The Computer Chronicles - Easy Webcams (2002)

[@WhatALoadOfTosca]

I wonder how many husband's went out and bought webcams and tried to convince their wife they'd a great idea for a new "business" lol

[@infinitecanadian]

Ms. Pollock looks pretty good.

[@tarstarkusz]

The MS thing at the end was kind of stupid. Everyone had a DVD player by 2002 and most could read SVCD. SVCD has a high res photo mode and that is how I used to do it. The great thing about it is you could just mail the SVCD (which uses standard CDs) and your friends/family could view them. What's really great is that they still work! You can still do this in Nov 2016. I don't know anyone without a DVD player, except maybe BluRay, but I am not sure if Blu Ray players can deal with SVCD.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Been 2 years ago, but just had to throw in that disc-based systems are actually becoming harder to find these days. Many homes no longer have a desktop system at all.

[@graxjpg]

@@oldtwinsna8347 I’ve got VHS, DVD, CD, and cassette players in my entertainment system, but I realize that these machines are thought of as garbage. Even though this system would be worth thousands of dollars when the devices were built and they all represent their formats in the highest quality.

[@enda0man]

reviving an old comment. it's 2023 and I don't think I know anyone that still has a disk player at all. None of my laptops have a disk tray and haven't in the last 5-6 years or so.

[@tarstarkusz]

@@enda0man I have 2 standalone DVD players, a CD player component in my stereo and a DVD player/burning in my computer. I have a large collection of compact cassettes and CDs. They work as good as the day I got them. I have 4 digital devices with my music on that I can no longer access.

[@sternkrieger1950]

I don't know who I feel more sorry for, the poor sap who wasted their time and money on live streaming a webcam of their fridge, or the actual one poor sap that bothered to watch it.

[@ebridgewater]

18:50 Dude loves his Gobstoppers / Jawbreakers 🤘🏻

[@kamillukasiewicz6260]

Great to see Kevin Spacey talking about computers 🍻

[@SchweinchenHorst]

„Thats a horrible GUI for sending videomails“ - „Absolutely“

[@nece9908]

In the year 2002 I was 12 years old and the introductory of the Webcam to merge into Windows XP Compatibility that is easily accessible with the software and Webcam from around the world and now in 2022 where Windows 11 and Mac OS Montenerary they are build in to the computer and captures a definitive new meaningful approach and how far they have emerged from 1998 to present and 2002 to 2022.

[@Greyghostvol1]

Ha, yahoo messenger...those were the days.

[@oldtwins]

+Greyghostvol1 Were? Still heavily used

[@Greyghostvol1]

Yahoo messenger is no were near as popular as it once was.

[@timrtr]

I love that weird webcam conversation where they communicate by chat and never really look at the camera or wave or whatever. And they sure are excited about their glasses and haircuts 😬

[@ebridgewater]

That's women for you.

[@ebridgewater]

10:59 Zero Google results for "Spotlife Composer", which is unusual.

[@johaninho3]

I remember having a Logitech webcam lol. So cool back then (2001).

[@richards1708]

I still have a logitech webcam.

[@ebridgewater]

Ditto. I have had a QuickCam Express (1999), QuickCam Messenger (2004), QuickCam Pro 5000 (2005) and QuickCam Pro 9000 (2007). I may have had one or two more in-between. I currently have a Logitech C615 (2016), though I have not used webcams in many years.

[@alexkaa]

Amazing - these webdesign-styles: looks like '80s aesthetics' even in 2002...😅