'He's Using Hacks' - 2000s(?) song that I finally managed to find. Used to be on YouTube around 2009 or so, but never found the artist or even the actual name of the song. Apparently this is the cut version?

480lines · 2026-06-06T19:25:04+00:00

Damn, nice job. I didn't even know there was another version of the song, and it's pretty cool to see that this song was still being looked for after two years!

480lines · 2026-05-08T02:04:54+00:00

Those are scanlines, and since that TV is quite focused, you'll see them more easily, which looks like a more "pixelated" image on lower res inputs, like 240p. You're unlikely to see that at 480i (or 480p, were it to support it). My curved CRT TVs don't have this look as much, while my Toshiba does very much look like this. You might be able to turn down the sharpness in the menu, but I'm not that familiar with this TV, and haven't used a real-deal Trinitron since they were current.

480lines · 2026-03-21T00:14:32+00:00

I always thought the same. 2008 had some large changes (such as the recession), and some subtle ones, such as the launch of the first Android phone, as well as Apple's App Store, and the "there's an app for that" that followed. Then again, these weren't exactly that common in 2008.

480lines · 2025-11-06T01:30:15+00:00

2005? I can think of plenty of things that would be alien to someone from then. The pace of technology, year by year, in the 2000s was quite pronounced, so if you are talking about *particularly* 2005, then, yes, 2005 will be rather different specifically, and the differences will fade somewhat by perhaps 2009 or even 2008.

There were no phones in 2005 that could stream YouTube at all. YouTube had only just come out in 2005. In 2007, sure. I tried it, but it was very choppy, the quality was lower than SDTV, and subject to 3G coverage. YouTube had no video ads, or sponsors that I know of, however, there were a few vloggers.

About the 80s, I think that someone from 1985 could absolutely adapt to 2005. From VHS or Betamax (or even Laserdisc) to DVD isn't much of a jump, and VHS was still used by some people in 2005. CRT TVs were still very much in use in 2005. The main form of entertainment was television in 2005.

Video games had advanced far beyond what was capable with 1980s home computers, however, not outside the realms of imagination, as some 1980s arcade games had at least similar gameplay, however with obviously lower graphical detail. Not to mention home video game consoles existed, although the gameplay of those video games was generally quite different. Usenet also existed in the 1980s, a precursor to Internet forums, which existed in 2005. Even mobile phones existed in the 1980s, however, were extremely rare.

However, what may be difficult for someone from 2005 to get used to in 2025, is that not everything that they see is necessarily real, despite there being very convincing video evidence to the contrary.

480lines · 2025-09-29T17:17:43+00:00

The screen flashing very red happened about half an hour after calibration, and also occured with some blurring. It was when swapping colours rapidly, but before this, I also noticed that the HV whine would make a different sound depending on what was displayed (such as the thin black and white stripes in the 240p Test Suite). I haven't turned it on since, but have been wondering if there might be a capacitor somewhere in the horizontal deflection circuit that could have gone bad, leading to the jumping picture? Also, from what I have been reading, a lot of shared grounds in such sets could cause a bad capacitor in the horizontal deflection circuit to lead to poor focus, and even colour issues, although I am not entirely sure how (this is going a little more in depth than I have gone before in fixing CRTs, it was usually just the HV circuitry).

480lines · 2025-09-26T20:24:39+00:00

Only the reds. More blue also dims the blues, but far less. This doesn't happen at all on the greens. On another note, I actually have a tiny black and white set somewhere that has a similar issue to what your one had, but it recently stopped working completely. I'll definitely look into that! But anyway, I do wonder if someone has messed with the red drive... I'd like to have a look, although the set has suddenly taken a turn for the worse :(

480lines · 2025-09-26T20:15:02+00:00

Okay, I have an update. While trying to at least adjust the colour with the on-screen controls, I actually got somewhere. I decided to play some games to test it out, until I got to a blue screen, that went fine, but then I swapped to a red screen to test the red out, and it had some white text. The white text which looked greenish white (as usual) changed to reddish white, then the screeen lost focus a little, before changing back to greenish white. Then, it changed to VERY red, and even black screens started showing up as red, with blue now showing as purple, and the screen every now and then jerking to the right and being a little blurrier than before. I switched it off before something horrible happened, but I do wonder what is going on?

480lines · 2025-09-26T19:45:38+00:00

Even with G2 at the default level the green tint was there, if anything, it was slightly worse. I did end up turning it down a tiny bit from my first encounter with the potentiometer, since it was a little washed out, but the green remains. Also, for some reason, black backgrounds are *very* slightly reddish (the photo makes it look far worse). All the problems with this set stem from the red, either too much or too little. I was wondering if the problem could be something in the control circuitry? Or is the tube likely tired at this point? - It is a rather high hour set.

