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Is The Clock Radio Alarm Going The Way Of The VCR?

Author — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:20:44 +0000

When the VCR first came out it was great. You could watch movies in the privacy of your own home, you could rewind and rewatch your favorite parts and you could save those movies to watch again and again. It revolutionized how we watched movies. However, nowadays we have DVD players and the VCR players are becoming obsolete. The same thing, it seems, is happening to the clock radio alarm. Many people aren’t using clock radio alarms like they used to. Today we have MP3 players that allow us to wake up to our favorite music instead of just relying on whatever may be on the radio that morning. Are clock radio alarms becoming obsolete? Maybe so, but there are still those who live by them and wake up to them every morning.

Why Some People Don’t Like Them

Some people don’t like clock radio alarms because they just don’t wake them up. Most clock radio alarms have a dual function that allows you to wake up to an annoying screeching alarm. This is more effective for waking you up. When you wake up to music, some people won’t wake up. They’ll simply lay there and dream about the music they’re listening to; which makes the clock radio alarm kind of useless. However, with the MP3 alarm, you can choose what music to wake up to. You may want to choose music you don’t like so that you’re forced to turn it off; thus waking you up.

Some Still Swear By Them

There are still those who prefer the clock radio alarm to wake up to. They don’t want MP3 alarm clocks or CD clock radios that allow you to choose what you wake up to, they want to leave their music to chance. They want every morning to be different. If you wake up to the same music every morning, you can fall into the trap of not paying attention to it. If you leave your music choices to the radio station you choose to set the clock radio to, you have a chance to wake up to new music every day, which could set a great tone for the rest of your day.

The clock radio alarm will probably never go away. Some people may not like them and may prefer MP3 player alarm clocks, but there are still enough clock radio alarm clock enthusiasts around to keep this technology alive; unlike the obsolete VCR.

Digital Watch Alarms Vs Phone Alarm Clocks

Author — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:54:21 +0000

In this world of car alarms, babies on airplanes and unnecessary tonsillectomies, very few things are more annoying than cell phones. The reason I hate them is because you can no longer buy a cell phone that works JUST as a phone. You are forced to buy cell phones with all kinds of accessories such as being a clock radio or a phone alarm clock. They remind me of the digital watch craze of the early 1980’s.

Switched On Beethoven

I went to school with a grandson of a DuPont. This guy would get a new digital watch every month. Remember – this was the 1980’s. Getting a new digital watch – let alone one with an alarm – was the equivalent of getting a new iPod every month. A lot of his friends got the same gift for Christmas and birthdays (not that I ever got one). But he had a favorite.

This digital watch would play the full version of Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” as its alarm. And you haven’t lived until you’ve heard “Fur Elise” transcribed into BEEP BEEPS. We couldn’t get enough of it. We drove our teachers nuts in much the same way that today’s generation of school kids are maddening their educators with phone alarm clocks.

Watch Out

Phones aren’t for talking on anymore. Now they check the stock market, download porn and act as phone alarm clocks. I guess you would need a phone alarm clock if you’re downloading porn and checking the Dow-Jones. If you really wanted an alarm clock, you can get one for the fraction of the price of a phone alarm clock.

Phone alarm clocks are even easier to loose than travel alarm clocks or digital watches. You couldn’t loose a digital watch unless you took it off. Now, you can loose your phone alarm clock before you even get it out of the store. Or, it can be stolen by thieves of all species. One man in Turkey found out that phone alarm clocks make great eating for dogs.

He lost his phone and called it with another phone (obviously). The ring came out of the dog’s tummy. Fortunately, all things must pass like the digital watch craze of the early 1980’s and the phone alarm clock that the dog had eaten. Perhaps fishing out that cell phone was a just reward for anyone who had to listen to this guy whooping it up on the phone with his mates.