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I used to be excited about new tech, but I rarely am anymore - 82MHz

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I recently started thinking about VCRs, as you do. I'll spare you the train of thought that led me to this, but it started with a conversation about worsening eyesight and then it escalated from there. Anyway, VCRs. I still remember the first VCR my dad bought when I was a kid. And in fact, I remember many times when my dad (and later me, once I had some money of my own) bought a brand new tech device that was state of the art at the time and that we'd never seen or used before. I remember the first VCR entering our home. And the first microwave oven. The first cordless phone. The first PC (running Windows 95) and a few years later, the Internet. My first CD player. The first time I saw a video being played back from a DVD and how much better it looked than one on VHS. I remember when we had a satellite dish installed on our roof and all of a sudden we had something like 30 TV stations to choose from instead of the five or six we received before that via terrestrial broadcast, and the

I recently started thinking about VCRs, as you do. I'll spare you the train of thought that led me to this, but it started with a conversation about worsening eyesight and then it escalated from there. Anyway, VCRs. I still remember the first VCR my dad bought when I was a kid. And in fact, I remember many times when my dad (and later me, once I had some money of my own) bought a brand new tech device that was state of the art at the time and that we'd never seen or used before. I remember the first VCR entering our home. And the first microwave oven. The first cordless phone. The first PC…

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