How Did CASIO Get So Big?

Today Casio is a very large company, mostly known for their calculators, watches, and musical instruments. In the 1950's, four brothers in Japan spent 7 years creating a product that put this company on the map. This video takes look at how Casio got their start and how they've grown over the years.
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[@Digitoxin1]

I'm surprised you never mentioned the Casio calculator watch.

[@AyAy008]

Dwight Shrute approves this comment

[@marcxie]

That got all digital watches banned from any exam (at least in China)

[@chrisorah919]

A classic

[@gelatinocyte6270]

Casio keyboards with a microscope that also has a watch on it

[@claudiobizama5603]

They really helped me with math class since highschool

[@harryroger1739]

Texas Instruments are big in America because all public school math textbooks require the TI calculator. I was a math tutor for many years and the text books homework problem required specifically a TI to solve the problems. It's might be possible to solve the same problem with a different makers calculator but many problems centered on features that the TI had while none of the problems required features specific to a Casio. In fact the examples in the text book gave step by step instructions for using the TI calculator. Basically TI got the school board to require textbook makers to use TI as the calculator in their books so as to standardize the methods. Basically kids use TI instead of Casio because of politics and not quality.

[@luiscanamarvega]

And this is why education should be privatized.

[@cuba_rj]

That’s how you build a false need for specific products. I can’t even to think how the board agreed to it.

[@aodhanomalley7742]

@@cuba_rj Im pretty sure that sir, would be called money.

[@fhwolthuis]

Check it out on LGR kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWfNgomnoNWdmZo

[@Headwyres]

Texas Instruments: The Imperial System of Calculators

[@raja5101989]

In India we still call Electronic Musical Keyboard as Casio as its a household brand here . I still hear people asking in shops that i want Yamaha's Casio ,,,hehehe

[@Crazytesseract]

Yamaha's Casio...? Ho ho!

[@kanutomer8102]

You're forgetting about the watches

[@adityadaschoudhury9231]

@Kanu, Though not unheard of, Casio is not really known for its watches in India. A typical Indian wears the homegrown Titan/Fastrack.

[@castro2324ap]

@@kanutomer8102 q

[@castro2324ap]

@@kanutomer8102 q

[@hudsonsvigals2471]

You never mentioned the calculator watch

[@nachosNipples]

Hudson Svigals is that real?

[@FrickinRod]

@@nachosNipples yes lmao

[@malfaroangel3896]

No need to. It’s well known Lol

[@princessof96]

RIGHT

[@Shadowcat]

​@@nachosNipples They're well known for making them There are two main models. One is CA53W-1 (the og casio calculator watch) and the second one is DBC32-1A (the homage to the og)

[@jeffreynunya4716]

If someone told me "I just got a Casio" I would assume they meant a watch, although the only Casio products I've owned were keyboards.

[@riz8462]

i'd also assume they got a watch because although I associate casio with calculators the most, people don't just announce or brag that they bought a new calculator ..right?

[@edvaira6891]

Yeah, I only owned either G-Shocks or their cheap synthesizers

[@JT-xn9ei]

Would you be surprised to find out that they have calculator watches too? Where I'm from though it's keyboards that "Casio" are usually referring to.

[@theholypopechodeii4367]

Here in Australia, everyone uses Casio calculators. Schools almost universally use Casio.

[@dimitriginting2398]

I wear G-Shock and use a Casio calculator

[@kolonarulez5222]

Wow first comic sans and now calculator callouts. Only the biggest scandals on Company Man.

[@kingbradley8058]

Sure hope his channels doesn't get shut down by KZbin because of all the drama

[@TectonicImprov]

Content Cop - The Company Man

[@raychang8648]

True, but I don't hate Comic Sans as much as I hate that so much software defaults to "Times New Roman". In the '80s, being able to print Times New Roman was a status symbol that you weren't using the default dot-matrix printer font and that has stuck since that time. What am I looking at? A 1920s newspaper? Helvetica or maybe Arial are so much more simple.

[@maximiIiaan]

LMFAO 😂😂

[@JBBrickman]

Ray Chang no way, I can’t find a program that doesn’t default to Arial and I always switch it to Times New Roman because that’s the main font I use, I wish I had your problem Times New Roman is the best no questions asked!

[@rodrickngonyoku5042]

in Kenya, CASIO is probably the only company that deals in calculators.

[@monicawambo7262]

so true.

[@rodrickngonyoku5042]

@@monicawambo7262 We've used it all throughout HighSchool. Na hata maduka bado zinatumia😅

[@rodrickngonyoku5042]

@ungratefulmetalpansy Hata university bado tunatumia😂😂

[@rodrickngonyoku5042]

@ungratefulmetalpansy 🤦Oohh... Sorry my brother, I thought you were Kenyan. Please forgive my ignorance. 😅

[@rodrickngonyoku5042]

Niko campus na bado natumie ile yanguya highschool

[@TheMIKA900]

I've been wearing CASIO watches for 42 years and I'm still buying several new ones every year.

[@petrosbabinn1695]

@zombiesheepoftheapocalypse he is the biggest casio reseller in his town

[@chadsworthgigafuck7076]

Wtf is wrong with you lmao

[@olgamurillo4421]

CASIO: The metric system of calculators

[@fluffymassacre2918]

Very true

[@Sergio_Loureiro]

Brilliant ad. I bet they had paid lots to agencies and no one has come to the one you said for free!

[@adrianjimenez6388]

Very well put! 👍🏼

[@illford6921]

Metric is better, why doesn't everything have equal conversions in America

[@oerrukhsfgkh1612]

England left the chat...

