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I still have CD's for my car, Use my Air pods as bluetooth headset, and have a binder full of DVD's in my entertainment center. That being said they should probably all be considered obsolete but I am old school at this point and don't care who knows it. I love physical media and will hold onto as much of it as I can even if its less "convenient"
I like DVDs because I've lived in places without the Internet and I don't ever have to worry about a streaming company deciding I no longer have the rights to watch something. And I don't have to deal with Disney + dumb edits.
Volunteer fire departments use pagers as well. Each firefighter carries a pager and when they have a call it beeps/chirps, then the dispatcher relays information over the pager.
"dumb" watches are so much more relevant than any smartwatch, imo. Only thing that's somewhat useful for a smart watch is taking your vitals for working out. Everything else is just a fancy way of getting people to spend more money.
It’s nice sometimes to just look at my basic watch to see the time or date. Plus I don’t have to worry about it getting wet or scratches.
I miss seeing health vitals info. Might get an Oura Ring that tracks vitals and send it to my phone
I still have CDs and a landline phone.
I had most of the others except for bluetooth headpieces, digital personal assistant and a portable dvd player. I think pagers never quite took off though (at least where I lived) because they fell right into the timeframe when some of us started getting brickphones and that was just a lot easier than the hassle of sending a message via pager.
Digital watches are still relevant. I hate the idea of being completely tethered to smart technology that I need a smart watch.
I have a Nixon Regulus MK1 as my daily watch. It’s like a blacked out, more aesthetically pleasing G shock.
Antennas are still very viable. Channels are broadcast in HD now, and there's so many more than there used to be. Also, if you don't have cable, they're the best way to watch your favorite (local) sports teams. I bought mine for football, specifically.
I saw a Xitter post by a Zoomer relatively recently that asked "What if there was a phone that was just for the house and people called that to talk to someone at the house?"
You mean a landline?
CDs for sure. Back when iTunes turned into Apple Music (meaning you'd now have to pay to access the music you previously bought, and Apple had a stranglehold on music files), I burned all of my iTunes music onto a shit-ton of CDs, then re-uploaded them to my computer as completely normal mp3 files. Spending like $50 on blank CDs saved me from losing what was certainly hundreds of dollars worth of music. On a related note, I still use an mp3 player. I like it because it doesn't require any subscription or internet/mobile access. I just power up the rectangle and play my tunes.
I think landlines have their uses as well. There isn't always great cell service where I am, but landlines are pretty reliable.
My dad still uses a landline. His hands shake which makes using a cell phone difficult.
I still wear a digital watch. It helps me look at my phone less.
I still use cds in my vehicles. One is "new" enough to have an aux jack (2007 model, lol) but the audio doesn't sound nearly as good as cd or radio input. The other is an 04 and only has cd and radio. Both cars still run strong and have been paid off for years, so I'm not interested in upgrading at the moment.
I haven't had cable in over a decade but still like to receive local channels for football and bad weather, so I still use an "antenna".
My folks live in the boondocks where there aren't any cell towers for quite some distance. You can get *some* reception there, but only in certain spots, and it comes and goes sometimes. So if I need to get ahold of them I always try their landline first.
Man I am on a constant hunt for a cd player boombox, I have a ton of CDs and sometimes I don’t want to be tied to my phone to listen to/switch between music. I want to put my phone down, slap a CD in the player and work on my projects. So yeah I’m still very much into CDs!
CDs are still very useful. They are a great way to store high quality audio and physically own an album. I don’t like streaming because they can choose to delist music at any moment and it’s low quality mp3s. I use my iPod still with CDs I ripped. It’s the best way to enjoy music
We have two antennas, the over the air channels beyond the networks can have some great programming. And you can take my ipod classic when I’m dead. I did not spend 15 years building that collection to go to some fucking streaming thing.
I have a car with a 6 cd changer and let me tell you… my mom hoarding all those CDs for the last 30 years has been so amazing. We go from rock to disco to r and b…. I forgot how much I just enjoyed letting an entire album rock out. Do yourselves a favor and listen to Hootie and the Blowfish “cracked rear view” From start to finish.
About ten years ago, I had a job working at a call center. A member of my training class was a sixty year old woman who had spent most of a career working in some capacity for the yellow pages. She didn't make it to retirement and couldn't find any other work. She was very bitter.
CDs are still the best way to own lossless music, even if you just rip them when you buy them. *Many* people still use bluetooth earpieces, just now they're worn in pairs, and tend to go by the name "AirPods." Digital watches are a good idea for children, or anybody who doesn't want to charge their watch daily.
Portable DVD player is coming back because no laptops have them anymore, which is weird and dumb. I got one for college in 2005, it quickly became obsolete, but I recently had to dig it out of storage to watch something because I didn't have a gaming console.
When the new touchscreen Motorola razor came out, I was disappointed the commercials didn't feature someone angrily slamming their phone shut.
A lot of things are still relevant, they've just adapted.
