new technology and electronic gadgets of 1983

April 5th, 2012 by admin


A look at the hi tech gadgets and toys that were available in 1983. Cassette players, mini televisions, and robots were the big hits.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Jon Bentley reviews the new Kodak 5300 Printer. Find out if it will save you money on developing your holiday snaps.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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50 Responses to “new technology and electronic gadgets of 1983”

  1. Comment byDariuszdavi

    and to think 30 years on that all this technology is scrape metal…. shows what time, minds and money does

  2. Comment bysymbioid

    It sounds like boards of canada at the end :D

  3. Comment byMetallicBill

    @mrmootheirrev LED LCD TV is much thinner then regular LCD, true, I was impressed seeing them first hand, in the 40 to 50 inch range. BUT I still have my first….console RCA ColorTrak from 87

  4. Comment byMetallicBill

    @Manthing32 Closed with Come Sail Away by STYX! I knew I knew it!

  5. Comment byMetallicBill

    @kotraquin I sold off all my extra Beta VCRs during this recent recession, so they are still being used, dude!!!

  6. Comment byMetallicBill

    I have those same Sanyo “Walkman” amplified speakers, the cabinets are not up to durable use and were shattered with more then one tumble to the floor, but I saved all that to reconstruct, I wish someone could help in that regard, they work as good as you see shown here! It’s White/Westinghouse who put their name on the product. I am guessing Sanyo licensed them? I had a Walkman much like the one shown, maybe the same one, it cost me about $72 bucks at the time!!

  7. Comment byBricktownBubba

    What wonders the far off future of 1986 will bring.

  8. Comment byKoolaid10199

    I love videos like these. They are so much fun to watch. Twenty-five years from now people will be laughing at our iPads and Android phones.

  9. Comment bymrmootheirrev

    Throughout the 90s we had a prehistoric 80s TV, woodgrain and all, with huge dials that clicked when you turned them and a back so thick you could play a game of Monopoly on the top of it.

    Now we have a LED LCD, almost as thin as paper, high def and able to access all the crap off the internet.

    Both cost the same in real dollar terms.

    I’d love to hook up the old TV and see if the picture looks like a toddler’s urine soaked crayon drawing compared to the Monet of the LCD.

  10. Comment byMrElectroman80

    @mkline718
    CDs appeared in 1982.

  11. Comment byManthing32

    2:12

    the music is on hit

  12. Comment byJuggalocodeChile1988

    Thats some good cam quality of the 80′s.

  13. Comment byAeroTheHedghog

    Where the Hell is my robot?.. Those things would be cheap by now.. even though they are cheezy now I’d buy one.

  14. Comment byWatcher3223

    @mkline718

    “CD players were not even around in 83″

    Yeah. They came out in 1982 in Japan. Elsewhere in the world, including the USA, CD came out in 1983.

  15. Comment bykotraquin

    LOL@beta
    damn I feel old

  16. Comment bymalcommerriweather

    @mkline718 You are a dumbass

  17. Comment byShtanto

    “I don’t do windows”

    Must be linux based then. Where’d they put this robot? Real AI indeed…

  18. Comment bybohden

    LAWL A.I

  19. Comment bywillouboy

    oup’s 2x “YOU” , sorry i’m french , i’m very bad in english. :-D

  20. Comment byreadi1

    a cool 10 Gs

  21. Comment bypapadop

    @willouboy A big YOU’RE WELCOME to you willouboy.

  22. Comment bywillouboy

    @papadop BIG THANK YOU FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!! :-D

  23. Comment byKasak1984

    This is great! I guess the robot thing didn’t really catch on back then though.
    Well, looks like we finally might start seeing robots in homes in this new decade.

  24. Comment bypapadop

    @willouboy The song is “That’s Me” by Abba.

  25. Comment bypetzrule1

    @mkline718 yes dey wr

  26. Comment byMartaan66

    I had one of these….POS…..went thru printheads….4 in less than 2 yrs. Don’t buy it.

  27. Comment byXIS99

    This is the worst printer made , Total crap ,But I did save a lot of money on ink ,as the printer would not print/ scan or copy .I didn’t use any ink at all , but then again it would not print anything .

  28. Comment byDNAUFIERO

    no it doesnt. you just suck.

  29. Comment byhanzakbar

    Rubish printer.. Ink is cheap but the resolution is no where as good as my earlier Epson and the new Canon MP630..

    Well at this point Gadget show got it totally wrong..

  30. Comment bynormanplombe

    kodak printers (at least mine) simply suck. absolute garbage. their customer service is about the same….you wanna get fucked out of a couple hundred bucks buy one. striped text printing warped and shitty fotos…just crap…a good result is an exception with this printer. i have the 5500

  31. Comment byyguty

    this bullshit video stops half way threw :@

  32. Comment byshepsphoto

    I Find the print quality is very cold(cyan)Not as good as dye sub.
    Also, forget fade proof…if you drop water or an alcoholic drink on a print…there goes the image! This is NOT a true photographic print. And if it is “pigmented”,how can water disolve it?

  33. Comment bystarview1

    I use the printer and it’s just fine, no problems at all.

  34. Comment bygarvintimmann

    Honestly I told him how to enunciates his words distinctly. He used to a Mancunian drunk and pronounced everything with a stammering speech impediment.

  35. Comment byhanzakbar

    I think this show get paid to Brain wash people for Crappy stuff…
    This is the Most crappiest printer i have ever seen in my life..
    - Even the Kodak employees dont know the DPI resolution of this printer
    - Its cartages are just cheapest, the actual Pages yield is the worse in comparison with the 50 pounds Epson printer

    At the Huge price of this crappy printer you can get really awesome, better quality, better yield printers from EPSON and Canon…

  36. Comment bychiemmy18

    This printer is awesome!

  37. Comment bydavidcharge

    Wow, the printer has a white reservoir – how does that work? ;-)

  38. Comment byMyPassword73521

    wank

  39. Comment byDOIboy356

    shutup you retard!

  40. Comment bydrewnruth

    Ch5 @ 8pm :-D YEA!!!

  41. Comment byhobbo6733

    read this! read this! read this! You will get kissed by the love of your life in 3 days if you copy and paste this on 4 more videos in 20 minutes!!! This is TRUE

  42. Comment byjsamiev

    On Monday !!!

  43. Comment bykazatronas

    i love gadget show

  44. Comment bychivemonkey1

    when is the Gadget Show back on!

  45. Comment bysagat4

    lol…baby face twat

  46. Comment bymonkeyskills

    Dear Sagat4,

    Did you get your name from the biggest wanker in Street Fighter 2… Figures.

    I think this review was pretty friendly and good, just so you know.

    I think you are a tit however. Well done on being a tit.

    Now Jog On

  47. Comment byAlannTH

    Sagat4 please dont talk out of your ass m8ty.

  48. Comment bysagat4

    This show is very childish with “mickey mouse” presenters; not for the adults in the audience sorry.

  49. Comment bygod0fgod

    I can’t wait. : )

  50. Comment byronniedonnie

    what’s he on about b and white ink it’s black why can u get white and as for kodak cam review i have a 5mp kodak and for the money it’s a great camera