[@jayfloramusic]

I'm from India. I grew up around Casio keyboard, watches and calculators. All us friends used to keep Casio products in high regard sometimes gifting each other for birthdays.

[@rohityo8729]

In India Casio means keyboard . And every engineering student uses Casio calculator .

[@emeraldvirgo]

My first scientific calculator was a casio in 5th grade. Been holding up really well and it's still with me going into second year university.

[@sharmcd4269]

Esperanza same here in 5th grade but I’m only in my first year but it finally busted this year in may. Rip butterfly sticker Casio

[@HarithaNaurunna660]

My brothers kept managing to break their calculators each year somehow. The FX-991ES Plus is not as solid as the FX-100MS or 991-MS.

[@78anurag]

Jokes on you guys in the Indian education system people graduate with PhD's in Math with a casio 95

[@JP-il6jz]

I think Casio is just like any genuine family company, they wanted to develop a product and then slowly built other products similar in components that could be used for different applications to expand their scope of business. They are a great company and I wish them the absolute best and hope to be able to continue to see their name in the market, every product that I purchased that was made by them were excellent products.

[@Ag3nt0fCha0s]

Do not buy a Casio G Shock. I bought one once. Now I have three. They are addictive.

[@TransistorBased]

They're ugly af.

[@TransistorBased]

@Gaith Allaham - Cashmere Avenue PS (1260) just get a sport Chrono.

[@lucienrichardson5691]

@Gaith Allaham - Cashmere Avenue PS (1260) Why the fuck do you need a fancy watch if you're an athletic person?

[@malfaroangel3896]

Casio G shock was a fad back in high school. Everyone had one

[@jonathanjudmaier8081]

I have a g Shock

[@patchouli3422]

TI's superiority in American education was similar to that of Apple's; they cut deals nationwide with public school districts, so lesson plans were eventually all crafted around the device in question. Clint over at LGR did a deep dive into how Texas Instruments got so big. I definitely recommend watching it if you haven't.

[@sondrejohansen48]

Wow that sucks! Here in Sweden, we are not required to buy calculators! And in fact it is given for free. Though a lot of students nowadays just use phones!

[@jessenicoletta4160]

+Derek Charette Jesus Christ, you got screwed. Last I checked TI-30s are called as such because they were supposed to cost $30, not to mention my current (and so far favorite) calculator is a TI-30xs, and that only cost me about $30 as well (in 2014 that is)

[@Fater4511]

Ti-30's were not supposed to cost $30 it was a model number. I had to buy one in the late 90's. My parents weren't rich but I needed a calculator to use for tests and it had to be done on Ti-30's or 84's. I had just bought my own Ti-30 then went into a higher math class and had to buy a ti-84. I saved money out of each paycheck to pay for it.

[@abbazuddin9079]

India, Casio is way more common here both watches and calculator, never heard of TI.

[@theluigifan1]

My mom bought a Casio light up keyboard when I was like 3-4 years old (We still have it to this day) and it was basically how I learned to play basic chords and, thanks to its 100 song bank, introduced me to a lot of songs I would’ve never heard otherwise unless it appears in pop culture or I look for it myself. Before I got a smartphone and laptop, it was one of the main ways I entertained myself aside from drawing or playing video games.

[@tonyutter]

When it comes to Casio, I usually think of their calculator wristwatches.

[@brycemw]

Anthony Utter those are really cool

[@anirbaandas7750]

In India too Casio calculators are by far the most popular and the standard but all their products are very popular here. The extent of their popularity in the electronic music segment here was such that in the late 90's and early 2000's the electronic music keyboards were often referred to as a Casio, they were that prevalent. Their watches too have a very large market in India, especially among the youth.

[@abdulbasitdalvi3963]

I'm from India and I attest to the fact as I've experienced that mostly around the world casio is the predominantly used brand even here.

[@TheCrazierz]

Yes. That's the whole point of the video. Thank you for commenting what everyone already knows

[@TheCrazierz]

@@gowthamsiddarth20 you're welcome

[@micahkeres7665]

Oh Casio, how I love thee! By far one of my favorite brands. They really hit the sweet spot in terms of affordability and value for a particular segment of electronics...

[@SykeMediaTV]

The calculator watch! :)

[@edkrassenstein5534]

I have that watch and it's swaggy as hell, but it can be a little annoying sometimes I rock the vintage style ones now. They're a little more expensive but it's so worth it

[@JBBrickman]

Simon Sykes l like the Casio Calculator Watch John Oliver gave to the Dali Lama 😆

[@deanbean2106]

I remember my Dad always having the black Casio Databank watch as a kid in the 90's. Super high tech watch from the 80's that still looked super cool when I was little. It reminded me of something from Star Trek or some other 80's sci fi with all the little fancy buttons on it.

[@CheezyDee]

How about the ML series musical calculators? I have one hiding in a drawer somewhere...

[@paulyh4531]

Michael j fox had the watch in bttf 👍

[@mechajay3358]

Texas Instrument: "We're the Biggest Calculator company in the World" CASIO: "Hold my Beer" 🍺

[@qebal11]

Casio: hold my sushi

[@oliverhees4076]

casio makes calculators that are s good or better than ti for half the price (like $100 for 3-D graphing in color)

[@theviniso]

CASIO: hold my sake

[@DIRTY_SOUTH]

I had a Casio calculator watch in middle school back in the 90s. I WAS THE MAN!

[@Sabundy]

Same here lol...

