ambulancekidd
Funster
- Sep 23, 2014
- 10,379
- 28,402
- Funster No
- 33,478
- MH
- Swift Kon-Tiki 640
- Exp
- Since 1964 Gosh that makes me feel old.
Many years ago I used to revel in buying new technology. I bought the first stereo video recorder that I'd ever seen at a cost of £650 remember this was in 1985. This video machine had on board video editing so I cropped & edited any family videos. I also bought a new TV to go with it.
I spent ages hooking it all together through my music centre (remember them?).
Then along comes Ni-Cam videos & TVs, I galloped out to Rumbellows for another new video & telly to get the very best usage out of the setup.
Then there was surround sound & you've guessed it , I just had to have it. I even plumbed in cables inside the plaster to make the wires invisible. Little shelves for the rear speakers went up next.
Well I don't smoke, was tea total & didn't have any kids (yet) I also held down two jobs, so pampering myself always felt that I'd earned it.
I spent many happy hours reading up on things & setting it all up.
Now fast forward to today & our new TV arrived. The old one had a screen fault & was under warranty.
This old TV was a Panasonic 4K UHD smart telly with 3D on board & went quite well with another new techy machine, namely SkyQ. As I'd been setting up this old TV I began to think that I was close to getting to being out of my depth with some of this kit.
Now the new TV is also 4K UHD smart model with dozens of features which I've never seen before.
I've got it all up & running, but you'd need to be a techno geek to fully understand it.
I'll happily admit that now I am out of my depth.
So the question is as follows, am I too old to fathom it out or has the technology become a little too smart cos its way smarter than me?
It's really bad when a man has to resort to actually reading the instructions , either that or I'll need to ask my granddaughter as children get into this kit taking it in there stride.?????
I spent ages hooking it all together through my music centre (remember them?).
Then along comes Ni-Cam videos & TVs, I galloped out to Rumbellows for another new video & telly to get the very best usage out of the setup.
Then there was surround sound & you've guessed it , I just had to have it. I even plumbed in cables inside the plaster to make the wires invisible. Little shelves for the rear speakers went up next.
Well I don't smoke, was tea total & didn't have any kids (yet) I also held down two jobs, so pampering myself always felt that I'd earned it.
I spent many happy hours reading up on things & setting it all up.
Now fast forward to today & our new TV arrived. The old one had a screen fault & was under warranty.
This old TV was a Panasonic 4K UHD smart telly with 3D on board & went quite well with another new techy machine, namely SkyQ. As I'd been setting up this old TV I began to think that I was close to getting to being out of my depth with some of this kit.
Now the new TV is also 4K UHD smart model with dozens of features which I've never seen before.
I've got it all up & running, but you'd need to be a techno geek to fully understand it.
I'll happily admit that now I am out of my depth.
So the question is as follows, am I too old to fathom it out or has the technology become a little too smart cos its way smarter than me?
It's really bad when a man has to resort to actually reading the instructions , either that or I'll need to ask my granddaughter as children get into this kit taking it in there stride.?????