These Are Not Pixels: Revisited
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below When I first made a video on analog color television, the thumbnail I created (and its explanation) caused nearly endless debate. I thought I\'d try and clear this up a bit. Here\'s the video on how analog television works (you may notice I re...
The CD Player with a Robot Inside: Pioneer CLD-M301
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Sometimes, a company in Japan decides they\'re gonna give it all they got, and the result is a wacky machine like this. Pioneer, the company that brought you pretty much everything to do with Laserdisc, designed this wonderful series of machine...
Sony\'s Clever but Flawed PlayStation Copy Protection--And How They Might Have Fixed It
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below The original PlayStation is a pretty neat thing. Using the CD as a storage medium was a smart move. But, Sony needed to add anti-piracy features to the disc to prevent miscreants from making bootleg copies of Crash Bandicoot. This video tells th...
DVD: The Death Knell of Laserdisc
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Well, it had a good run. Although Laserdisc could never really get off the ground, it had a reasonable showing in the high end video market. Intended as a mass market product, Laserdisc would never get there. But DVD... well that\'s a whole othe...
A Short Project Involving LEDs, a Fish Tank, and some Laziness
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Have you ever needed to light your fish tank with Chinese LEDs? No? Well, here\'s how. I\'m sure the information will be incredibly useful. In any case, maybe you\'ll learn about how to use these new-fangled diodes of light. The music used in t...
Faking It: The Obviously Dubbed Telephone Ring
If you lived in North America any time in the 20th century, you probably ran across one of these telephones. The Western Electric Model 500 and its subsequent variants were so ubiquitous that you almost couldn\'t go anywhere without seeing one, especially in the United States where it was standar...
Laserdisc: Features, Follies, & Evolution
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below While Laserdisc certainly wasn’t the most successful format, it was among the most interesting. This video explores the evolution and features of the format, with a wide variety of sample clips. Here\'s a link to the entire playlist on Laserdis...
Laserdisc\'s Failure: What Went Wrong
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Laserdisc didn\'t have an easy start. In this video, we take a look at the first few years of Laserdisc\'s existence. Though many articles or videos talking about Laserdisc will blame the high cost of discs and the inability to record, those pro...
Thrift Store Hi-Fi: Some tips and tricks
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below These days, it seems everyone wants the latest and greatest equipment for the audio needs. But there\'s a lot of fantastic hardware you can find in thrift stores and enjoy today. I\'ve found that with a little patience, you can find true high fi...
Laserdisc: An Introduction
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Laserdisc seems to get a lot of retro cred these days. It gets featured as a technical oddity, but from today’s perspective, it might seem strange that it didn’t become the de-facto standard. Boasting many of the same features as the modern DVD,...