[@ehmzed]

1:53 omg I'm glad you put a photo of Italy, Casio is the norm here too! (never seen a Texas Instruments in my life)

[@imtiredtoday]

Same in The Netherlands (it isn't Holland!!!!(that's a province in The Netherlands))

[@vincelestrade3758]

It has Texas in its name, so I’m not surprised it’s American-focused.

[@EJ160E]

Texas Instruments has a factory in Italy....ironic

[@simonweekes3068]

LGR did a video on Texas Instruments. Seems they're only massive in the US due to lobbying, which has seem them become the only accepted calculator in American schools for tests etc.

[@KlearChristal]

Really? That seems kind of idiotic. What makes them more qualified, out of curiosity?

[@mbirth]

@@KlearChristal AFAIK, they lobbied into the text book companies so all examples given there are especially for TI calculators (which keys to press in what order). Teachers get free calculators, so for most, those are the only calculators they know to work with. You ARE allowed to use other calculators in most cases, but if you don't know how to work them, you're out of luck.

[@KlearChristal]

Oh wow, thanks for the info. I had no clue.@@mbirth

[@bingbingwow]

Markus Birth What sounds really funny to me is that the textbook companies did exactly the same thing. Schoolbooks are insanely expensive for no other reason than lobbying.

[@saintmerakbeta]

TI calculators are so big only because they're forced as the only "good" brand there, same thing with specific authors for universitary textbooks. It's a big dumb money making thing.

[@GCJACK83]

Fact: Math curriculums in the U.S and other parts of the world are ridiculously different. This is also where the differences in the brands of calculators used in classrooms comes into play. In the U.S, public school districts get a discount when they buy Texas Instruments scientific calculators in bulk amounts alongside books that use these specific calculators. They have to keep costs down, so that's what they go with. Also in the U.S, Apple has a similar deal with school districts, selling them Apple computers for classroom use at a deep discount and providing a software suite tailor-made for these Apple computers. Now, things are different in Europe and Asia where families actually pay a dedicated tuition and have some say over what equipment is used. So, they use Casio brand stuff.

[@greenbanana311]

Absolutely. In the United States, we suffer greatly from the bloated, incestuous relationship between the large corporations we work for and purchase goods from, and our many levels of governments. This inevitably leads to the people in charge of determining our laws and the quality of our lives making decisions based upon the offer of financial contributions, or personal enrichment - not civic altruism, or even thoughtful consideration.

[@z50king29]

Naw, we don't get discounts from TI. We actually bought some Casio graphing calculators directly from them that they were planning to destroy. Lel

[@williammagoffin9324]

TI also put a lot of time and effort into training teachers in how to use calculators when they first became popular and of course, they trained them on TI calculators. Your average teacher isn't going to be highly skilled with electronics so they are going to want to use the calculator they were trained with so they are going to recommend to the school board they use TI calculators. End result is that TI pushes out the competition from schools and gets to charge an arm and a leg for their calculators (at least double what a comparable Casio costs); which frequently gets charged directly to parents because the schools don't supply calculators when they cost $120. I work in an office supply store and during our back to school time we sell tons of TI-84s and TI-Nspires but never a Casio because that isn't what the school puts on the supply list.

[@Midironica]

z50king, Exactly, I don't know why people seem to think that their own personal experiences in some random US town are rote and apply to the entire country. And all countries and their citizens prefer to support their own companies as opposed to foreign ones. It's not "being beholden to corporate overlords" or some conspiracy theorist nonsense.

[@chasegilmond5637]

My school district only had one apple computer lab and that was at the high school. Every other lab in the district used Windows computers of various brands

[@blue_lancer_es]

Humble of you to accept an error and embrace it. Great job!!

[@jmmartin7766]

Here's the deal (with me): when I was in college, if I found myself in ANY class that needed a calculator, at all, I knew it was time to drop that class... *Problem solved-- lol!

[@dangerouslytalented]

Back in the late 80s and 90s, they were the only ones making tiny handheld TVs. About the size of a modern phone, but as thick as a book. They ran off 4 double a batteries and had two inch screens and some had an AV plug for your camcorder

[@teekayuk]

My first watch ever was the G-Shock. That shit just screams 90s edgy rugged aesthetics and it was my favorite thing ever. In middle school, we were recommended to get a scientific calculator and I go the fx-991MS. In high school, our teachers tell us to get a graphing calculator, specifically the TI-84. The TI-84 broke 1 year after I used it, but the Casio fx-991MS I'm still using to this day (almost 20 years in). I have a feeling it's probably gonna survive a nuclear blast at this point.

[@MrJoeHalt]

I'm still wearing my first G-shock from 2000-2001. It is a solar powered workhorse worn every day for a 10+ year span. It has been beaten, dropped on the ground and in a lake - luckily found after an hour of diving, crushed, scraped, and scratched! All of that and it still looks pretty good and keeps perfect time! About 10 years into its life, I started buying other G's, based on the durability of the original. Haven't been disappointed yet.

[@CardShark_Chris]

Still slinging dick with my Casio G Shock. Built to last.

[@udemo5695]

i have a sharp elsi mate 231C.For some reason the OG batteries still work! Even the screen is fine!

[@wnxdafriz]

"tears" i missed my old ti 89... i programmed the shit out of it and if I can remember which hard drive I have has my math program I kept updating through middle school from algebra up to calc... then found out taking the ACT/SAT exams that my calculator had an auto solver already in it... I had to read through my large manual for my calculator to even find that function lol.... btw my TI-89 never broke... unfortunately a roommate stole it in college.. not ironic since it was the person i kicked out for not paying rent

[@Ag3nt0fCha0s]

A word of caution; you never buy just one G Shock.

