# I got a blu ray player! And I called it a VCR four times this weekend. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300 "2010-02-17T05:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/1 "2010-02-17T05:29:06Z")
What the hell? I guess it’s because I’m not used to saying blu ray, and, to be frank, blu ray isn’t as easy to say as DVD. Still, though, today I used the word “snazzy.” I’m 40 going on 80. ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/2 "2010-02-17T05:49:43Z")
If it makes you feel any better, I keep calling my iPod a Walkman and still “tape” music and television shows when I mean to record them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/3 "2010-02-17T08:40:09Z")
I still rewind my DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/4 "2010-02-17T15:56:18Z")
I was googling 80s nostalgia and came across a thread where people were listing fads an such. One poster mentioned her daughter came home from school and told her about the “big, black CDs” her teacher brought to class. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/5 "2010-02-18T22:38:42Z")
I call any physical music medium an album, whether it’s a record, tape, or CD. Also, I use rewind and fast forward for DVDs. Are there even other terms? And I have to wonder about all these stories I hear of kids thinking records are huge CDs. Sure they’re not that prevalent now, but between parents that still have their old records, and the fact that records never completely went away and in fact are making somewhat of a comeback, I find it hard to believe that kids today have never heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/6 "2010-02-18T22:50:51Z")
I just say ‘disc player’. If needed, I specify the type of disc (CDs, DVD, BD), not to mention the formats of data they carry (audio CD, video CD, for just a beginning). > [@Nobody](#): > > I call any physical music medium an album, whether it’s a record, tape, or CD. Well, yeah, that’s logical. An album is a group of things in a common cover. Doesn’t matter what format the things are in. > [@Nobody](#): > > Also, I use rewind and fast forward for DVDs. Are there even other terms? Rewind refers to moving the tape, but fast forward refers to scrolling forward through the sound/picture/whatever quickly, in whichever medium. The logical complement would be ‘fast reverse’. I think these days I say ‘scroll forward’ and ‘scroll reverse’. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/7 "2010-02-18T22:53:02Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > IAnd I have to wonder about all these stories I hear of kids thinking records are huge CDs. Sure they’re not that prevalent now, but between parents that still have their old records, and the fact that records never completely went away and in fact are making somewhat of a comeback, I find it hard to believe that kids today have never heard of them. I’m in my 40’s, and I’m pretty sure I haven’t even _seen_ an LP in a good 20 years. I don’t have children, but if I did, they might very well not recognize one. The last few manufacturers were pretty much gone by 1991, and a child born then could graduate from college this year. Even the supposed “comeback” resulted in a mere 2.9 million sales last year, primarily to niche markets like DJ “scratching” - less than one disk per 100 Americans, even if they were evenly distributed. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/8 "2010-02-18T22:56:49Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, yeah, that’s logical. An album is a group of things in a common cover. Doesn’t matter what format the things are in. I’ve been corrected before for calling a CD an album. > [@TimeWinder](#): > > I’m in my 40’s, and I’m pretty sure I haven’t even _seen_ an LP in a good 20 years. I don’t have children, but if I did, they might very well not recognize one. The last few manufacturers were pretty much gone by 1991, and a child born then could graduate from college this year. Even the supposed “comeback” resulted in a mere 2.9 million sales last year, primarily to niche markets like DJ “scratching” - less than one disk per 100 Americans, even if they were evenly distributed. I didn’t even think about rap. I’m not into it, but I do know that record scratching is still done, so I’m sure young rap fans probably have at least heard of records, even if they think all they’re used for is scratching on a turn table. ETA: Oh yeah, and as for > [@sunspace](#): > > Rewind refers to moving the tape, but fast forward refers to scrolling forward through the sound/picture/whatever quickly, in whichever medium. The logical complement would be ‘fast reverse’. > > I think these days I say ‘scroll forward’ and ‘scroll reverse’. I guess that makes sense, but since I’m so use to rewind other terms don’t sound quiet right to me. Guess I’ll be an old fuddy duddy and just say rewind until the day I die. Dang nabit! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/9 "2010-02-19T06:46:38Z")
> [@MitzeKatze](#): > > If it makes you feel any better, I keep calling my iPod a Walkman and still “tape” music and television shows when I mean to record them. 🙂 Yes, I do the same things. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/10 "2010-02-19T13:31:02Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I’ve been corrected before for calling a CD an album. Screw that. Bands put out albums - and they put them out in LP, CD, and digital download formats. It’s a collection of songs, that’s it. “Did you hear Chicken of Bristol’s new CD?” “Which one? Their new album _Touched by an Angle_, or one of the six singles they put out from that album that are also on CDs? Personally, my favorite is “Grass Stains (Your Love Is On My Face)”.” ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/11 "2010-02-19T14:06:41Z")
I notice a lot of people still say they’re going to “tape” something if they record a show on their DVR. ---
**Author:** ![breaking-reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@breaking-reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breaking-reality)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/12 "2010-02-19T19:54:14Z")
I use the word “snazzy”. I also sometimes refer to recording shows as “taping” them, and refer to CDs as albums. Oh, yes, and I’m 23. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Beerman1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@Beerman1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beerman1963)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/13 "2010-02-22T23:24:00Z")
Runs you did’nt say whether or not you liked the new technology or not. I love my blu-ray player ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-blu-ray-player-and-i-called-it-a-vcr-four-times-this-weekend/529300/14 "2010-02-22T23:55:41Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I’ve been corrected before for calling a CD an album. I’ve been corrected for saying “AD 2010.” Didn’t make me wrong.