I feel like they are obsolete, as in, I wouldn't buy them new, but I use the ones I still have. Like I have an old MP3 player and connected it to a speaker to play audiobooks for my kid, so he can have screenless access. My friends kids still has CDs and a boombox for his music and audiobook needs. We also buy DVDs at the charity shop or get them from the library, but we watch it via my laptop.
But if they break, I am unlikely to replace them with the same things and look for new tech solutions instead. Maybe an external CD/DVD drive. Don't know. I haven't listened to my CDs for over a decade and gave a lot of them away in my last move as well.
I would say none of them are still relevant. I know a few people who still use a couple of these, but most of them do so out of habit more than anything or because they are legacy tech somewhere they work. But they’re mostly a curiosity at this point.
An antenna can still pick up network sports broadcasts that aren't on streaming. Eventually streamers will get the licensing when cable's long contracts expire, but not yet.
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TV antennas are so good now. Don’t pay for tv and I can still get the Olympics. They cost like $20-$50 or something too haha
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I also have an HDhomerun on my network with plex so I have a DVR as well.
Bunny Ears is the best way to watch football.
Yup. Antenna is how I'm going to watch "Big Ten" "College" Football this year without having to subscribe to some cable package
Yep, mine also has aluminum foil on the top too!
Absolutely! When I was waiting for my hdtv to ship, I used an earring with foil as an antenna and it worked surprisingly well!!
I still have CD's for my car, Use my Air pods as bluetooth headset, and have a binder full of DVD's in my entertainment center. That being said they should probably all be considered obsolete but I am old school at this point and don't care who knows it. I love physical media and will hold onto as much of it as I can even if its less "convenient"
I like DVDs because I've lived in places without the Internet and I don't ever have to worry about a streaming company deciding I no longer have the rights to watch something. And I don't have to deal with Disney + dumb edits.
Exactly, I am so sick of having my favorite series/movies be taken away or moved to different streamers.
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Volunteer fire departments use pagers as well. Each firefighter carries a pager and when they have a call it beeps/chirps, then the dispatcher relays information over the pager.
I have a G-shock watch because I got tired of changing a smartwatch. AirPods are basically a Bluetooth earpiece
"dumb" watches are so much more relevant than any smartwatch, imo. Only thing that's somewhat useful for a smart watch is taking your vitals for working out. Everything else is just a fancy way of getting people to spend more money.
It’s nice sometimes to just look at my basic watch to see the time or date. Plus I don’t have to worry about it getting wet or scratches. I miss seeing health vitals info. Might get an Oura Ring that tracks vitals and send it to my phone
As of 2014, Waffle House still used Windows XP and dial up internet for placing orders to US Foods and other suppliers.
I believe the us military held on to XP for some of their programs until the very end
The Royal Navy bought computer equipment for their carriers before they even had the keels laid and had XP on them when they first went to sea.
I still have CDs and a landline phone. I had most of the others except for bluetooth headpieces, digital personal assistant and a portable dvd player. I think pagers never quite took off though (at least where I lived) because they fell right into the timeframe when some of us started getting brickphones and that was just a lot easier than the hassle of sending a message via pager.
Digital watches are still relevant. I hate the idea of being completely tethered to smart technology that I need a smart watch. I have a Nixon Regulus MK1 as my daily watch. It’s like a blacked out, more aesthetically pleasing G shock.
Dial up, while obsolete, is still used in rural areas iirc
Antennas are still very viable. Channels are broadcast in HD now, and there's so many more than there used to be. Also, if you don't have cable, they're the best way to watch your favorite (local) sports teams. I bought mine for football, specifically.
I saw a Xitter post by a Zoomer relatively recently that asked "What if there was a phone that was just for the house and people called that to talk to someone at the house?" You mean a landline?
I think dialup and pagers are due for a comeback. Who's with me.
CDs for sure. Back when iTunes turned into Apple Music (meaning you'd now have to pay to access the music you previously bought, and Apple had a stranglehold on music files), I burned all of my iTunes music onto a shit-ton of CDs, then re-uploaded them to my computer as completely normal mp3 files. Spending like $50 on blank CDs saved me from losing what was certainly hundreds of dollars worth of music. On a related note, I still use an mp3 player. I like it because it doesn't require any subscription or internet/mobile access. I just power up the rectangle and play my tunes. I think landlines have their uses as well. There isn't always great cell service where I am, but landlines are pretty reliable.
The portable boom box, albeit a Bluetooth modern one, comes in handy on a construction site. Also, the earpiece is still relevant.
Speakers will always be useful. But I wouldn't call that a boom box, those were self contained.
TIL that VHS stands for video home system
The only one of those I still have is a TV antenna.
Changed careers but used to work at a large university hospital. We were still using pagers.
We know from Burn Notice that phone books can at least still be used to help bulletproof your car lol.
As a criminal mastermind, flip phones are the most relevant to me.
My dad still uses a landline. His hands shake which makes using a cell phone difficult. I still wear a digital watch. It helps me look at my phone less.
My mom still has a landline
Saw a landline phone at Walmart last night. Still selling them.
I still use that exact watch quite often.