[@snekbabie]

For me, Casio was always associated with keyboards!! They're definitely a bigger company than I thought. :)

[@freeindialegionenjoyer1999]

In India everywhere when someone buying an keyboard musical instrument, then instead of telling " i wanna buy a keyboard" they tell "i wanna buy a casio"

[@odishanahak2]

In India we call every electronic keyboard Casio . Today I learned Casio is a company .

[@rajsamal3803]

Not only Casio but also we call all coping machine as Xerox, in reality Xerox is a company name which first invented coping machine.

[@yaj1v]

@@rajsamal3803 *everyone* does that

[@maegjohncareeon639]

Casio keyboard sounds shit though. but they little improved with the CTX series but still it can't compete with Yamaha and Roland

[@thebigdawgj]

Sounds like every American parent of the 90s calling every game system "the Nintendo".

[@KlearChristal]

Wrong. Iv'e never heard someone call a keyboard a casio over here lol@@yaj1v

[@doctorjee]

In many parts of India, Music Keyboards are simply known as Casios... in fact many would buy one made by Yamaha and say I bought a Yamaha Casio... When it comes to calculators, there are usually two options, the cheaper local Orpat and the slightly costlier but way more appreciated/accepted/desired Casio. Casio watches are also sold here but may be they are not that huge, the ones sold are just called GShock or Edifice, I myself got a few. They will definitely do good if they enter Samrtwatches in a big way, especially given the history of Casio Watch Calculators which was Oh So Cool when I was a kid... No one knows Texas Instruments here in India.

[@EmilOsena]

With what Linus from Linus Tech Tips said about their Pro Trek smart watches, that Casio boom will come again very soon when they start making smart watches not only for outdoor use.

[@arnab2885]

Yamaha Casio wtf!!! I am from Kolkata and have never heard someone saying this.....l0l

[@doctorjee]

Yeah... do one thing, head to amazon india website... start typing "Yamaha Ca" you will see people search for Yamaha Casio, Yamaha Casio Piano, Yamaha Casio Bag, Yamaha Casio Adapter and what not...

[@arnab2885]

Indians don't even know what they are buying

[@waynosdaboss]

Bit like Hoover in the UK... Is a brand of vacuum cleaner but everyone calls them a Hoover 😁

[@thesteadfastduelist6258]

*I checked my watch and saw CASIO on it. I had this watch for the last ~5 years and I've never noticed the logo until today.*

[@Crazytesseract]

Oh dear.

[@Darkest_matter]

"I just went out and bought a Casio." I'd have to say G-Shock watch.

[@chuave152]

Im from Argentina. Never heard of Texas Instruments. I probably used my first Casio 20 years ago.

[@thundergato84]

I'm in Texas, and all I see are mostly TI calculators. I have never seen a Casio calculator begin used. They are sold here in the US, but TI calculators are the most popular. I have seen lots of people wearing Casio watches though. Their G shock watches are very good.

[@carlosmante]

Texas Instruments are the de facto calculators in Mexico.

[@rockets4kids]

Yes, you really do need a third calculator video: The one that explains how TI took over the school market. This is not something that happened accidentally. Go research it, it is a good story. Historically, at least into the 1990s, Casio calculators were just as popular in the US as they were worldwide.

[@bandombeviews6035]

rockets4kids cough*LGR tech tales*cough

[@rockets4kids]

BandomBeviews just watched. that jibes with my recollection from other sources.

[@ValentinIulianAndronache]

As a kid (we're talking 1991, Nigeria; btw I'm Romanian born and raised for the most part), I got a CASIO keyboard as a birthday present, and my 10 year older brother got a CASIO calculator... And the calculator, to some degree, is still working after 3 decades, and is stuck in a drawer back home. Fast forward just a couple of years later, I got a CASIO watch. So yeah, directly or indirectly I got to 'know' CASIO for what they do, calculators, musical keyboards/electronic pianos and digital watches. However I haven't owned a CASIO product in almost 20 years. That may or may not change in the near future.

[@badabingbadaboom9251]

I had never known that a company called Texas Instruments existed

[@raychang8648]

Excellent video! I lived in USA for high school and I loved my Casio. Please do a video about the HP scientific calculator that used "reverse Polish notation" that so many engineers loved. That would be a great "next" video! You're "on a roll". Keep up the good work!

[@shelbyleon9431]

My neighbor showed me his HP scientific calculator when they first came out in the mid-1970's. He told me it cost $600.00 That thing could do anything including make lunch. LOL!!

[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

A video about SHARP would be interesting. At one point they made so much and were everywhere, and now, they are hard to find and seem to lease out their brand name to other companies to make things for them. BTW if someone said "I bought a Casio" I would have to say "A Casio what?" as not only would I think of a keyboard or watch, I have worked in so many places with Casio tills and calculators the brand is quite omnipresent to me.

[@wnxdafriz]

sharp mainly only makes their own stuff in the asian market now.... due to competition and shrinking profit margins they just lease out their name to other markets now to make money on the side

[@jeremiahpatlan]

One of the first watches I got was a casio calculator watch from my teacher in high school. Ever since, Casio watches and calculators have had a significance to me. Reliable, affordable. Good products.

[@chrisiege]

In middle school i took spanish. My name in that class was casio. When i went to get my first phone, i saw there was one named casio. So my first time being introduced to casio was actually through the mobile phone market. So that is what i think when you say you "got a casio". To me it means you got a flip phone.

[@paulyh4531]

You can't forget the Casio calc watch , and in the UK they made portable handheld TVs with a. Colour LCD screen way ahead before anyone had big screen LCD TVs so Casio were ahead of the game 👍don't forget Sinclair I think they invented one of the first calculators .

