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The only thing about electronics is you just can't keep up. I remember getting excited when I built my first crystal radio from a kit my father bought me from Radio Shack. My, how times have changed. The CDs you've transferred media to are almost obsolete. They've been replaced by DVDs, smaller and smaller portable drives and "clouds". Even the future of television as we know it is questionable with access to so much online these days. Where will it all end?
It won't "end" per se, it'll just keep changing. I don't think it's necessary to keep up with THE latest thing, just to keep one step or two before obsolescence.
We still have the CD's with photos on them, but have transfered all the photos from those CD's onto to a single 8 gig USB Storage. Also have a USB Storage that I now put any of our digital camera movie clips on. When will it all end.........most likely never!
If the USB is the only place it is backed up I will recommend adding a second one, especially if all the backups are at the same location.
Online backup (I use Carbonite) is relatively cheap, and automatic. If you should have a fire (heaven forbid) and all the copies are in the house, you no longer have the photos and movies.
We have two USB's of all our photos......one at home and one in a bank vault security box. Whenever we take/keep new photos, I put them on the one at home and get the one out of the security box and put them on that one as well. Also have two sets of DVD's of our wedding, one at home and the other in the bank box as well. My wife is pretty impressed at how I handle that stuff.
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Originally Posted by Tek_Freek
If the USB is the only place it is backed up I will recommend adding a second one, especially if all the backups are at the same location.
Online backup (I use Carbonite) is relatively cheap, and automatic. If you should have a fire (heaven forbid) and all the copies are in the house, you no longer have the photos and movies.
I tend to be behind really. What I see is less numbers of new comupters wanted.cellphone leveling off as shown by the changes in discounted phones contracts and people shifting to more HDTV to update really.The bubble in both computers is gone as well as cells slowing.Much more so in retirees tho.
Blu-Ray DVD Player DVD player only
Digital Camera Yes
DVD Movie Camera No
HD/Big Screen TV No
GPS No
I-Pod No
My computer with high speed internet, 26" HD TV, no cable, A vcr/dvd combo takes care of all my needs. Still have landline with no extras and a prepaid phone for emergency calls while in the car. Keep it simple as possible.
I have everything. This is a really great time. We are just getting to the point where you don't have to learn a lot of technology to use the new stuff. When this all started, 20 years ago, one had to learn all kinds of esoteric stuff to get the benefit of the new items. We still have to read a bunch of directions, but we are usually not converting file formats and wiring jumpers and testing ports. Most of the stuff we use today, you turn on and use. End of story.
I guess the most powerful new technology today is GPS. Imagine, for free, yes I said free, you can locate yourself or with additional technology an other person, within about 3 feet on any place of Earth.
I was in England a couple of years ago and had my hand held GPS with me and was able to explore things in the city and the countryside that I never would have seen just 10 years before.
I would urge everyone who goes out side the house to get a hand held GPS and learn how to use it right away. Its too cool.
Last edited by Wilson513; 01-29-2011 at 06:32 PM..
I think for 60 somethings my wife and I are doing pretty good keeping up with the electronic era. We both have DSLR cameras with a total of about 500 gigs of pictures. We recently got laptops and are still working on them. We have done lots of photo scans, music and audiobook downloads. This weekend we got Droid X phones and are learning how to use them and downloading new apps. I also spent time figuring out how to use the phones so that I could play music using an old receiver. Tonight I downloaded an app so that I can use the Droids to serve as mobile hotspots for the computers. That works well since I recently got a small cell phone antenna which can be used either on the roof of the car or attached to a window at home.
I think for 60 somethings my wife and I are doing pretty good keeping up with the electronic era. We both have DSLR cameras with a total of about 500 gigs of pictures. We recently got laptops and are still working on them. We have done lots of photo scans, music and audiobook downloads. This weekend we got Droid X phones and are learning how to use them and downloading new apps. I also spent time figuring out how to use the phones so that I could play music using an old receiver. Tonight I downloaded an app so that I can use the Droids to serve as mobile hotspots for the computers. That works well since I recently got a small cell phone antenna which can be used either on the roof of the car or attached to a window at home.
Got very lost in the middle of the night and ended up somewhere in a deserted part of Baltimore. Result: bought a GPS off Amazon. Didn't get lost driving back north.
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