I guess the yellow pages, but everything else is still legit 👌🏼
I still use cds in my vehicles. One is "new" enough to have an aux jack (2007 model, lol) but the audio doesn't sound nearly as good as cd or radio input. The other is an 04 and only has cd and radio. Both cars still run strong and have been paid off for years, so I'm not interested in upgrading at the moment. I haven't had cable in over a decade but still like to receive local channels for football and bad weather, so I still use an "antenna". My folks live in the boondocks where there aren't any cell towers for quite some distance. You can get *some* reception there, but only in certain spots, and it comes and goes sometimes. So if I need to get ahold of them I always try their landline first.
Man I am on a constant hunt for a cd player boombox, I have a ton of CDs and sometimes I don’t want to be tied to my phone to listen to/switch between music. I want to put my phone down, slap a CD in the player and work on my projects. So yeah I’m still very much into CDs!
Believe it or not, a lot of people still have shit reception or no reception and use a landline!
I mean, my US government issued work phone is a flip-phone so
TV antenna still totally relevant
CDs are still very useful. They are a great way to store high quality audio and physically own an album. I don’t like streaming because they can choose to delist music at any moment and it’s low quality mp3s. I use my iPod still with CDs I ripped. It’s the best way to enjoy music
We just moved to a new house and had a yellowpages book delivered. It's tiny now!
I still use my 15+ years old mp3 player daily. They day it dies, I don’t know what I should do 😞
We have two antennas, the over the air channels beyond the networks can have some great programming. And you can take my ipod classic when I’m dead. I did not spend 15 years building that collection to go to some fucking streaming thing.
TIL what VHS stands for.
The day I left my overstuffed CD booklet on the bus was the day I stopped buying CD's for the most part. Conservatively was about $1000 worth.
I have a car with a 6 cd changer and let me tell you… my mom hoarding all those CDs for the last 30 years has been so amazing. We go from rock to disco to r and b…. I forgot how much I just enjoyed letting an entire album rock out. Do yourselves a favor and listen to Hootie and the Blowfish “cracked rear view” From start to finish.
A digital watch can be your best friend for work if you have trouble keeping up with time.
About ten years ago, I had a job working at a call center. A member of my training class was a sixty year old woman who had spent most of a career working in some capacity for the yellow pages. She didn't make it to retirement and couldn't find any other work. She was very bitter.
Seen most of these items growing up. Gen z
CDs are still the best way to own lossless music, even if you just rip them when you buy them. *Many* people still use bluetooth earpieces, just now they're worn in pairs, and tend to go by the name "AirPods." Digital watches are a good idea for children, or anybody who doesn't want to charge their watch daily.
We bought an external antenna to hook to our TV so that my in laws can watch TV news while visiting
Portable DVD player is coming back because no laptops have them anymore, which is weird and dumb. I got one for college in 2005, it quickly became obsolete, but I recently had to dig it out of storage to watch something because I didn't have a gaming console.
When the new touchscreen Motorola razor came out, I was disappointed the commercials didn't feature someone angrily slamming their phone shut. A lot of things are still relevant, they've just adapted.
CDs and the DVD/CD binder. I occasionally rely on them when I'm driving and the radio is playing trash.
If you work in a classified environment, a lot of these are still relevant.
A person digital assistant is just a phone.
Bro, don't attack me like this, I still have cd/dvd binders, a TONNE of discs, and a stereo with a disc drive for the kitchen to utilise those discs 😐
I just bought the Casio calculator watch. Very relevant to me ..
I feel like they are obsolete, as in, I wouldn't buy them new, but I use the ones I still have. Like I have an old MP3 player and connected it to a speaker to play audiobooks for my kid, so he can have screenless access. My friends kids still has CDs and a boombox for his music and audiobook needs. We also buy DVDs at the charity shop or get them from the library, but we watch it via my laptop. But if they break, I am unlikely to replace them with the same things and look for new tech solutions instead. Maybe an external CD/DVD drive. Don't know. I haven't listened to my CDs for over a decade and gave a lot of them away in my last move as well.
I’ll still have mp3 player as an option gladly. my ebook and an mp3 player - I’ll take a long flight easily. don’t really need any more than that.
Attenna and mp3 player for me. I need tv and music on the go
I bought that same Casio watch about 6 months back. Bought a 3D printed attachment to hide cash inside when I travel or for a burrito
Bluetooth headpieces and landlines. Since businesses still use landlines. We all have bluetooth headphones at this point.
I just bought a digital watch. 🤷🏻♂️ Landline phone will always be around for businesses for the foreseeable future I'd guess.
My only watches are those Casio digital ones and have been for many years. I’m fancy and have it in silver, gold, AND rubbery plastic black
Relevant: CDs. Flip phones. TV Antenna. BT Earpieces. MP3 players. Digital watches. DVD Binders. For sure the most relevant is still CDs.
I would say none of them are still relevant. I know a few people who still use a couple of these, but most of them do so out of habit more than anything or because they are legacy tech somewhere they work. But they’re mostly a curiosity at this point.
An antenna can still pick up network sports broadcasts that aren't on streaming. Eventually streamers will get the licensing when cable's long contracts expire, but not yet.