[@SubstituteRealitiesChannel]

Casio is king where i come from, when i was still studying in school. Wasn't triggered by your last video when you say something about "Everybody uses TI and Casio needed the teachers/lecturers to explain the steps" or along the lines. Enjoy your videos the same. Just your side of the "pond" and other people's side of their "pond".

[@fulcrum9844]

Growing up with Casio always made me believe they’ve been far more superb to TI. Durable, nostalgic watches that can be worn on a daily. Keyboards that have a variety of sound options to choose from for a beginner’s price unlike Yamaha. Last but not least their calculators. I’ve been using my casio fx-300ES+ calculator since Middle School and now in days, no matter if a Math class recommends/requires a graphing calculator, I still keep the same model in handy since now with Desmos especially, I can do graphing online without upgrading to a new one

[@solosynergy]

My favorite was the casio FX 991 MS after upgrading from the fx100ms. I could store formulae, matrix operations and simultaneous equations. A boon for engineers. Oh and it was solar powered too. How cool is that. I have had that for over 10 years without changing the battery and it works absolutely fine

[@Crazytesseract]

I have the same one, working after 14 years. But the lcd reflective layer faded and blackened one day. Have you had this problem?

[@alasdaircross7342]

In the 80s UK, Casio scientific calculators had rubberised buttons while TI had hard plastic buttons that 'clicked'. Maths exams sounded like a field of angry crickets.

[@callmetall1]

Alasdair Cross hahaha

[@rubysparks4915]

Casio means to me: watch and keyboard. I did have a Casio calculator in elementary and middle school. High school required TI -83, but they were so expensive that the school provided them for the kids who couldn't afford them. As a result, they became a status symbol.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

me too. Didn't think much about their calculators. But people kinda make fun of their watches. Or they did. Cause Digi watches were cheap ect.

[@imaxjunior6531]

Casio giving us affordable keyboards in the home back in the 80s changed my life. I was always told 'those synths and keyboards cost $10,000' so when they introduced them from the $99 to $299 price range the average consumer could now own one at home, sure a hit in quality but we absolutely loved those casio keyboards.

[@bafg182]

In Australia, Casio scientific calculators have always been the default choice for school students. Occasionally some students would come to school with Sharp scientific calculators and due to the different logic, the teacher would have to give both instructions, even though only 10-20% of the class had Sharp. In primary (elementary) school basic 8 digit Sharp calculators were commonplace in the 80s/90s. I still have my Casio scientific calculator from over 20 years ago

[@TimmygammerOfficial]

Didn’t even know I wanted this video

[@Ninja-pc3gd]

My first keyboard/piano is a Casio and still working!

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

Yamaha piano here. (Yeah, Yamaha was what was used in piano class, so of course I'd get a Yamaha piano.)

[@Schumanized]

忍者Ninja I have a WK 1000 since 2002 and it kicks ass!!

[@artsmith103]

My 1st calculator in 1976 was a Rockwell. A few years later most of my friends had the original 9V TI30. I got the rechargeable battery version SR40. Then one of my buddies got the programable TI55. Some how I bought a used TI58, 2nd only to the TI59 at the time. Best calculator in the high school. In college I worked at a private book store. Sold a lot of Casio, HP and less TI merchandise. The Casio FX602P was released then and it changed everything. Incredible calculator, still have it. It's a collector's item. Quite a few of my fraternity brothers used my employee discount to buy it. Most of them are very successful now, probably due to that amazing calculator ; -)

[@yknuhc]

Coming from the US, I immediately think of watches when it comes to Casio. I wear a silver A158W myself.

[@incognito1305]

I'm from Malaysia and virtually all calculators in schools are Casio. In fact I don't know of any other calculator brand that is widely used here and I think many people from across the world may agree with me here. But if you posed the question "I just got a new Casio" what do I think it is? I would defiantly say a watch because Casio calculators are so ubiquitous that if it was a calculator you'd say you just got a new calculator, and that's kinda lame.

[@YusriRilke]

Laveen Nair Bruh, they're even in text books

[@EmilOsena]

Yeah, never knew Sharp and Canon was selling scientific calculators until I reach highschool to find out they did. As for the Casio question, always watches (Mostly the G-Shock Brand). Only reason why it continues to pop up is bragging rights.

[@advancedprototype1081]

I had a Ti calculator back in Form4-5 just coz my late dad used it back in 1999 and had it since, I used it coz I don't wanna waste money on something i probably wont use after school... haha, ohhh helll no....that was a waste of time, 2weeks is the only time needed to throw that thing away and get some casio... its still used tho at home, but fr scientific calculations? Casio is waayyyy better

German here. We also used TI calculators in class and the Casio kids were the weird ones.

[@821Burks]

I'm so happy you included that clip from Planes, Trains and Automobiles! That scene is what I think of when I think of Casio actually.

[@gu_gu]

I've been using a Casio moon graph watch for 32 year since 1990 that was bought by my mom. Changed several straps but the watch is still going strong!!!

[@MrWaheedulHaque]

Watched this on a casio calculator, like if you did too

[@mikemarks6136]

I once seen someone play doom on a casio

[@arushguliani4106]

Mike Marks I’m switching from TI to Casio

[@hazman034]

on my FX 82 au plus

[@medleysa]

Watched on a Casio G-Shock watch.

[@mikemarks6136]

@@arushguliani4106 I didn't realize what ti stands for till just now 😂

[@minidonut827]

My Casio recharges its battery by sunlight.

