My aunt had one of those big 9 foot satellite dishes…..as a kid it was fun to watch it move as you changed “satellites” to get to different channels. From what I recall, each “satellite” had up to 24 channels. There was a guide that listed the channels in alphabetical order and which “satellite” you needed to tune into. Those dishes had one advantage over DirecTV and Dish Network, it took a hell of a storm to knock the signal out….
I also used a special effects switcher, like the one shown here, back in high school when creating video projects for class. Our AV club had one. You’d hook it up between VCRs or video cameras when editing to create wipes and fades… Editing video was really archaic and low quality back then, because there was so much generation loss going from tape to tape.
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Core Dream Studios
I grew up in the 80s, great times w/ Radio Shack, miss em 🙁
DvdXploitr
My aunt had one of those big 9 foot satellite dishes…..as a kid it was fun to watch it move as you changed “satellites” to get to different channels. From what I recall, each “satellite” had up to 24 channels. There was a guide that listed the channels in alphabetical order and which “satellite” you needed to tune into. Those dishes had one advantage over DirecTV and Dish Network, it took a hell of a storm to knock the signal out….
Andy Jibb
I also used a special effects switcher, like the one shown here, back in high school when creating video projects for class. Our AV club had one. You’d hook it up between VCRs or video cameras when editing to create wipes and fades… Editing video was really archaic and low quality back then, because there was so much generation loss going from tape to tape.
Andy Jibb
Those big satellite receivers were really popular in Canada, at least. I knew lots of people who had them in the country.
Roxasofmalice
Any of those Catalogs got Final Fantasy 7?
Curtis Boyle
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Mike Orrico
Just stumbled upon your channel, learning so much from the very informative videos! You guys deserve more exposure! Keep it up and thank you again!
sorphin
Also.. Plug-n-power was just X10 based, iirc. So receivers are findable.
sorphin
I miss getting the old RS catalogs.
Brent Goeller
1981 or 85.