80s Tech Stores
80/90s Tech
Television
Tech Brands
Antenna trivia
100

Most Popular 80s tech store, that started out by selling radios.

Radio Shack

100

This device is made from a cathrode ray tube, and was a way families passed time.

CRT TV or Monitor

100

If you had money you could pay for more channels called.

Cable Tv or Cable

100

R. This company created those red yellow and white cables that were hdmi before hdmi. The sompant also named the cables after there company name

RCA

100

What do antennas catch. Specifically don’t answer radio waves.

Over the air video and audio channels.

200
First superstore opening in 1983, they claimed to be best place to buy your tech.

Best Buy

200

Ever heard of blockbuster, well id hope so. You were able to rent one of these from there. So you could watch your movie. But you had to also rent a movie.

VCR

200

What played every night before the tv program shut off.

The National Anthem.

200

S. Inventor of the worlds first portable tv the watchman.

Sony

200

In the 1980s what type of tv over the air tv channels did you get that was stronger and better for rural areas. Example today we get digital channels.

Analog

300

This place was like a city for technology. Claiming to have all your circuitry needs covered.

Circuit City

300

This was a way to listen to music you chose and the radio. You could also capture your favorite songs on the radio.

Boom Box

300

chance for triple points, name as many of the three big tv stations that’d aired Saturday morning cartoons in three questions.

NBC ABC CBS

300

Pan____ic. This brand created everything in the tech world but they were most know for there boomboxes. 🍳

Panasonic 

300

If you don’t already have a antenna on your tv, what type of cable do you have to use to hook up a antenna to your tv.

Koaxial

400

The Largest Tech store in Oklahoma at the time. This store claimed to put some USA into your computers. Even if they were all made in china.

CompUSA

400

This was a way to capture tv over the air. But this design reminded people of a certain animals ears.

Rabbit Ear Antenna

400

Most famous 1980s sitcom, starring Ted Danson.

Cheers

400

This brand created the first home video game station the m__na_o_ oddesy and the last widely sold vcr. Known mainly for making TVs for decades though. 

Magnavox

400

You have a chance for triple points, name one of the three major channels that did Saturday morning cartoons. If you can name 2 you get 600 3 900

CBS, NBC, ABC

500

This place was a catalog showroom rather than a store, you’d look at pictures and order the item. They claimed to have there merchandise clean and serviced.

Service Merchandise

500

This brand is mainly known for video games now, but back in 1984 they revolutionized listening to music on the go. With this device

Sony Walkman

500

What was on Channel 1 in Cushing and bristow Oklahoma

Trick question, there was no channel one.
500

Sa  o. This brand also known for there juke boxes and larger than life TVs was most popular in the 90s 

Sanyo

500

What year did the big switch from analog to digital over the air television happen. It’s in the 00s

2009