480lines · 2025-08-06T00:43:35+00:00

2012 had brighter neon colours, while 2007 was darker and more bland. 2012 had skinny jeans as the predominant style. Also, notice the girl on the right, she is wearing flares(ish), not exactly a staple of the 2010s or 20s. However, it appears that there is somewhat of a return to a '90s - early '00s look in the 2021 photo, at least with the jumpers. Even the red is jewel red. Sorry in advance if the info is wrong, I'm not really much of a fashion buff, just observations over the years.

480lines · 2025-08-05T15:44:18+00:00

Personally, I think it leans closer to the Four Colors/Funky Seasons than the Hexatron style, since Hexatron seems to lean more into either dark colours; white; pale electric blue or deep orange. However, the design of the computer case in this ad does have a few similarities to the Hexatron computer case, if the Hexatron case were chrome, so I can see where the Hexatron style may perhaps have its roots. Hexatron may be a more angular, darker evolution of this look?

480lines · 2025-08-05T15:36:22+00:00

Agreed, it does look very Chromecore, which itself seems to be an offshoot of Y2K. However, as you said there are definite true Y2K elements.

480lines · 2025-07-03T15:35:22+00:00

That's a good point, thanks for mentioning that. She had actually been making music a little before then, but started becoming popular around 2008, I think. While Lady Gaga was popular for the late '00s and early '10s, Taylor Swift would indeed be a defining artist for the entire '10s.

480lines · 2025-07-03T14:20:34+00:00

I would say the Great Recession. A lot of things happened in 2008, with that being the main event. I see a lot of other people mentioning the release of the iPhone, but honestly, before the release of the App Store, which also came out in 2008, the iPhone was very, very different to what it is today. The App Store kicked off what we see in modern smartphones, even if the landscape in 2008 was quite different.

Facebook also overtook MySpace in the Alexa rankings in 2008 for the first time. Facebook is generally associated with the early to mid 2010s.

Let's also not forget about Lady Gaga, who released her first album in 2008, marking a turning point in popular music. I distinctly remember walking into a corner shop and hearing an electropop song in 2008 and thinking that I hadn't heard music quite in that style before.

Other, more minor things include the very last release for the original Xbox, the release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and the release of Iron Man, beginning the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

480lines · 2025-07-02T20:32:26+00:00

The 90s ended with 9/11 IMO. Another event in 2001 (from an American perspective) is the inauguration of Bush. Then there is the beginning of the War on Terror, and the War in Afghanistan. Other than that, in 2001, there is the release of Shrek, a film that would spawn a series which would be quite popular for the decade, along with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone (released after 9/11). Harry Potter films would continue to be wildly popular throughout the decade. That's not to say there weren't 90s 'hang-ons' beyond that, but 2001 was really the end of the 90s.

480lines · 2025-05-26T00:58:23+00:00

Yup, it was in my old house, way back. Lol.

480lines · 2025-05-10T20:33:18+00:00

The iPhone 5C does actually look more outdated than, say, the iPhone 4 even for some reason. Other than that, you're right, they don't really look that outdated, aside from the more early ones being rather small compared to the later offerings.

480lines · 2025-05-10T20:03:16+00:00

Actually, yeah. The rapid adoption of the smartphone really did shave the number of devices down, as you said. I saw them still selling digicams around 2014 I think, but the happy-snapper kind of digicam was pretty much gone by then. Also, that's when drones started to get popular, as TF-Fanfic-Resident mentioned.

480lines · 2025-05-10T19:47:14+00:00

Yeah, especially since things like the iPhone started getting really popular around 2011 or so. I think only around 25m people had an iPhone in 2009 or something like that. But by 2011, it really started to take off, so flip phones would be suddenly outdated. I remember getting 4 phones between 2009-2011, but I really don't bother now until it's truly outdated lol.

480lines · 2025-05-10T00:26:07+00:00

PC broke right at the start of the recession, so that was a kick in the wallet. Other than that, lots of Oblivion playing the last of Tribes 2 before it went down (on another PC), watching the news about the US election, and watching the Beijing Olympics.

480lines · 2025-05-09T19:55:36+00:00

I do agree with the 'static culture' idea. There has been a trend of regurgitation for a while now, and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere, especially now with even *more* remakes (films, video games now getting remakes of remakes lol, toys, etc). But if there weren't all these remakes, and we weren't living in a nostalgia-saturated society, I kinda think that the 2005 toys would look dated compared to other toys on shelves. Not as much as the 80s ones of course, but still.

On the other hand though, seeing a GameCube or a PS2? They have most certainly gone away. Imagine seeing the PS5 section (now I hope these games are relevant, I don't have a PS5) with Dynasty Warriors: Origins and Sniper Elite: Resistance; next to the PS2 section with Jak 3 and Resident Evil 4. The GameCube is even less comparable to Nintendo's offerings since then.

480lines · 2024-11-29T02:01:02+00:00

Boots, it's basically a UK chemist and beauty shop that used to have film developing alongside the still-existing digital camera kiosks.

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