Old technology is more reliable than the new...

[eternal_rena]

This is stupid. The cable TV box top that was set to record the three shows that I watch on Saturday (Digimon Data Squad, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension, Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive) failed on me. It just...didn't record it, even though it's been set to series recording =/ The Ben 10 Alien Force episode on Friday didn't record either, but it recorded Monday to Thursday's episodes fine -__- Did that stupid thing go bonkers? This isn't the first time it happened either. Don't tell me I need to start setting the recording every Thursday or Friday just to make sure it works?

Thankfully I have a back up recording set on the VCR, so in the end, I didn't miss anything. THANK GOD FOR BACK UPS. The only way for this to fail is if the VCR got turned off at it's power source (either the plug or a power failure) and all the recording schedules got deleted and I didn't set them back, or the VHS tape decided the break or something, but this hasn't happened...I've had my VHS tapes last for a really long time.

Why is old technology more reliable than the new ones??? Grrr. And I wanted to keep this latest episode of PR: Operation Overdrive too, after watching it and seeing Mack being all funny and awesome at the same time *shot* Not that Tyzonn isn't awesome in his own way XD

Also, I think I've almost found the setting that will get my ToS OVA encodes all nice and no more interlacing/combing and it deinterlacing all the frames, without the video being jerky...tried out more options too and will check and see how they turn out.

And...Lingwe has finally sent the questions for Eternal's scanlator interview over at MangaHelpers O_o Need to think about it before I start working on what I want to say...I'm a bit nervous but I want the answers to be perfect at the same time...

Comments

[yaminokaitou.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's funny. My ancient VHS player still works fine, but we've gone through at least three DVD players. They just don't make 'em like they used to...

That's why I still buy VHS to this day. ^_^

[eternal-rena.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. The VCR is god knows how old already and it's still working fine. It's just funny how old stuff is more reliable than new ones (though it's not always true).

[manga-crow.livejournal.com]

The more complex something is, the more likely it is to fuck up :p

And congrats on your interview at MH! =)

[eternal-rena.livejournal.com]

I hope I can do the interview okay x_x

[ladynadiad.livejournal.com]

It's a sad fact that stuff just isn't made like it used to be, and the major reason for that is the fact that to make the most money, need to have the least amount of cost in making the product. So between employees who aren't paid enough to care, and parts made from inferior materials, yeah, things are far less likely to work the way an older device would.

I still have a sewing machine that is as old as I am, works like a charm. People who buy sewing machines now complain that theirs break in a few years. I know plenty of people who would be happy to pay far more than I paid for my machine to take it off my hands, even with all the scratches it has from me moving it numerous times, just because it is an old Kenmore machine.

My parents also had an old VCR that they bought when I was a baby, as far as I know, that was still working, but couldn't be programmed (and also didn't rewind automatically, easily enough fixed by buying a $10 rewinder).

Sad, but true. Also amazing is that my parents had a still working Apple IIe for the longest time, and then when you consider how many computers I had pretty much up and die on me in a far shorter time, even more amazing.

Yep, stuff just isn't made the way it used to be, sadly it's becoming more obvious that the bottom line is profit, not making customers happy. Of course making shoddy quality merchandise has another benefit, they have to buy a new one in a few years, which means more profit. And sadly, that isn't just electronics, it's stuff in general really.

[eternal-rena.livejournal.com]

Yes, how true. Whatever happened to customer satisfaction and quality nowadays?

Also, self-assembled computers are better and more reliable than manufacturer (like Acer, HP, etc) made ones, since you get to pick which hardware you want and you can pick from different hardware manufacturers.

Needless to say, there are still new stuff around that are good and works well, so quality is not completely out of the water at least.