Obsolete and Outdated technologies

• I will say that we are living in a day and age which is very current and up to date.
• Obsolete and Outdated technologies have no value in this age.
• How did I come to know of this?
•  I came to know about it through hard way which is called life and experience.
• First case I would like to highlight is my Thread Ceremony Video cassette (VHS) from 1992. I became busy with my life and forgot all about it. I should have converted it to CD and DVD when I had the chance but it did not. I sat on it and thought of converting it to CD/DVD only occurred to me in 2011 i.e. after 19 years. I gave the VCR (yes we still had it) and the Cassette at a place in my native town of Bhubaneswar. He kept the VCR which was still working but he could not convert the VHS. Next I tried in Berhampur but he could not do it. Then I brought it to Bengaluru and gave it at two places but they could not do it. next I sent it to Scan Corner @Hyderabad and they could not do it. Subsequently now I have sent it to Delhi and still am hoping that it could be converted to digital video.
• Second is when I have uploaded the CD/DVD of my marriage to Youtube after converting it to MP4. If VHS tapes can afford not to function it can very easily happen to CD/DVDs also. they can get corrupted quite easily. During that time also I have found one DVD from my marriage which is not working. I mean I can see the files but when I try to play or copy they just don't work.
• Third was when I bought LED TV and that too a 42 inch TV. It was upgrading from a 29 inch box or Cathode Ray TV. At that time I came to know that old cable connection does not look good in LED TV and at that time I took Videocon HD Box when my Cable Tv just never gave a HD box because he never offered it. LED/LCD TV's are built for HD connection and vice-versa i.e. HD connection are built for LED and LCD TV. There was no looking back.
• Fourth was when I tried to get rid of my 17 year old bike which was Kawasaki Bajaj 4S Champion. I had bought it for 50000 INR in November 1999. I tried to sell it @19000 INR in October 2001 but my father said why sell it at so less price. So I held on to it and the thought of selling it never came to me until 2015 when 15 year validity of the vehicle had passed in 2014. But since the bike was at Mumbai and I was at Bengaluru that never happened. But in 2016 I got the time and went to Mumbai and tried to sell it for 5000 INR but no one was willing to give that to me. Finally i sold it as scrap for 1200 INR. That person who bought it as scrap said, "Do you think it has value? It may have value for you but for a prospective purchaser it has no value. It has no value not even parts have a value. Tell me. Do you see such a vehicle on the road? If you don't see one where will the parts be used?"
• Fifth case deals with mobile. I visit the website of Flipkart and Amazon and try to exchange my mobile. I had a mobile of Micromax which was Canvas 4 plus A315. It cost 14000 INR after discount and its glass cracked twice and then I spent 4500 and 4000 rupees twice for it but it fell again withing a week and I had to scrap it. Before scrapping it I tried to look for its resale value and I could come to the figure of Rs 2500 in cashify.in website. But if the glass is cracked then it is scrap value. Similarly about two years back I found the resale value of Nokia Lumia 610 to be Rs1000. That phone cost me 12000 and I have spent 2000 further. Now if we look at resale value of Lumia 610 it is 0. Nowhere it is available. I had bought Samsung galaxy tab GT P1000 and now if I try to exchange it, no one will pay a single rupee for it.
• Sixth is the connection we take for TV like Tata Sky or Netflix for example. We have to pay money either monthly or annually and then we are "guaranteed service and protection". We cannot say that two years ago we paid 15000 and so we are the customer. We are paying for the service for a "time sequence" and we are eligible only for that time.
• Seventh we can say what happened to demonetisation and old notes were outdated by Modi and BJP and they got in new notes. probably their inspiration was also this theory that outdated and obsolete things have no value. New notes will give new infusion to the economy.
• Eighth was when my desktop computer crashed and I had to change the motherboard. What the Computer Engineer said that this motherboard is no longer available in the market as it is obsolete and you have to change the set i.e. the motherboard and the processor together. I had no option and opted for it and now I have i3 Processor along with Gigabyte motherboard. Hard disk can still be used with the new set.
• Ninth is through watching Wrestling on TV. Shows like TNA Impact, Smackdown and RAW. We realise that only the latest episodes have value. I mean we can watch Pay-per-views if we miss some but the weekly shows are best enjoyed if the are watched in the current week if not live. A little bit late and they lose the value.
• Tenth is the Top 40 countdown. We realise that in India the foreign music channels like VH1, 9XO show all old music videos occasionally few are new not to mention Music Videos are edited/censored. Earlier Channel V International was there and their countdown used to be shown in Star World in weekend but they stopped it I think in 2007 or 2008. And then Rage program used to be shown in Australia Network in weekeend but then Australia Network also shut down and now Australia Plus Channel in new Avatar does not show Rage anymore and so I had to scour other sources like http://top40-charts.com/ for Top 40 songs. Current songs matter and not earlier ones when you want the latest.

So what we can conclude that in this day and age, nothing is permanent and outdated technology and equipment lose their value and we should get rid of them while they still have the value. If we continue to hold on to the old things and items, we may not get warranty, guarantee as well as replacement if they have any problem.
I am reminded of TNA Wrestling's Jeff and Matt Hardy song "I will fade away and classify myself as obsolete...obsolete."
Holding on to Old items is like doing illegal activity. We know that it is illegal to drive a vehicle which is beyond 15 years old if we have not got the fitness certificate from the Govt RTO Department.
Technology companies, automobile companies will also not support the old products and very likely they will end as scrap.
It is a very harsh reality that when we begin our association with a product like a phone or bike or car we believe it will last forever but the fact is it may not be so. Our time with it is limited. And we will face the harsh reality when its useful life nears it end. That is not our attitude when we begin after association with it.
In the end I would like to mention from the Calvin Harris/Ne-Yo song "Lets Go" "It’s not about what you’ve done, It’s about what you doing, It’s all about where you going, No matter where you’ve been"