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A Further Look at the JVC LCCS Monitor (Connextras)

A link to a thing!

https://youtu.be/BrwkGT5452E

December has gotten off to kind of a slow start, if I'm honest. I've been unable to make a lot of progress on much of anything due to various reasons I shall not bore y...

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HONK! It's a video about klaxons!

HONK!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adD5oC2asXI 

This video is much silly. Lots honking. No effort!

Just to warn you, there's a loud noise near the 3:14 mark, though there is an on-screen ...

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Oh boy! More experiments with holiday lights!

I just can't help myself!

https://youtu.be/ebkD6DzZDlA

Now before you think that this video is completely devoid of substance, well first of all let me tell you that you're mostly right. However! I tried to let mysel...

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It's VHS vs. Beta Again! And this time, it's about the cassettes

Happy No Effort November!

https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY

I have a little thing about Beta and VHS that I've had bouncing around in my brain for a while. And now, it's a video! I went a little overboard getting B-roll f...

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November Nonsense

Hey hey, Happy Halloween! It's been snowing quite a lot here in Illinois. Got about 3.5 inches (in the ballpark of 10 cm) on the ground here at headquarters. This is the only time in my memory where we've had snow on Halloween! Usually the first snow is insignificant, and well into November. Not ...

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CED Part Three

Here it is!

https://youtu.be/hpwLDQSadE4

There is SO much to tell in this story, and since this is mostly... a story, unfortunately there's not a whole lot of imagery in this one. Honestly, if you wanted to, you coul...

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A Quick Video about Displays (and featuring a weird one)

Well, October's gotten off to a slower start than I wanted but I was happy to have a bit of fun with this one!

https://youtu.be/iyaGDLBsmdY

It's definitely less researched than most of my projects. And a tad bit sill...

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A Very Belated Headquarters / Channel Update

https://youtu.be/DfInPHoQG7s

Yeah... I shot this a long time ago but due to me repeatedly forgetting to tell my computer to no go to sleep while it uploaded, ehh it just didn't happen until now. Yay!

This is long, ra...

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LCCS Video Monitor: A Black and White TV... But in Color!

https://youtu.be/z-q8ehzHeQQ

This is SO COOL! And it's a fairly quick topic, for once!

I never knew that the CBS color wheel system was... kind of anyway actually put into production! Here's a look at JVC's LCCS vide...

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The CED, Part 2

Hello hello hello and good morning to you,

Please enjoy Part 2 of the CED saga!

https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4

I normally have a thumbnail and the description done before I post this, but I wanted to rush the pos...

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The 2nd RCA VideoDisc Intro

I love this clip. So much. It exudes... such confidence.

This intro bumper replaced the original one roughly a year after the CED system was released, so most RCA-produced discs (well, they were all RCA-produced, but those which were *officially* RCA-produced what with their brand ...

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The CED Part 1: The History of RCA's Madness

We're bringing the magic home! WITH RCA!!!!

https://youtu.be/PnpX8d8zRIA

I teased this ages ago, and now I finally made it! And it will be a two-parter. This story is... weird. And we've only scratched the surface he...

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The Follow-up

I actually had a little more fun with this than I thought I would!

https://youtu.be/gN5TSzRUxKk

Nothing Earth-shaking in this follow-up (which takes place entirely in Photoshop) but there were enough interesting diff...

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The Weird World in RGB

Aaaannnnddd here it is!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYbdx4I7STg 

So. Lots of this is probably information you already knew. But, it definitely did all click together a little better in m...

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[ unintelligible noises ]

Greetings and salutations.

OK, I messed up. Phew. Got that out of the way.

No really, the way I planned the month of August and the way the month of August actually happened just... disagreed. It's entirely my fault because I'm frankly bad at estimating how long things are going to ta...

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Why do switches click?

This video concept has been in my head for years. I finally decided to make it!

https://youtu.be/jrMiqEkSk48

I have no idea what makes a good thumbnail for this. I'm just gonna roll with that one and hope for the bes...

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ANOTHER 2nd channel video

because sometimes you buy a thing and the audacity of its claims annoys you so much you make a video immediately

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6jDSozxaqk 

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2nd Channel Video-Discussing the death of the Chevy Volt Concept

I had these thoughts recently, and while I am fairly confident that bigger batteries are the right direction, I've also begun to wonder if perhaps an improved Volt would actually reduce emissions faster because we could conceivably build more of them sooner, and not have people worrying about ran...

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TOSLINK part 2

Well, this sure is a... video. With a lot of... things in it.

Yeah, I'm more than a little nervous about this video because it is way more speculative than any I've ever made. And also there's a lot of silliness in the beginning. But! Hopefully it's fun enough to be worthwhile.

I stil...

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Let's look at TOSLINK!

When I came up with the idea for this video, I wanted it to be more about what I tease at the end (exploring why TOSLINK is pretty much the only time fiber optics got any traction in the consumer space) but, of course, there's just so much to talk about in the first place that I'll be addressing ...

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Analog video capture follow-up

Good [time-zone appropriate salutation]!

I threw this follow-up video together to address some of the hair splitting and nonsensical suggestions from the last video, as well as to explore some of the actual downsides of the new capture method I've stumbled upon.

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And now, something completely different

I figured I share something that I've been holding onto for a few years.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFmDEtnvz8 

When I was working for Disney on my College Program in 2014, I took it u...

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The Best Way to Capture Analog Video (it's kinda weird)

The new version is up! And it's already processed fully apparently. Neat!

https://youtu.be/ZC5Zr3NC2PY

I didn't mention in the original post that I rendered this at 1080p60 so that the analog smoothness is all there....

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Behind the Scenes! Kit List 2019 (so far, anyway)

It's been a while since I've made a BTS video. And today (well, yesterday, I got sidetracked) I figured I'd gather up all of my stuff and show it to you in one video!

https://youtu.be/GSYNHqIi5Xo

This may be entirely...

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Portable Air Conditioners: Why they're bad

That thumbnail's a little edgy. But it's not only true from an argumentative perspective, but also from a literal perspective, so it's kinda pun-like so I'm obviously very proud.

I'm fairly sure someone had asked me to make a video about this, but I can't for the life of me remember who or ...

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There's a Discord now. Just for you!

So there's been a semi-unannounced Discord server floating in the background for a few months thanks to Chloe. This is my foray into Discord and I still don't really know what I'm doing, but if I did this right, you should now all have access to it via Patreon!

You'll need to go into your P...

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Let's look at record changers!

Warning; it's still in 360p club. Just got done after a long upload.

https://youtu.be/GuoFW2yAD7g

I honestly have no idea how this video will be received. I tried to make it a little more fun due to the fact that mos...

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The first update on the E-ink tablet situation

I almost forgot about this... I got carried away doing some chores and forgot this was uploading. Somehow it's still not processed past 360p, so this doesn't look great right now, but hopefully it looks better soon.

Once it's at 1080p or better, I'll make this public.

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Y'all are the best

I knew I needed to write that out...

You've convinced me to re-organize the video's concept. In fact, now that I think about it, my initial concept would have been quite a boring first video.

I still regret not having more anecdotal experience, but you're right. I'll play off of that....

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Struggling...

Before any of you worry - I'm not losing my mind or anything but let me tell you I'm at a roadblock... I need to get this off my chest.

Firstly the next video will not be on Teletext. I've settled that in my mind. I'll be doing something completely different next, largely because the Telete...

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