[@buckykattnj]

Best part is that the batteries last for a long time. I only recently changed the batteries in my collection of fw-115w's... though I probably could have gone another 5 years if my desk was brighter.

[@MrGeoffHilton]

So does my edifice

[@Just-View]

Yeah that’s awesome ikr, during my entire High School I used the same sunlight Casio calculator that my father used years ago when he was also on High School. I still have the calculator functional on my desk and haven’t changed it’s battery once.

[@ceph042]

ikr I’ve had a Casio calculator for nearly 7 years with a solar panel and it still works

[@zeusrulez]

I broke my Casio solar panel, but the calculators screen got smashed by my sister before it died, it lasted 6 years with a broken solar panel

[@logicalloonatic]

I can tell you are younger than I previously would have guessed, because you never once mentioned or even flashed a picture of a casio calculator watch. They were crazy popular when I was a kid.

[@gunner-chan-senpai4888]

I think it’s really awesome to hear that Casio is so much bigger than it is in America. At university, all my classes banned Casio calculators and we ONLY used Texas Instruments. It’s so cool to see how popular it is around the world. Great video!

[@whitewolf2767]

Your university banned Casio...??!! It feels TI really hates Casio

[@joshuas135]

Man I love this quicker upload schedule

[@companyman114]

Same scheduled as always. Just a special video about Sears last week. Thought it was important.

[@DiegoMartinez-jv1tv]

Please do a video about Hewlett-Packard. They also do great calculators and computers and they're a huge electronics company.

[@Bowoneshi]

I'd be interested in an HP video. I'm more familiar with the Packard side since my first computer was a Packard Bell. I'd be interested to learn more.

[@JessycaLunawoona]

Hewlett-Packard and Packard Bell are completely unrelated companies. HP was founded in 1939 by Bill Hewett and David Packard. Packard Bell was founded in 1986 by Herbert Bell and Leon Packard. Sometime in the early 2000's Packard Bell was bought and is now owned by Acer.

[@Bowoneshi]

Wow! I had no idea. Thanks for the info.

[@CheezyDee]

They also do lab test equipment like Multi-meters, oscilloscopes, waveform generators, etc.

[@MrTmac9k]

Back in the day, HP was the go-to for serious power in calculator form. I'm not convinced that their current calculators are worth much, but like I said in a comment on the last video, my HP-28S has survived thirty-plus years of service.

[@owownwowlson8524]

Never heard of Texas instrumental From Bangladesh

[@rain_mendoza2000]

I really like TI. I tried to program on it lol

[@JJJRRRJJJ]

I’m SO HAPPY the Uncle Buck clip made an appearance. That’s all I think about when I hear “Casio.”

[@neonvalley9613]

So basically Texas Instruments is the English system equivalent and Casio is the Metric system equivalent? *Wow*

[@SinisterTea]

By "English" he meant "Imperial".

[@BrentRushton]

Except Canada uses texas instruments for the most part, love my ti-84+ CE

[@zach490]

I was about to say that too, thank you

[@missmatti]

In Sweden we were recommended Texas Instrument too. So I guess it depends, and we use a metric system. I even think my Swedish math teachers would been horrified if i used imperial when I was in school.. ;)

[@missmatti]

Luke Harvey yes I know. I’m married to a Brit plus lived in England for many years. Also was slightly joking about my math teachers.. 😉 we learn about it too of course but we are meant to use metric unless specified.

[@delusionnnnn]

American, I'm 46. I first used a Casio calculator and switched only to TI when I took classes which required me to do so. This was in high school and college classes. The TI I can buy today is exactly the same calculator I could buy then, and mostly at the same price. There's very little improvement in TI's calculator family over time due to the fact that they've become a standard in the US and have textbooks and curricula written to their devices. The Casio devices I could buy then and now for the same amount of money tended to be better, have more features, and outperform TI, which was actually part of their problem - more features and different buttons in different places is exactly why the teachers wouldn't be familiar with them, which was a problem if a student didn't know their device particularly well. Even today, Casio makes calculators which are better than TI's in terms of price/features. Even TI's Nspire tier - far better than anything that existed when I last bought one - looks like something Casio retired several years ago. I have no particular animus against TI, the computer industry wouldn't be where they are today without them. If you want to cover the next calculator company, I'd suggest Commodore. Yes, that Commodore, the one that got into the computer industry precisely because it wanted to destroy Texas Instruments in revenge for losing the calculator market to them.

[@Lestercortez128]

I love their G-Shock watches! So strong and sturdy

[@Kalecimus]

I grew up using casio calculators and watch as by the 80's they were already hugely popular, thanks for this video!

[@klu320]

I'm a simple man, I see "Company Man" I click.

[@barateza16]

me too

[@greenbanana311]

That's awfully dangerous. I pray to god you don't do other things so arbitrarily such as, say, voting.

[@Omar-em7rl]

@Green Rabbid Rabbit LMAO!!!! and that's what's wrong with our Country....

[@andrewyoung5915]

@@greenbanana311 lol

[@MegaAbomb]

Sheep

[@Ice_Karma]

I'm originally from Canada but I went to high school in New Zealand (where it was called "college"), and Casio calculators were _de rigeur_ - I was actually going to leave a comment about that on the TI calculators video, but got distracted or something. ;3 Edited to add: I finished high school in 1995, bought a Casio new in 1994, and... while I haven't used it anywhere near as much in the last 23 years as those first two, I still have yet to need to replace the battery...

[@taragwendolyn]

I was in a 3rd year calculus course at University the 1st time I saw somebody actually using a TI-84. I, too, used and saw Casio almost exclusively (and also Canadian). Maybe when he said TI was only huge in North America, he meant they are really only huge in the USA....

