My first job in education was as the A-V coordinator for a high school in 1974. We had a state of the art Video Tape Recorder—yes, it recorded onto reel to reel tapes! It was so complicated to set up the timed recording function that whoever wanted to tape that I think we only managed to successfully tape two movies, “Brian’s Song,” and “The Diary of Miss Jane Pittman.” When teachers wanted to show the movie in their classrooms, I had to take a TV and hook it to the system, then go to the AV room which was in the front part of the circuit breaker room with all the high voltage warnings on the door and start the movie from there, then sit and watch it. We had no 2-way communicated between the AV room and the classroom, so I couldn’t pause it if the teacher wanted to stop and make a point. I never want to see either of those two movies again!
wiatr almost 5 years ago
I still play mine.
almost 5 years ago
Those were the good old days.
codycab almost 5 years ago
This reminds me of “The land before time”.
Gent almost 5 years ago
Dinosaurs. How appropriate! A pun in picture!
poopsypoo Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I can’t understand or decipher most of those letter pairings.
darcyandsimon almost 5 years ago
I hadda look up XD!
pdhill2 almost 5 years ago
What is iffu?
Sue Ellen almost 5 years ago
Then there’s music—from vinyl, to 8 track, to cassette, to CD to MP3, and now the cloud!
Sue Ellen almost 5 years ago
My first job in education was as the A-V coordinator for a high school in 1974. We had a state of the art Video Tape Recorder—yes, it recorded onto reel to reel tapes! It was so complicated to set up the timed recording function that whoever wanted to tape that I think we only managed to successfully tape two movies, “Brian’s Song,” and “The Diary of Miss Jane Pittman.” When teachers wanted to show the movie in their classrooms, I had to take a TV and hook it to the system, then go to the AV room which was in the front part of the circuit breaker room with all the high voltage warnings on the door and start the movie from there, then sit and watch it. We had no 2-way communicated between the AV room and the classroom, so I couldn’t pause it if the teacher wanted to stop and make a point. I never want to see either of those two movies again!
Lady Bri almost 5 years ago
I miss Betamax. RIP Betamax.