MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago15 October 1987sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down12
arrow-up1177arrow-down1image15 October 1987sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareZarxrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·18 days agoDang, they had to rent the whole VCR in Calvin’s household?
minus-squareAlbbi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·18 days agoYeah, it was pretty common at the time. Before China was used for all manufacturing, everything but especially especially electronics were expensive to buy.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·18 days agoI think we got our vcr in 89 and it was a hand me down from my grandparents.
minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 days agoIn Scandinavia, in the 80s, I remember we had the moviebox, a little VCR in “suitcase” you could rent. From what I remember it only had an RF output, and the picture quality was less than stellar, even for VHS.
Dang, they had to rent the whole VCR in Calvin’s household?
We did as well.
Yeah, it was pretty common at the time. Before China was used for all manufacturing, everything but especially especially electronics were expensive to buy.
I think we got our vcr in 89 and it was a hand me down from my grandparents.
In Scandinavia, in the 80s, I remember we had the moviebox, a little VCR in “suitcase” you could rent.
From what I remember it only had an RF output, and the picture quality was less than stellar, even for VHS.