If you've lived through or seen movies that were made during the retro period, you can understand the charm behind the iconic items from that time. If you happen to be a collector or a fan of the past, here are some tech items you might want to purchase.
1. Phonograph Music Player
Playing music is so much simpler now. You can play songs loudly out of a small speaker, but back then when people were still playing out of phonographs, it had to have a huge horn and cranked up to start. Although it's undeniable that it had a certain beauty to it.
You can still own one now, and not just the simple phonograph from the past. This particular product serves as a turntable too, but you can use it as a radio and a speaker. You can connect your music device through an aux cord or via Bluetooth 4.2.
2. Typewriter Keyboard
There was a time when people wanted keyboards that were as silent as it gets, but thanks to the ASMR trend, clacky keyboards are all the rage again. The original satisfyingly loud keyboard though, is the typewriter, along with that click you get when you push it back to the left.
Since you can't exactly connect an actual typewriter to your PC, you can just get a keyboard that looks like a typewriter instead. The 7Keys typewriter is wireless, and it even has a carriage, which is the thing you slide over to get to the left side of the paper.
3. Retro TV Phone Screen Magnifier
Another convenient thing about phones is that they allow you to watch movies or shows anywhere you want. The problem is that the screen is too small, which is why having a screen magnifier comes in handy.
The product's glass is made of acrylic while the frame itself is plastic, so you can expect it to be light. It expands your screen to 12 inches and it comes in various colors. You can choose between vintage brown, rose gold, vintage orange, vintage gray, and tech gray.
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4. Tabletop Jukebox
Movies that showed the retro period were big on milkshakes and burgers in diners, and more often than not, that diner had a jukebox. The old ones that needed a quarter for you to be able to pick a song are no longer manufactured.
However, the design is still used for modern technology like speakers. The Arkrocket tabletop jukebox lets you play music through CDs, Bluetooth, radio, USB, or SD cards. It even comes with an LED lighting system to complete that retro jukebox look.
5. Polaroid Camera
There are more recent instant camera models now such as Fujifilm's Instax. But since we're looking into retro-themed items, the more appropriate item to list would be the original Polaroid cameras that were used back then.
Remember, it was not as easy to develop photos before. Although the process was more rewarding, it's still tedious nonetheless, which is why instant cameras were big since all you had to do was snap a photo and wait for it to turn into a clear picture.
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