Although, KCBS in San Francisco still uses o'clock for top-of-the hour. Frankly, "It's seven", would be kind of awkward there.
But in real life, no, I don't know anyone who says o'clock anymore.
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Obsolete Terms Still Used on Radio & TV: Name One!
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But in real life, no, I don't know anyone who says o'clock anymore.
This involves television, but when did VCR codes become obsolete? When TV Guide and newspaper magazines had listings, those numbers were by each show. The availability of program info on television screens and online, and the fading use of VCRs made codes less and less necessary, but when did they stop altogether? I haven't used a listings guide for years, so I don't know.
You mean timecode? It's still used for logging and editing.
No, Cordelia's referring to what were known as "plus codes":
The Time Machine : Using Listed Codes, VCR Plus Will Simplify Recording Off TV
For those confused VCR owners who have pitched a permanent tent in front of their television sets so as not to miss their favorite TV shows, it's time to break camp.
www.latimes.com
Just in case that November 25, 1990 L.A. Times article is behind a paywall, here's a pullquote:
"To use the PlusCodes, you first have to program a VCR Plus unit with a series of set-numbers to correspond with your brand of VCR and, if necessary, cable box. You next program a series of numbers to correspond with every channel you receive. The directions for the one-time procedures come with the device.
After that, here’s how it works:
Look up the PlusCode (up to six digits) next to each television listing in the TV Times magazine or daily Calendar listings. Don’t worry if the numbers for the same program differ between the two listings. Either number will work.
Punch the code number for the show you want to record into the hand-held VCR Plus programmer.
Then punch one of three buttons--”once,” “weekly” or “daily”--depending on whether you want to record a show once (such as a movie or sporting event), on a weekly basis (such as a prime-time series) or on a daily basis (such as a soap opera).
Place the hand-held VCR Plus programmer near your VCR.
And that’s it. There’s no need to turn on your VCR, just be sure there’s a tape inside set to the desired recording speed (SP, LP or EP).
When the program airs, the VCR Plus remote-control unit automatically turns on your VCR in the record mode and switches it off when the program is over. The unit stores up to 14 programs, roughly twice the capability of most VCRs. In addition, the liquid-crystal display window on the hand-held remote daily calculates the amount of tape needed for the next 24 hours."
Of course, less than nine years later, DVRs (TiVo and others) came along with menu-based recording and rendered VCR Plus irrelevant----resulting in this obit about ten years after that:
Old VCR Codes Have Been Junked
readwrite.com
I don't think that's what I mean, Kelly A. The code numbers I'm talking about were to make it convenient for viewers who didn't want to manually enter info like the date, time and channel of the show they wanted to tape. What you're referring to sounds more like something for industry professionals, but maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.
Oh, you're talking about (what's called in DTV) PSIP; Program Schedule Information Protocol. It has the virtual channel information, program schedule, and technical audio information for the full broadcast day, including times and description. Personal DVR's also use this information for scheduling recordings. Without PSIP data, your TV set wouldn't know the station even exists and available for viewing.
Thank you, michael hagerty! I had totally forgotten they were called "plus codes," which, according to the article you linked, ended in May of 2010. Frankly, I'm surprised they lasted that long.
Thanks Kelly A, but, yeah, I was talking about the old school VCR Plus codes that are now obsolete.
When you look at that pullquote from the L.A. Times, it's amazing that this was thought to be the easy way.
Someone has actually figured out the algorithm that generates the VCR+ codes. Not that it would do anybody any good at this point, but I guess they did it "because we can."
Heck, way, way back in the day I remember a TV news guy talking about Dick Clark's American Bandstand on whether at long last the show would be in color. The field reporter said probably not anytime soon as DC "refuses to FILM in color! Although the show originated in 1952, it had been recorded on video tape for years at the time of this story.
Me too!!
Frigidaire was the first affordable and widely distributed refrigerator in much of the world way back in the day. I sold refrigerators for a time decades ago, and occasionally I would get a customer asking for a "new Frigidaire" so I'd show them one and they'd say NO I want a Whirlpool!
True story: My range and microwave are both Frigidaire, and I used to have a Hotpoint refrigerator/freezer.
All worked just fine.
Dick was notoriously cheap. I’m sure he only went color after ABC insisted.
There are 5th graders in classes that I've subbed for (I am a certified substitute teacher with a B.A.) that have no idea what a CD is. Or a DVD. Let alone a cassette. The average 10-year-old...born in 2013, knows three techy things: YouTube, TikTok, and streaming. Oh, count 4, for any of the following: Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft. The family-friendly Super Mario Brothers are out (well, at least the movie made big bucks). First-person shooter games are in. Am I surprised? Not.
I think this is a good reminder to folks here that kids today use media and have interests different then back in their day.
Definitely! I may be in my late 20s, but I don't even recognize some of the games that the current youth demo plays. There was one student a while back that said he played the old Super Mario games, however. We live in an age where their PARENTS grew up with the NES/SNES...or even later consoles. Like that thread on irrelevant genres, the under-18 demographic seems to look for particular musicians for their entertainment. And that includes the TikTokers.
ABC was the last of the big 3 to go all color. In his book, Leonard Goldenson said the conversion to color practically bankrupt the company. They had to buy cameras from RCA, who owned the competition NBC.
Here's another one YouTube. The Tube in YouTube is in reference to CRT TV's/Computer monitors which was starting to phase out at the time YouTube was starting out in 2005-2006 timeframe. Yes today we look at YouTube as more like CableTV was in 2005 the year YouTube was born.
www.howtogeek.com
What Is a CRT, and Why Don't We Use Them Anymore?
Before screens were flat, they used "cathode rays" to show information.
www.howtogeek.com
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