Never had this one, but I’ll never forget my family getting our first camcorder, a Sony Handycam, in the spring of 1987. My grandpa surprised my dad and gave it to him so he could take videos of our family. I was only 7 at the time, soon to be 8. From then until I finished high school we had two Sony Handycams, and I frequently shot things on both growing up. So much so that I ended up going to college for film and video production. But my family always had an affinity for Sony products in the 80’s and 90’s. Wonderful stuff. Wish they made some consumer level players and a few other things with as high of quality today.
I used to always buy Sony boom boxes. They were the best quality and always worked so well. Unfortunately the brand really started to go downhill, especially in the 2000s. I went through 3 Sony boom boxes in the 2010s, and all ended up with the same problem - they would eventually stop playing CD-Rs (despite being "CD-R compatible"). I eventually gave up and just play my CDs through the DVD player now, which is hooked up to the stereo. But yeah, I was faithful to Sony for a long time. It's sad that the company that pretty much invented the CD player makes such poor quality products for playing them on now.
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Never had this one, but I’ll never forget my family getting our first camcorder, a Sony Handycam, in the spring of 1987. My grandpa surprised my dad and gave it to him so he could take videos of our family. I was only 7 at the time, soon to be 8. From then until I finished high school we had two Sony Handycams, and I frequently shot things on both growing up. So much so that I ended up going to college for film and video production. But my family always had an affinity for Sony products in the 80’s and 90’s. Wonderful stuff. Wish they made some consumer level players and a few other things with as high of quality today.
I used to always buy Sony boom boxes. They were the best quality and always worked so well. Unfortunately the brand really started to go downhill, especially in the 2000s. I went through 3 Sony boom boxes in the 2010s, and all ended up with the same problem - they would eventually stop playing CD-Rs (despite being "CD-R compatible"). I eventually gave up and just play my CDs through the DVD player now, which is hooked up to the stereo. But yeah, I was faithful to Sony for a long time. It's sad that the company that pretty much invented the CD player makes such poor quality products for playing them on now.
Our first video camera took full size VHS tapes. I don't remember the brand.
It looks like Thing from the Addams Family likes retro tech just as much as we do...