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A very quick midweek video about Magnetic USB cables.

I bought something like £70 of magnetic USB cables to make this video - and in the end I'm still not sure whether there's any point behind them. However I'm pretty confident that I've found the best ...

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Retro-Tech: The 1972 Desktop iPod

I hope you enjoy watching this video as much as I've enjoyed putting it together (perhaps even a bit more).  I'll be making this one public on Sunday morning. 

Now I've hit the $500 fundin...

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Let someone else do the soldering

...with a ready-made Nixie Clock. 

 On Patreon you get to see this video a day early. If you like any of the clocks shown it might be wise to order one before the video goes public in the ...

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Tape Converters

A simple video today about a couple of ways people have managed to prolong the usefulness of car stereos through using adapters.

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July 2016 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

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Hailing Frequencies Open

Just a brief note to say that my latest video is out...at least it is for Patreon subscribers as well as visitors to my website. 

 It will be going live to the public in a couple of hours ...

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Tomorrow's video - Today

I still have plenty of work to do today on editing and uploading the samples and creating a blog entry for this camera. I therefore plan to release this video Sunday morning...and that means that you ...

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June 2016 patron supported

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My favourite dash cam

Ladies and gentlemen (but it's probably just the latter) - I'm posting this video here a couple of hours before it goes live on youtube, and I hope you enjoy it. 

The downloadable samples w...

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Just a quickie...

I've got a bit  bogged down editing a dash cam video (it's running over an hour long at the moment) - so I took the afternoon  off to make a simple video about a USB cable instead. 

T...

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Hologram Vinyl!

So I was in the middle of day one of an anticipated two day edit of a complicated video when the Amazon chap turned up with this record. 

I just had to drop everything and make a quick video ab...

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Bring out the Gimbal

It's always great to try out some tech I haven't used before. So when I was offered the opportunity to try out a Gimbal, I couldn't refuse.

I'm a big movie fan, there's nothing I enjoy more tha...

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Retro HiFi: The DBX Disc

One thing that often comes as a surprise to anyone getting into vinyl for the first time is surface noise. As soon as the stylus touches down on a spinning disc there’s a noticeable background rumbl...

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May 2016 patron supported

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The Cellink B Dash-cam battery pack

This is one of a few devices that have been sent to me recently so I have been anxious to get the video out so I can move on to more fun projects.

 It is rare for me to accept gadgets, but I'll...

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USB Light - A Bright Idea?

My cheapest gadget review ever (probably).

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Just managed to get another short video out

This is a demonstration of a really nice Airplay speaker. It's a bit of a rush job as I have a couple of devices that need my full attention next week - so I wanted to clear some space on the HDD and ...

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A new small dashcam review

This is a good small camera - however when I agreed to review a couple of Vantrue Dashcams I didn't realise that they would only be on sale in the US. 

In future I'll stick to reviewing cam...

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The brief life of a 'Viral Video Hit'

I thought you might want to see the impact that having a video reposted on a popular blog has and it's not as great as you might think.

I was in a fast food restaurant killing time whilst my car...

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Retro Tech - The 3M Cantata 700

The 4K video file is still processing on youtube - but lower resolutions (including HD) are working fine.

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Sorry - but for some reason I can't embed todays short tip video

It's just a quick tip video about powering a dashcam from an OBD port - so not a massive deal,  but didn't want anyone to think I was ignoring the Patrons

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The Floating Turntable

A short review of the Gramovox Vertical Record player. 

Apologies for the unfunny Muppet based outro, so many people keep asking to see the muppets, but I'm not a comedy writer so writing s...

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April 2016 patron supported

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...and what's the big deal with UHD anyway

I just know this one will cause some confusion

I can almost hear the "UHD just looks darker on my screen" comments now. 

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VCD vs UHD

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Retro-Tech D-Theatre

Here's the full video about D-Theater,  the HD VHS movie format.

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New York in HD - 1993

I'm putting together a video about DVHS/DTheater. 

It's taking a lot of work, but there's one bit I can show you now. I've captured some footage from a demo tape.

After some internet arch...

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The New 2016 Nixie Watch

This short video took the best part of a week to make - but I think it turned out pretty well in the end. 

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Reverber- rate or hate? - Trying out an 80's HiFi Reverb Amp

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Graphic Equalization

I'm posting this up here now but I'll be working on the links etc for the next twenty mins then it'll be available to everyone. 

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