I get mocked by my younger wife when I talk about how VCRs cost 400 dollars in the 80s, which would be around 1500 in today's dollars. It was a HUGE deal for my family to buy one, something that completely altered social habits and sent you into a different cultural realm. Similarly, I'll always remember our 1988 Tandy computer, also super expensive but so limited in actual function.
I get mocked by my younger wife for about everything. :) VCR's did start to change everything. Half the fun was going to try and agree on a movie you could all watch. Nothing's changed in a way.
I get mocked by my younger wife when I talk about how VCRs cost 400 dollars in the 80s, which would be around 1500 in today's dollars. It was a HUGE deal for my family to buy one, something that completely altered social habits and sent you into a different cultural realm. Similarly, I'll always remember our 1988 Tandy computer, also super expensive but so limited in actual function.
I get mocked by my younger wife for about everything. :) VCR's did start to change everything. Half the fun was going to try and agree on a movie you could all watch. Nothing's changed in a way.
Great point. Wandering around the video store is now doom scrolling.