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Oscilloscope Intro Sound Effect

Just a quick question:

Do you prefer the Oscilloscope intro with the actual  buzzing audio from the scope as seen on the Vinyl-Disc video...or with the old  intro tune dubbed on top, as se...

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Powered Speakers with built-in phono pre-amp

I really wanted to get out of the house this week and finish off shooting some camera reviews...but I've been too ill to venture into Liverpool in winter. It's nothing serious, no need to be concerned...

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VinylDisc

The seasonally cold weather scuppered my plans to get out and test some cameras for a review next week - so instead I managed to turn around this short video in record time. It's  about a format ...

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Digalog Cassettes

I have a feeling this video might have turned out to be a bit boring.  I started off with an idea that sounded interesting....but somewhere along the line the life seemed to leave it and we're le...

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Window Cleaning Robot

The robot home assistant is still very much sci-fi, but you can at least now get one to clean your windows. Or at least that’s the idea,  unfortunately my house has other plans. 

As patr...

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Big Radio - short video

The DAT video I posted last week required solid editing for a number of days and in the end I think I overdid it a bit because it's taken me until yesterday to fully recover. So this week's video is a...

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Thank goodness DATs done

Some videos come together relatively easily...others want to fight back. Fortunately it's impossible to tell from the finished product...so please enjoy my DAT video...and I'll have a drink or two.

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The end of a great year...

I've managed to get this video out just before the New Year so I can now say Happy New Year to everyone who can see this and who made 2016 a really great year for me. 

I know the common opinion...

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Merry Christmas

Just a quick extra video from the rest of my team who help make any dull videos... just that little bit more annoying.

Seasons greetings.

Mat

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Yi M1 Mirrorless Camera Review

I've been working on this review of the Yi M1 Micro 4/3 camera since November.  I've avoided reviewing 'proper' cameras in the past, because I thought they would be too complicated to cover in a ...

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A Golden Egg containing Retro Tech

Here's the next video - a day early for patrons. 

Due to  reasons beyond my control I've had to schedule the next two videos after this one to auto-publish. So with those videos you'll onl...

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Scope this out...Oscilloscope Music

A chance to watch tomorrow's video, today. Hope you enjoy. 

By the way,  I've got a few commitments for the first two weeks in December, so I'm trying to make sure videos get auto-released...

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By popular request - The HP-01 Calculator Watch Video

A common request I've received recently has been to make a video about my HP-01 wristwatch. I  bought this as a treat for myself... to mark a landmark event, the idea being that whenever I check ...

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LaMetric WiFi App Clock Message doohickey

I'll release this video properly tomorrow...it's best to avoid today as the US election will no doubt smother everything else that happens for the next 24 hours.

Incidentally could you let me know i...

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Patreon exclusive video- Behind the scenes

As promised a while ago - here is a behind the scenes video showing the making of my new 4K ident (that's the thing at the start of the videos). 


One day I might make this 'publ...

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Back with a Dashcam - the A119

My plans to catch up on lots of outstanding projects hit the bumpers when a nasty bug took me out of action for four days over the last week ...but I've emerged on the other side with another video. &...

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I love a good bad idea - and this was one of the best

Continuing my mission to increase my output with the minimum of distraction to catch up on a few projects - here's something that you may find interesting, I know I did.

Sometimes you don't realise ...

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Look at the time...

I'd normally do an early release here - but all this talk about time and clocks has made me realise that I'm seriously falling behind on my projects. So over the next couple of weeks I'm going to try ...

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A video about a mediocre scanner

Very quick update. Managed to find time to get this shambolic video knocked together - it's not a classic, so feel free to skip it knowing that you really didn't miss anything exciting. I'll get worki...

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The Master Tape

Here's something a bit unusual - if you've been following me on Twitter, you'll already know a bit of the story behind this. What started off as an old tape of advert jingles bought from eBay - ended ...

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Commodore SX-64 - Faults & Fixes

Over the last month I've been attempting to repair a couple of Commodore SX-64 computers. In this video you can find out why & how and whether I was successful, all condensed from weeks into minut...

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LaserDock - Laser Entertainment System

If you've subscribed to my youtube channel for a while you know that I have an attraction to music visualisation. After my recent video featuring the SAE Mk VI Tuner with its oscilloscope  displa...

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Early Access - RCA Sound Tape

Making this video has been a marathon. It started back when I bought a RCA Cartridge well over a year ago. I then finally sourced a player for the tape.... but that got lost in the post. I got hold of...

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Cheapest Mic-in action camera

I'm catching up on a few smaller projects to free up the space on my SSD before I tackle a complicated retro tech video . It has been a while since I featured a cheap camera - so here's one that may b...

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Cassettes (again)

A video lumping a few cassette based things together...plus perhaps the most complicated outro yet (you'll understand why when you see it). 

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Retro Audio Timer

 I  decided that I should rush this video out before Wednesday as the news for the rest of the week will be dominated by Apple and Sony…so today let's make today about 1970s Pioneer.

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Patrons Only Video: Techmoan September 2016 Update.

An exclusive video just for Patrons. A rambling chat that includes an update on a few of the things I’m currently working on.
  
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Vintage Hi-Fi: SAE Mark 6

Here's my new video and a brief update. 

This one has been planned for a while - I wanted to do make it a few weeks ago, but I first had to do the Nixie Clock video to  give this one a bit...

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(Properly) Wireless Cameras

Here's tomorrows video - it should be going live in an hour or so - just after midnight. I was going to release it later in the morning - but decided to bring it forward a few hours.

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Saturday Night - Sunday Morning

Here's Sunday Morning's video for you to watch on Saturday night...or you can wait until tomorrow there's really no pressure. 

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