In Reply to: Don't get me wrong posted by E-Stat on April 19, 2017 at 08:20:21:
That is why the market keeps them around!
There is a Wiki page on the subject, but the subject line of this post is really what that's about. The LP is older too, but not gone because its not obsolete and the newer art does not eclipse it.
If somehow a digital watch really was a good idea :), mechanicals would be long gone!
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Follow Ups
- I get that- those technologies are old, but not obsolete - Ralph 08:55:42 04/19/17 (18)
- No, they are obsolete - Analog Scott 09:17:25 04/19/17 (11)
- That's probably the wrong word, at least according to definition - Ralph 10:02:21 04/19/17 (10)
- RE: That's probably the wrong word, at least according to definition - Analog Scott 10:09:57 04/19/17 (9)
- The definition you provide is accurate, same as the one I did. - Ralph 10:17:28 04/19/17 (8)
- absolutely, but if we aren't using the same defintion.... - Analog Scott 10:40:37 04/19/17 (7)
- ?? we both quoted pretty much the same thing - Ralph 12:27:05 04/19/17 (6)
- RE: ?? we both quoted pretty much the same thing - Analog Scott 06:58:48 04/20/17 (5)
- RE: ?? we both quoted pretty much the same thing - Ralph 08:04:44 04/20/17 (4)
- RE: ?? we both quoted pretty much the same thing - Analog Scott 10:27:29 04/20/17 (3)
- Point taken - Ralph 12:39:03 04/21/17 (2)
- RE: Point taken - Analog Scott 14:04:35 04/21/17 (1)
- Cars - Ralph 16:12:46 04/21/17 (0)
- My point is... - E-Stat 09:04:28 04/19/17 (5)
- Right! - Ralph 09:08:30 04/19/17 (4)
- "Do you know of anyone making CRT-based TVs?" - Analog Scott 09:21:50 04/19/17 (3)
- RE: "Do you know of anyone making CRT-based TVs?" - tomservo 10:43:05 04/19/17 (1)
- Ironically those old TVs do one thing better - E-Stat 14:15:48 04/19/17 (0)
- Dang! Cool! nt - Ralph 10:04:10 04/19/17 (0)