[@davmar9923]

I own a Casio watch, calculator, electronic synthesizer keyboard and a rack mount synthesizer. I have some knowledge of electronics and the comment about Casio's first electronic calculator wherein you stated the choice was between a solenoid and a relay doesn't make any sense. A relay is a mechanical switch actuated by a solenoid. There are still many applications for relays, e.g., if you have a audio receiver with multiple speaker outputs (A, B or A+B) then a relay is almost certainly used to switch between the outputs.

[@oogachaka3447]

For those wondering, the history page on Casio's webpage states that the inventor wanted to move away from solenoid relays to those utilized in the telephone exchange equipment.

[@abrarsyed4965]

I have lived in two countries, Pakistan and Australia and pretty much everywhere Casio is your calculator. My first memory of Casio is their watch with calculator, o man that was the coolest thing to have back in the day. Company man, Sir the % of revenue in watches are higher bec of unit price mostly upwards of $100 while caculators will be much higher in volume. Every student has it. Really enjoy your videos and gain good insights, keep going 👍

[@johnparks3447]

Here in Canada, I'd say CASIO has a lead on TI. It's close, but more people seem to own CASIO calculators than TI calculators.

[@subscriber6181]

HP

[@teamhex]

Could you program games into it? If not, TI all the way.

[@SageWangAdventures]

Casio calculators are also standard in Taiwan, never seen Texas Instruments on shelf before. Only when I went to USA for graduate studies have I found out people use TI calculators. I remembered borrowing once during a test and man that was not intuitive.

[@highdefinitionstanleytm9614]

As a 42 year old male in the UK I used to look forward to getting the argos catalogue in the 1990s and it was straight to the back to check the full range of affordable casio watches you could get. The 1990s were so much better and easier.

[@ImmortalFlister]

When I started school in the early 90s there was a kid with a Casio calculator watch. "A calculator INSIDE A WATCH?! WOW!!". I'll always remember Casio as the calculator watch company.

[@Pyrixian]

You should do PepsiCo, they own a lot more than beverages, but they also don't really hide it. I think it's just not known from the consumer standpoint. They even separate their Pepsi drink account from the PepsiCo account.

[@phantomr277]

I love my CASIO FX-991EX. Helps me with my A level maths.

[@flemes9615]

Same. Which colour?

[@mobob7989]

“Maths” and “colour” Lol you guys are obviously from England

[@you-5-iver804]

Mohan Dodda nah i thought they and me were from mars

[@KilosWorld]

I had a Casio for a while but it was crap so I switched to a TI... and it helps!

[@ahmedrahi9775]

Classwiz😂

[@shat20]

The first 2:30 of the video got me to subscribe. Not everyone is this willing to learn from a critical feedback, less so publically admitting it! Kudos to you and keep up the good work!

[@ehmzed]

If you say "I bought a Casio" you definitely mean the digital watch because it's a design icon that everyone knows and no other big brand makes

[@illford6921]

No I mean the calculator

[@dolantrimp1691]

Why not finish the trilogy and do Sharp calculators?

[@jeromealday614]

Karson

[@Hippiemovil]

Good idea!

[@Rose.Raider]

Well I guess sharp would be good because they don’t just make calculators, they make TVs and... a lot of stuff I think.

[@GloomGaiGar]

surprisingly enough, yes

[@kelvinleee]

I know they sell screens... but calculators?? never heard.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

T.i. pays colleges to recommend their calculators

[@pyrobison2002]

Joe Smith jah it is known

[@Jeevanmn]

Casio is the most underrated brand to ever exist!

[@barebarekun161]

CASIO was/is huge in Thailand. Texas Instruments were almost unheard of in Thailand. When I was about to buy my first digital piano few weeks ago I was consult my dad about it and when he realized it's Casio he insist me to buy it over its competitor like Yamaha and Kawai he just said "Hey' that's CASIO that's quality buy it!" Pretty powerful brand reputation coming from a person that never touch their keyboard products. And boy was he right the CASIO PRIVIA PX-S1000 is the first digital piano that did something new in almost 20 years they make them 88 key digital piano slim light portable it can run on batteries and have great keys feel and the best of all very competitively priced. Sorry if that bit sound too much like an ad so I'd just stop raving their product. Back when my older brother was young he used to be quite obsessed of owning a Casio G-SHOCK I don't get his passion for it as I was just a little boy now 20 years later I get it their watches are pretty cool it can read humidity,altitude,pressure and temperature I prefer them over the so called smartwatches that are all the rage nowadays. During the days before smartphones,I used to frequent my dad's workplace during summer holidays and almost 10 out of 10 calculators using there are CASIO they're everywhere and I can't get away from them when I was out for groceries at wet markets it's there right next to scales same thing on street food stalls. They were so huge and easily available here that most schools unofficially banned them from student school use until you're in senior high,scared of kids would using their moms and dads CASIOs to cheat in their maths class or something.

[@marioantonioalvarezgomez1834]

I used the same Casio calculator in high scool and in college. I don't remember changing the batteries in all those years.

[@paulocuento9949]

@Mario Antonio Alvarez Gómez... i was scrolling down the comments section for this haha

[@Srankillerttt]

I am form India and I never heard Texas Instrument I always use Casio

[@Tanvir_x3]

Bcuz in India there is only two companies who make.calculator Orpat & Casio😂 and some local brands which are known as Casio only

[@SushantKataria8]

& Citizens

[@js913]

You will know, once placement starts in college. TI gives 15 lpa for freshers. Even that's how I came to know. Lol

[@VolkswagenNut1969]

I'm glad you included the John Candy bit from Planes Trains and Automobiles, because that's always the first thing I think of when I hear the name Casio!

