Not-So-Fast VCR Repair
Added 2024-03-15 17:56:59 +0000 UTCFor the first time, after aaaaall the years we've been doing this, we had to actually do some VCR repair. Well, more of just a cleaning than repair but it's still interesting to open up one of these things. While shooting the most recent Best of the Worst (coming soon!!), our workhorse VCR/DVD player combo that we've been using for probably the last 7 or 8 years just stopped playing tapes. We of course have more than one backup VCR just in case something like this happens so our day doesn't come to a screeching halt but this is the first time we've had to break one of the backups out. But now our main player is cleaned and running like normal again. Just takes some spray air and a little rubbing alcohol on the tape head. So yeah, if you've never seen what one of these things looks like inside, here ya go.
Comments
I wouldn’t have guessed it had failed while trying to watch a DVD.
Preston Petersen
2024-03-21 08:47:00 +0000 UTCReminds me of my dad, he used to do this job before it was very much completely unnecessary.
Tanya
2024-03-19 00:21:53 +0000 UTCYou're not a videophile? Do you even s-video bro?
Miles Long
2024-03-16 20:15:21 +0000 UTC"I'm surprised you don't have a temperamental $1500 VCR that needs constant service and has features and quality only videophiles care about"
K2
2024-03-16 18:48:44 +0000 UTCI had to clean mine out a number of years ago. Primitive technology from a more civilized time. I've moved all my physical media to Plex, but I still have plenty that is not on disk. I love my little "altar" to this almost dead format. https://photos.app.goo.gl/dybR3YtTFothDViE8
Kellic
2024-03-16 18:39:04 +0000 UTCMy son fixes and builds computers, and I’ll have to show him this especially the bottle of alcohol because he uses stuff like that all the time.
Angi
2024-03-16 16:38:42 +0000 UTCCurious what the issue was? Or was it just gunked up with dust?
Faith Martin
2024-03-16 15:48:02 +0000 UTCInside, where the magic happens
DonMac
2024-03-16 15:39:19 +0000 UTCThis looks like a city. Like a little model of a city and all the houses which are here and the streets.
Richard Bruins
2024-03-16 02:04:48 +0000 UTCYou been on to TechMoan then?
Anthony Bardill
2024-03-16 00:42:30 +0000 UTCBet they got filthy rich with those DVD to VHS rips sold in the Milwaukee back alleys. Thank god for magnetrons!
Bill Wilson
2024-03-15 23:45:14 +0000 UTCThey probably do for editing, but why spend for more than one if you're just watching a movie? Besides, the AG line doesn't come with a DVD player built in.
Timothy Liebe
2024-03-15 22:22:53 +0000 UTCI'm surprised you guys don't have a Panasonic AG-1980 or something of that caliber
Miles Long
2024-03-15 21:43:01 +0000 UTCHow much drinking alcohol did it take?
Allison PM
2024-03-15 21:42:35 +0000 UTCThe notion that you hack frauds would ever actually clean or repair a real VCR is revolting and offensive. Please continue doing it.
dirtside
2024-03-15 21:38:45 +0000 UTCCan it FINALLY play my Night Court tape?
Tim Temmerman
2024-03-15 21:34:54 +0000 UTCMike & Jay inadvertently finally fix Mr Plinkett's VCR, thus marking the end of days
Heather Faller
2024-03-15 21:16:49 +0000 UTCSurprised the guys managed to find some alcohol in the studio.
Emir M
2024-03-15 21:01:39 +0000 UTCShout out to this VCR for the incredibly bad experiences you've had which have lead to the arguably pretty good experiences of your viewers.
Erik Stevenson
2024-03-15 20:57:30 +0000 UTCDid the Actar Babies instruct you on cleaning techniques?
Beckoning Chasm
2024-03-15 20:51:30 +0000 UTCThis is the kind of content I signed up for. BEHOLD! THE INSIDE OF A VCR!
Rainbow Randolph
2024-03-15 20:39:55 +0000 UTCI transfer VHS' as a hobby and every 3-6 months need to clean the heads on my VCR's. It's actually quite cathertic to open one up and do a thorough clean. My preferred method is to cut a piece of paper into 5 or 6 thin strips, roughly 1x4 inches, then wet the end of a strip with alcohol, hold the wetted end stationary against the head, turn the head counterclockwise with your other hand and apply gentle pressure with your finger to clean the heads as the drum turns. Repeat until no more magnetic residue or dirt comes off the heads.
FraudHack
2024-03-15 20:35:06 +0000 UTCIf you guys want a better look at how this stuff works, check out Technology Connection's video on it. VCR tech is surprisingly cool.
ErrorStack
2024-03-15 20:26:04 +0000 UTCYay!
Marvin Falz
2024-03-15 19:42:04 +0000 UTCThis is the content I'm here for
Dominic O'Neill
2024-03-15 19:28:30 +0000 UTCI know how these things look on the inside because I've been watching your show for more than a decade, although I didn't know they looked this pristine.
Juan Calvo
2024-03-15 19:20:46 +0000 UTCWhat was the tape that broke it?
