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Do you remember what your parents paid for top notch technology back in the day?
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:27 pm
Panosonic top loader VHS cassette player mid 1980's
$550.00
Eta:1st movie I watched on it "Enter the Dragon" w/Bruce Lee
Don't get me started on that big arse Satellite dish onside the house $$
$550.00
Eta:1st movie I watched on it "Enter the Dragon" w/Bruce Lee
Don't get me started on that big arse Satellite dish onside the house $$
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 12:42 pm
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Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:29 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Like $10000 for a 52” 1080 tv and 5.1 audio only receiver
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:30 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
456 megahertz gateway desktop, $3200 
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:30 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:32 pm to LNCHBOX
My dad bought something called "Atom" or "Adam" it was a computer but all I remember was that it had a Buck Rodgers video game. 
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:36 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Around 1999, I spent around $1200 on a Acer Desktop, CRT monitor, etc. I got it at cost too from a family member that owned a company and got dealer prices. $1200!! I wish I could remember the size of the hard drive. I know that it didn't have an ethernet port because down the road, I had to spent extra to get that port.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:37 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
My dad was a teenager in the 1970’s, so the eight track player was all the rage. When he married my mom in 1980, the VCR was a big deal.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:38 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
I don't know what they paid, but this was the "big" family Christmas present from back in the day.
Now I'm trying to figure out what year it was these came out.
. I know it was early to mid 90's when we got it. But knowing my dad, it was probably a display or something he got on sale.This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:39 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Our first PC, pre AOL, ran my parents over $2k
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:40 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
I remember daddy pops paying $1900 for a 48" RCA rear projector screen back in the day...
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:42 pm to Hangover Haven
$2000 for a microwave in 1980. It was the size of a regular oven.
The thing worked until 2005.
The thing worked until 2005.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:43 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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Don't get me started on that big arse Satellite dish onside the house $$
That thing was great for mexican porn channels
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:43 pm to supadave3
Around 91 or 92 I got my first computer..486 SX 25 4 MB ram, 120 MB hard drive, 12 inch monitor. It was around $1300.00. I had it for two days before Windows crashed. The screeching of the modem was music to my ears..Slow music.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:44 pm to jmarto1
XXX channel was money until they scrambled it 
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:49 pm to Athis
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the screeching of the modern
Good ole AOL. Kinda ruined the element of secrecy when you tried to log onto porn at 2 am.
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:51 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
Don't know what it cost because at the time parents didn't (at least mine didn't) share with their children what something cost .... but I do remember the first color television my parent bought. Around 1965 or so ... nice console RCA with probably a 16" - 18" screen. And I remember running outside to turn the pole our antennae was mounted on so that the channel of choice would have better reception. Three channels, KALB, KPLC and KATC ... those were the days...... 
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:55 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
My dad bought a computer to use for his business and it cost close to $10,000 in 1978 which was a hell of a lot of money then. It was a DEC PDP-11.
They got me a HP-21 calculator in 1975 for high school, and it cost $125 which was also a hell of a lot of money at the time.
Microwaves were expensive as hell, we held off on them and VCR's for years until the prices came down.
They got me a HP-21 calculator in 1975 for high school, and it cost $125 which was also a hell of a lot of money at the time.
Microwaves were expensive as hell, we held off on them and VCR's for years until the prices came down.
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:57 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
ya but you could also buy a brand new fully loaded race ready GTO, Mustang, Camaro, or firebird for under $3k
Posted on 7/7/19 at 12:59 pm to ForLSU56
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turn the pole of the antenna
Hold it, hold it, RIGHT THERE wait GO BACK
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:02 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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XXX channel was money until they scrambled it
You could still occasionally catch a boob and full audio
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