[@SomaShiori]

Thank you for including the Planes Trains & Automobiles clip as that clip went through my head basically every time to said the company name!!!! lol

[@Aomicplane]

Here in Belgium, in first and second grade in high school we use Casio fx 92's, but after that once you have to use graphs and stuff, we use Texas Instruments TI-84's. So here it's kind of a mix lol

[@tubertue1]

Same in Southern Germany.

[@WellWhyNot200]

Good video. Yes, our home was littered with all of the Casio products you listed, but in my mind, you have omitted THE one that they did at the time better than ANYONE ELSE, BY FAR. It was the SF-R20. Long before smartphones; before the days of HP Color PalmTops, or the best models of Palm Polites; heck, back before Toshiba was trying to make fully functioning windows minicomputers that you could hold, you had an era of "Digital Assist" & "Digital Diary" products. They started out as a case, that housed a calculator, with a telephone directory, then added a Schedule calender, Alarms, Hometime & World time zones, & added a To Do list, & a separate general memo section. All very handy for a shirt pocket size unit. Eventually, Casio produced this SF-R series that SO surpassed anything anyone else had, it dwarfed them. These units were bigger than the lesser units, but still would (very tightly) fit into a shirt pocket. The key ingredients they had were: A HUGE built-in Memory, but THE coolest thing was it has an IC Card space, to put additional, and removable RAM memory. We are talking 256KB built-in memory, and up to another 256KB Ram cards. TOTALLY unheard of at the time. The SF-R20 even had a BUILT IN, Lotus Spreadsheet section, where you could save spreadsheets, and it also even had a mortgage payment breakdown calculator where you could input, & see at _ $ loan, and _ % rate, and _ years, what the payment would be, and a breakdown for each month showing interest and principal amounts. BUT, as far as I was concerned, THE singles most useful segment of the unit was called, "Free File". It let you type in anything, and any amount of type charters as you wanted (up to 256KB), and then you could do a search to find every place you listed not just a word, but STRINGS of combinations. An example was: You could input your sales calls each day starting with a date, and list as much info about that call as you wanted. So if you wanted for example, to find out how many times you saw John Jones last year, it will pull ALL of them up, & then you could scroll through. If you also wanted to restrict, & know how many times you saw him where he gave you a $10,000 order, it would isolate, and only pull up those entries for you. You NEVER ran out of digital room, because if you ever saw you were getting low, all you did was put in a new Ram card. You could download all of this to a computer and then even print everything out if you wanted to. This was radical stuff at the time. And it did all of this on a 40-column x 10-line LCD screen, that only required Two AA batteries that could run continuously for 110-130 HOURS, & which also had a backup battery (the size that fits into a watch), so when you changed out the AAA's, nothing was lost. Until smartphones came along, nothing, give you so much, in that small a footprint. Today we all know that a phone has more power than the computers that sent a man to the moon, but for its day, it was THE top of the Top, and best you could buy for its size. When all the credits were handed out for the growth, expansion, and innovation of the computer/laptop, someone forgot that this was THE forerunner in small hand held computing, & the best digital assist anyone ever made.

[@avijitsadhukhan8371]

I had used one long long ago. Mostly forgotten after the Nokia boom in India. I remember one of my uncle used to keep his phone book and notes on a "digital diary" which he replaced with a Nokia 3310

[@WellWhyNot200]

@@avijitsadhukhan8371 Remember how long ago this was, and how much a dollar would buy back then. And these units sold for about 1000 US bucks, and the Ram memory cards could run close to that price for the better ones. But for its time, there simply was nothing its equal. Google SF-R20 photos & take a look. This was indeed, no toy, lol.

[@C.CurrySims]

When I was studying for my GED we used Casio calculators. When I was in college we used Texas Instruments. If you said you just bought a Casio, I would assume, if asked to, that it was a calculator. You are the Company Man after all.

[@SocratesAlexander]

In Turkey: All of them are popular. 1) Watches, 2) Calculators (I used one scientific calculator while studying math at the university) 3) Musical instruments. Nowadays, its classical watches have been gaining popularity again. (10:04)

[@harrisonkitney1062]

If you said you bought a Casio I would assume you got a watch. From the UK

[@jnoah7537]

And if you said you bought a fancy Casio, I would assume that you bought the calculator watch. 😉 Back in the day though.

[@dannycobb3297]

I would assume you bought a keyboard

[@MrTmac9k]

I have a Casio analog wristwatch with a E6B-type flight computer on the bezel. Needs a new battery, though.

[@dannycobb3297]

Tim McGaha I have a Casio Priva

[@AaronOfMpls]

My own first thought on Casio was keyboards, but calculators and watches did come to mind too. Enjoyed the video! As for calculators -- and going back to the Texas Instruments video -- I still have my old TI-83 from high school. Even for more mundane calculations, it was nice, being able to keep track of longer things (and use parentheses) on the large screen. It's been a few years since I've touched it though; my phone's calculator works well enough for most things I actually calculate.)

[@mick7909]

Absolutely love and respect the fact that you can take your medicine with good humour and charm.

[@kittymamayyz]

I'm amused in a good way about Casio and TI. In Canada, at least where I'm from in Canada, we have both. I'm currently using a Casio scientific calculator and a TI business calculator for my program. Note: was not amused when I had to take a personal finance course as an elective because everything else conflicted with my clinical, and further not amused when we were told to buy a business calculator...lol