Mahaloth
2024-03-15 19:16:47 +0000 UTCMy heart jumped. I thought this was their review of Dune 2. I was so excited. Alas, it’s the inside of a dirty vcr. Oh well. Maybe next time.
John Schmulowitz
2024-03-15 18:51:18 +0000 UTCTry to take some breaks, that hard Labor after so many years, you bodies need the rest, drink a beer on time
Wouter Huibers
2024-03-15 18:50:25 +0000 UTCSurprised it’s so clean inside. I thought it would be dripping in slime, grease and Cheeto dust.
Matt Evans
2024-03-15 18:44:03 +0000 UTCThat poor thing injested generations of muck and biomatter, from some of the filthiest homes in the world. Glad to see it cleaned up and still working!
Damon Killian
2024-03-15 18:31:43 +0000 UTCI'm so glad you have a back up VCR so Rich Evans' work on watching every Nukie tape goes uninterrupted.
Javier Barragan
2024-03-15 18:29:26 +0000 UTCMike's been drinking, again.
Twit In A Hat
2024-03-15 18:29:25 +0000 UTCyeah, I have two of those- they do direct dvd burning and are way too expensive now
Weston Ulfig
2024-03-15 18:29:17 +0000 UTCYou guys have a Magnetbox? For some reason I thought you had either a Panaphonics or a Sorny.
Bright Anderson
2024-03-15 18:16:29 +0000 UTCYou use spray air directly on the tape head?
Ty Jay
2024-03-15 18:15:54 +0000 UTCNight Court marathon, engage!!!
Todd Monchilov
2024-03-15 18:15:46 +0000 UTCMy wallet is open for RLM electronic repair videos.
c
2024-03-15 18:15:00 +0000 UTCLa Cheeserie!
c
2024-03-15 18:14:19 +0000 UTCWhen are you setting up the OnlyFans for this VCR?
Bill Lehecka
2024-03-15 18:11:22 +0000 UTCRubbly alcohol, perfect for the weekend 🥳 That's a childhood dream fulfilled, wondering what the VHS player looked like inside. I remember breaking one by trying to jam a tape into it without taking the first one out. Now I feel like digging it out from the pile of old stuft in the attic and try to repair it and watch some of the old unlabeled vhs tapes in the house 😄
Joan Scott Brockie
2024-03-15 18:10:08 +0000 UTCJosh, The Wizard, once again doing his magic?
Andre K
2024-03-15 18:09:32 +0000 UTCUnbelievable you managed to clean this thing after all the shit that has gone through it.
Monsieur Marbot
2024-03-15 18:08:06 +0000 UTCI believe in this Universe it is Newhart that Plinkett wants to watch.
THE_GnomeChomskee
2024-03-15 18:08:04 +0000 UTCI have this exact same VCR/DVD combo
Tyler Hansen
2024-03-15 18:07:51 +0000 UTCHey I've got the same Magnavox VCR/DVD combo player in silver!
Mitchell Grace
2024-03-15 18:07:32 +0000 UTCAnd yet Mr. Plinkett still awaits the chance to watch his Newhart/Night Court tape. Perhaps he only needs a cleaning. Not his VCR, but Plinkett himself.
THE_GnomeChomskee
2024-03-15 18:06:27 +0000 UTCYou've known how to repair one ALL THIS TIME? My whole life is a lie.
Matthew Chambers
2024-03-15 18:05:00 +0000 UTCDecades from now, when things possibly and tragically come to an end (and I hope I die the minute I finish the potential last episode), I hope you fucks finally fix that poor SOB's VCR.
Zan Ferguson
2024-03-15 18:04:19 +0000 UTCWow. Crazy to think that’s what we all look like inside.
Alden Goldfinch
2024-03-15 18:03:13 +0000 UTCThanks for posting this on your webzone
Nathan Mills
2024-03-15 18:03:03 +0000 UTCThat model is a lot more clean and sophisticated on the inside than the garbage Walmart models I used up to the late 90s.
Matthew Riley
2024-03-15 18:02:36 +0000 UTCFinally you can watch Night Court
Jazz Jackrabbit
2024-03-15 18:02:03 +0000 UTCDo you guys fix beatmax players too?
JimiAKAme
2024-03-15 18:02:02 +0000 UTCI was literally just wondering how often you guys have to clean/repair these. Thanks for sharing!
cynthia
2024-03-15 18:02:01 +0000 UTCRemember when The Love Butcher "butchered our VCR" RIP Love Butcher
Karin M
2024-03-15 18:01:54 +0000 UTCNo no, the proper way to fix it is to stab it with a soldering iron.
DamienC
2024-03-15 18:01:37 +0000 UTCReally cool! I wonder if they’ll talk about this in one of the videos.
Evan Hiley
2024-03-15 18:01:23 +0000 UTCWhat’s the bill for something like that?
Jerry Strickland
2024-03-15 18:01:12 +0000 UTCWe have the same vcr. Wow.
Shan O’Blivion
2024-03-15 18:01:06 +0000 UTCSo much for being hack frauds!
Brady Mills
2024-03-15 18:00:35 +0000 UTCWhy can’t you guys work this fast for Mr. Plinkett?
Tyree
2024-03-15 18:00:30 +0000 UTC
