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For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago

I miss the instant channel switching on old analog tv sets. Everything now is digital so the switching is done with microprocessors, but on old sets you could flip through about 5 channels a second, as fast as you could press the button.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Yo, did you ever have one with a knob?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

We had the knob but it broke off. So we had a pair of pliers sitting on top of the TV to turn the dial (from 2 through 13).

My friends weren't as poor so they'd have a converter box. It had an actual remote and that sound it made as it flipped through all the channels. I can't even describe the sound but if you know, you know it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I had found one at home with only knobs, and at the time I dug that out of the attic, the only TV it could receive was state TV. An B&W. Still, It was amazing to me that i could even receive TV wireless. Turning those knobs felt... decisive!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

yeah, looked like it was from the 50's

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