New Posts For Thread: Anyone do this in the eighties ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eightiesi taped tv on a black n white portable onto betamax and when i played it back on my main tv it was in colour? things that will soon be lost in time?i bought a V2000 in the early 80s which only taped off the telly which was p1ss p00r planning on my part as there was very little porn on the telly in them days, C4 exceptedhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550676853#550676853i bought a V2000 in the early 80s which only taped off the telly which was p1ss p00r planning on my part as there was very little porn on the telly in them days, C4 exceptedMon, 19 Dec 2016 10:01:23 -0600Betamax came before VHS if I remember right. Always seemed way cooler cos we never had one but our neighbours did. Eventually we got a VHS but I remember bunking off school and going round to a mates house to watch all his old man's video nasties onhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550670871#550670871Betamax came before VHS if I remember right. Always seemed way cooler cos we never had one but our neighbours did. Eventually we got a VHS but I remember bunking off school and going round to a mates house to watch all his old man's video nasties onSun, 18 Dec 2016 12:19:23 -0600plus technology has improved 2million fold - chewed up tapes - i mean to say frustrating trying to piece together a cassette with sticky tapehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550669871#550669871plus technology has improved 2million fold - chewed up tapes - i mean to say frustrating trying to piece together a cassette with sticky tapeSun, 18 Dec 2016 09:23:14 -0600I was perhaps referring to stuff manufactored in the late 70s Pumpy. Maybe things improved when we started to import from Japan /Far East ,maybe their standards increased with time.Or there was less to go wrong .UK produced a lot of stuff in the 70shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550669861#550669861I was perhaps referring to stuff manufactored in the late 70s Pumpy. Maybe things improved when we started to import from Japan /Far East ,maybe their standards increased with time.Or there was less to go wrong .UK produced a lot of stuff in the 70sSun, 18 Dec 2016 09:21:37 -0600We had the Sony C7 Betamax, bought in '82.The thing was as heavy as a pile of bricks. Solid full of components and superb quality.The problem was that when it went wrong, it was a fifty quid touch every time, and later when the sound gain failedwe juhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550668689#550668689We had the Sony C7 Betamax, bought in '82.The thing was as heavy as a pile of bricks. Solid full of components and superb quality.The problem was that when it went wrong, it was a fifty quid touch every time, and later when the sound gain failedwe juSun, 18 Dec 2016 07:04:19 -0600Our fridge is 25 years old, still works perfectlyThe wife is a lot older but is to say she still works perfectly would be optimistichttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550668595#550668595Our fridge is 25 years old, still works perfectlyThe wife is a lot older but is to say she still works perfectly would be optimisticSun, 18 Dec 2016 06:50:11 -0600although they now need to find a cell phone battery that doesn't run flat after 10 hours of non use - the reason why i have 2 and keep one perm on chargehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550668581#550668581although they now need to find a cell phone battery that doesn't run flat after 10 hours of non use - the reason why i have 2 and keep one perm on chargeSun, 18 Dec 2016 06:47:19 -0600pumpy lad agree that things arent made to last - but back in the day it was an outside bet that your house burnt down if the freezer was over 5 years old i used to see mums hairdryers explode and catch light while she was using them .recorders uhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550668577#550668577pumpy lad agree that things arent made to last - but back in the day it was an outside bet that your house burnt down if the freezer was over 5 years old i used to see mums hairdryers explode and catch light while she was using them .recorders uSun, 18 Dec 2016 06:45:36 -0600Coachbuster 18 Dec 16 12:04 so were things like toasters , fridges ,basically anything that 'worked'Coach I think your find fridges & washing machines were better built 30 years ago than they are now, washing machines are purposely built not tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550668477#550668477Coachbuster 18 Dec 16 12:04 so were things like toasters , fridges ,basically anything that 'worked'Coach I think your find fridges & washing machines were better built 30 years ago than they are now, washing machines are purposely built not toSun, 18 Dec 2016 06:32:31 -0600i thought in 1990 that by now you would have some sort of micro chip or solar powered batteryhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30766947/anyone-do-this-in-the-eighties?post_id=550668301#550668301i thought in 1990 that by now you would have some sort of micro chip or solar powered batterySun, 18 Dec 2016 06:08:16 -0600