Is retro tech better? 1984's EDC in 2024
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Published 2024-05-17
In this video I run through 4 key areas or retro tech EDC:
1. Retro Music Technology
2. Retro Photography
3. Retro Gaming Handhelds
4. Retro Watches
On a journey to discover, is it better?
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00:00 Intro
01:10 Retro Music Tech
08:00 Retro Photography
11:27 Retro Gaming
14:56 Retro Watches
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All Comments (21)
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The first time I went on a long holiday, I went to California from Ireland in 2000 - brought a cassette player and 6 cassettes.. pure bliss. Owning my music and movies is hugely important for me.
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Before becoming a parent, I've always been into retro tech. It's even better as a parent now because it takes away the distraction and instant gratification of iPads. My daughter watches VHS tapes. I gave her a Walkman to pass time. They need quiet time to process the world around them. Even a game boy is beneficial for the hand eye coordination, because I hear kids in schools these days don't know how to use a computer.
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As someone who had all that same tech back in 84 and now today’s tech as well. I can honestly say it was better back then. There was just something that made you more connected to it.
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I’d recommend trying the Analogue Pocket. It has a nice screen and takes the old cartridges. A nice blend of modern and retro.
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Marcus, my fellow Californian, you are a breath of fresh air in the EDC community. Extremely thoughtful and well spoken. Keep it up good sir. 👍🏽
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As a Gen-Xer, this was a fun blast from the past! I remember the thrill of buying my super-small cassette Walk-Man with a special Walk-Man cover and belt clip back in 6th grade. :_Love: Thank you for the interesting and wide array of EDC-related content on your videos and the special effort you take to edit and present them. Love being a member!
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I've actually kept some of my old stuff from when I was a kid in the late 90s. So still got my Gameboy Colour and N64 laying arround. I think I even got my old Sony Walkman CD player(they rebranded the Discman to Walkmans in the early 00s). I rarly use any of them, but it's nice to have to look back at an "easier" time.
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Great video Marcus. This is exactly what I have found and what I enjoy about single purpose items: they force you to be more intentional, less distracted, and enjoy what you’re doing more. Keep up the great work man.
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I keep loving the way you make your videos, I like the intro, splitting it into different parts and giving a tiny overview right in the beginning
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Wow! With the watch that is a Transformer you really brought me back in time. We, from the 80s, surely are some of the luckiest people alive. We lived through some of the major technologic advances, and we can appreciate them all. Great video as always!
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Hi Marcus, i was Born in mid the ‘80. so i used all of then also. And I have fond memories of that time. Greetings from Germany Marcus
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Great concept, Marcus. As someone relatively obsessed with modern tech, it helps to appreciate old mediums and what came before. Plus, it generally means you’ll have a deeper understanding of how the modern stuff works!
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Being born in 1994, my generation was mostly transitioning to CDs by the time I was in elementary school. But my parents were older and were therefore, old-school. I was seen as being weird still listening to cassette tapes, but I totally agree that there was something special about listening through an entire album. We were also poorer, so I also recorded TV concerts using a tape recorder in order to listen to some pop music LOL I remember telling the entire house to be quiet while I recorded
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Thanks for taking me back. I got a really nice Walkman for my birthday in the mid 90s. Super thin all metal casing with a remote on the earphone wire. I was a stupid teen and sold it some time later on. Really regret it now. Also shout out to Mini Disks. Too bad not more came out of that tech.
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What a great idea making this video! Gen X people have a nice sense of value of technology advances, and at the same time, we love memories of those times when almost everything was more simple and at the same time, more enjoyable. Thanks a lot!
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I love following the progression of consumer electronics and trying all the new gadgets I can, but I don't think I'll ever stop taking notes on paper. Something about the intentionality of pen on paper makes me remember things I wrote way more easily. It seems like about 90% of the people in my college classes take notes on laptops or iPads, but they are generally a bit younger than me.
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I was thinking about the walkman again this week after listening to the latest Cal Newport podcast. They were kind of the perfect mix of intentional and unintentional tech - you purposefully chose the albums you brought with you but because you were limited to only a few tapes in most instances you'd end up listening to the same thing again and again leading to a kind of deep thinking state as the music simultaneously drown out the world but became background noise in itself.
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I remember using an Olympus OM-2 loved it. I still have an old 70's Ricoh 35mm. Honestly, I think the best handheld gaming experience is a modded DSi, 3DS or Vita...well built, great games and portable.
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Amazing video! Brought me many memories!!! Especially the game machines and the Walkman 🙏
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So excited to see the Olympus OM-2 on here. I started doing the typewriter thing as well— in pursuit of the single-use instrument theme. Got an old Olivetti Lettera 32 and took it to a local motorcycle shop to get it chrome plated! 😂
