

Hahaha! My parents have these really old shit stackt around the house. They are so fucking lame. They call em books. Don't ask me what their for, I simply don't know. And my guess, neither do ...

[hgallegos915]

wow.. your camera sucks..

[61914]

its a laptop with a webcam...

[phelpsy12222]

When I go I Just took my LCD screen for their computer since They had a CRT, Then also take my PS3

[NickMOCstudios]

I don't particularly enjoy staying with my grandparents because of one reason and one reason alone: No internet access. Sure I have my mobile phone, and my iPod, but what happens after the battery dies on that. I'm stuck watching TV, and I hate watching TV. Maybe I've grown too addicted to technology just like Chris.

[Thegamer5150]

yeah my grandparents hardly got any new technology cuz grandpa is just afriad of change they got the HDTV of 1977 with rabbit ears and they got money why don't they go to bestbuy get a 42 and wall mount it and Get HD service from comcast

[indiefilmmaker2011]

I don't have the money for any flat panel lcd tvs. So, I guess I have to deal with an older tv. But, its not a big deal

[loderchris]

mine dont have a computer!

[Chrijz]

I dislike analog technique. VHS-copies get crap picture and the tape-magnetism weakens, although harddrives uses magnetism too :P

[Trance88]

Ha ha ha! You're talking like you're living in 2025 or something. Every single TV in my house is an analog tube TV.

[rokketfilmzsociey]

bring a new computer and dvds and an external HARD DRIVE and a cellphone antenna thing

[Khrisjay725]

dude that room looks like my room expt for dail up. the newest technology i have is my nintendo wii and im luck to have that . And for computers a hp notebook that runs on windows M.E with a ram of only 512 mb

so that crashed . so if you want to send me some "NEW TECHNOLOGY" please be my guest

[meownoob]

My grandmom in Korea doesn't even have a bathroom attached to her house.. it's a separate part of the building. Yup.. still living in the stone age

[whenhen]

My grandma gets all of my family's old electronics. She has a 33 inch plasma, and windows xp with firefox.

[MTbui2013]

y do we need to know that it has firefox??

[DanielRizzo121]

I love the sarcasm in this...

[misledlestat]

god this guy is a dork

[iMovieFreak3891]

I visit my grandmother (who lives in the middle of NO WHERE) and she has NO Internet Service...  so, I'm stuck with my iPhone.... the problem, In the middle of no where, Cell Phone service is SKETCHY! It sucks.

[Jullzzzz]

my grandma has a mac and a plasma with apple tv

[idontgiveasheet]

my grandma uses a typewriter!! omg, how does she deal with that!?

[DarkXtrike]

you grew up where slipknot(members) grew up.

[invert48]

ur fucking hype

[haropro2]

I'm 12 and I know what a VHS Tape is.

[CRussman]

Ya, I guess cause your 12, your not smart enough to realize he's sarcastic. lol

[martineyles]

I have a laptop, and its LCD is horrid - my desktop computer is still on a CRT, and I am in no hurry to replace it - it's just much better in my experience. The same is to be said of the CRT TV downstairs - it looks better than most of the LCD/plasma sets in the shops, and until that changes it stays.

Oh, I also have a turntable to play vinyl on, and have bought vinyl recently, but I generally buy and prefer CDs.

[mxjf]

lol awesome vid chris:)

[scwallac]

Actually, you can use rabbit ear antennas to receive digital TV now...and it's actually....GASP...FREE!!! Ever heard of ATSC Chris? Who's behind the times here??

[retread01]

I feel a bit sorry that you place so much importance on the latest technology. I know you are playing it up a bit as a joke, but still. Technology is just fluff. Oh and 99% of people only have CRT.

[CJaguar265]

in my head ronald reagan is still in ofice

i have a 1978 sanyo radio/cassette deck with rca inputs for a record player it has better sound than the mordern cd player/mp3 radios that brake in three weeks 1983 poniac firebird

the 80's will never die!!! reelect mayor goldie wilson

[spamup94]

my grandma is further ahead in tech than me with her lcd tvs and imac lol

[101Tech101]

ohh chris I feel sorry for you.Atleast you know what to get your parents next christmas!

[topdogg1988xx]

i know how he feels lol my grand parants have a pentuim 1 with windows 95 on it i wont even use it lol

[alexanderjurjens]

Lol, you're a funny person. Everyone knows what VHS, cathode ray tube and dial up is. I own a VHS videorecorder and a CRT tv myself. I want to tell you something that is not really important at all: there are billions of people living without LCD/plasma tv's, MBP (or other Apple stuff), the newest PC's with the newest graphics cards running Vista... and even without CRT and VHS.

Technology-wise, you're belonging to a small minority here on Planet Earth.

[Masamunecb]

I had an IBM with windows 95 a while ago, then I got bad boot sectors and... well it's one of my targets in my videos.

[naruto90123]

WOW dial up in an live streaming Bad times

[JetJL]

I have one of them. Now no one uses it I can't wait till I can remove it. vhs s are cool though. I can't wait to leave my old laptop five years old. No one in my family can live with out our computer. I can't play video games with our 3 plus computers. -_-

[twgoldwood]

hey i saw this on live stream, while hes watching it he walks away because hes disgusted by it and says that windows sucks

[ellendegeneres89]

My grampa even has a iphone

[LORDOFMOVES]

Get out of your parents house and stop posting your bootleg flea market material.

[ellendegeneres89]

he is not they got in a car crash his mom and dad

[FetterWal]

well i guess you do deal with lots of old webcams man. 2 fps ? or 3?

what 4 ????? AWESOME !!!!!!!

[retepvosnul]

ICT pads itself on the back for innovation just a tad to often without actually providing it. Over the last 10 years finding the innovation has become harder in the so called innovation driver IT sector. Having fun with old technology is one thing , but do not for a moment think that we are so much more advanced today. IT people seem to suffer from e technological caveman inferiority complex.

[oldhutton]

lol will still have those tvs and vcr cassettes in england lol. Along with the new high tech stuff

[KanoakaVirus]

when im forced to deal with old technolegy i .. deal with it :) then take a wank and smoke some weed

[liusinger]

i think u should shut the hell up now, ppl are living FINE without your hi-tech gadgets. u hear me? not everyone depends on those hi-tech shit that you are relying ur life on.

[riddle84]

Chill out, man. He didn't mean to offend anybody. Why are you so sensitive about this topic?

[bill14231393]

yea he was only joking....

[topdogg1988xx]

whoaaaa chill lmao

[montanahenchmen]

That would be funny if when he put in the vhs a porn video came out!!

[bill14231393]

lol i use one of those just to play wii...the big wall mounted flat screen tv is for the almighty xbox360 =D

[Awsads]

Why isn't the wii on the flat screen?

My HD tv has AV ports for the wii

[bill14231393]

cuz wii sucks compared to xbox360 (my opinion so dont reply saying i suck)

[gravyguy7123]

OMFG U SUCK