{"id":13597,"date":"2017-02-01T12:41:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T10:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=13597"},"modified":"2017-02-01T12:42:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T10:42:06","slug":"old-school-vs-new-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/old-school-vs-new-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Wars: Old School VS New School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Technology has been around since our grandparents brought home their first AM radios, and nowadays it&#8217;s prevalent in nearly every part of our lives. Let&#8217;s take a short walk down memory lane and remember what technology used to be, and how far it has come today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13607\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-12.42.46-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-02-01 at 12.42.46 PM\" width=\"482\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-12.42.46-PM.png 964w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-12.42.46-PM-300x210.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-12.42.46-PM-768x539.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Cellphones<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Old School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The first mobile phone was introduced back in the 1970s, and was a long was off from anything we would consider &#8220;mobile&#8221; today. Rather, the first mobile phones\u00a0looked like something that could straight up kill you if dropped from a reasonable height.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; -webkit-transform: scale(1);\" src=\"\/\/gifs.com\/embed\/hilarious-old-cellphone-ads-P1l3J1\" width=\"624px\" height=\"352px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">New School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today cellphones have becomes smartphones, and are a whole lot more than just a device\u00a0for making calls. With access to the internet, photo and video recording, computer operating systems and cutting edge hardware, the smartphones that we use\u00a0today have changed the way that we communicate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/nDSK2tCShMc8g\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Televisions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Old School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Back in the day if you wanted to watch TV you had to settle for limited channels for a few hours a day shown\u00a0on a grainy low definition screen. Who doesn&#8217;t remember having to fix the static on a older TV buy giving it a swift smack on the side?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/11P3fEUZJbbGyA\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">New School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Nowadays there are some TVs that can do everything your computer can. Not only are they much slimmer and more elegantly designed than the TVs from the past, you can access a variety of channels from around the world, as well as get access to other digital content from the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/13wvVaDyhUExuo\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Video Games<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Old School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If the names Super Mario, Sonic The Hedgehog or Pac-Man ring any bells then you&#8217;re undoubtedly an old school gamer. Back then games where available on cartridges and gave us all hours of solid 8-bit fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/139SjagHSuRHcQ\" width=\"480\" height=\"474\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">New School<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today&#8217;s games and home gaming consoles have come a long way since the Nintendo consoles of the 80s. The graphics are life like, the gameplay is more in-depth and there are thousands of different titles available across a multitude of different genres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/o4YopKxVqWbok\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Looking for the latest smartphones, TVs or gaming consoles? We&#8217;ve got a wide selection from some of South Africa&#8217;s top online retailers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/126\/Cellular+Phones\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Cellphones<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/3835\/LED+TVs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Televisions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/201\/Consoles\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Game Consoles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology has been around since our grandparents brought home their first AM radios, and nowadays it&#8217;s prevalent in nearly every part of our lives. Let&#8217;s take a short walk down memory lane and remember what technology used to be, and how far it has come today. &nbsp; &nbsp; Cellphones Old School The first mobile phone<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/old-school-vs-new-school\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1581,1584,1582,1583],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-01-at-12.41.46-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13597"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13609,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597\/revisions\/13609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}