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People who got a degree in VCR repair: how'd your life go afterwards? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by king_dead@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] torknorggren@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Most of those skills are somewhat transferable to other consumer electronics and even computer hardware to some extent. Hopefully they did alright.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IIRC nobody offered a "degree" in that.

There were training courses, but not degrees.

[–] king_dead@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was just watching an old VHS recording where someone was offering an associates in TV/VCR Repair. Maybe it was a certificate tho

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

That's likely a technical certificate through a community/junior college, yeah. I can't imagine anyone offering an associates specifically in TV/VCR repair, and if they did, it was one college's hairbrained idea that held little weight outside of their immediate market.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was it Sally Struthers?

[–] king_dead@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Oh my god it was

[–] MxRemy@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have zero training in that stuff, but I'm occasionally called upon to do it for my library's digitization service. It's kinda fun! Anyway, if you DO have some kinda certification in that, your local public library needs you.

[–] Seathru@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

95% of VCR repair is changing belts and cleaning heads/pinch rollers. I should hit up my local library. Those are the causes I like donating my time to.

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know a couple of guys who run a VCR repair shop in Wisconsin. They mostly just sit around and talk about movies instead of repairing VCR players. In fact, I don't think they've repaired a VCR player since the 80s. Not sure how they're still in business.

[–] Jacksachatter@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is this like the premise for a movie?

[–] mortrek@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Not to spoil the joke, but it's about redlettermedia on YouTube. I'd rather give them more traffic than just chuckle about an inside joke.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure they’re probably dead now