I love a good bad idea - and this was one of the best.
Sony's 1998's Ruvi was a one-off camcorder experiment. In the video you can find out what made this a unique failure.
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Guessed Potential Questions or Comments (Q=Question, C=Comment)
Q) Is the tape a loop?
A) No it runs from one reel to the other then you rewind it.
Q) Will you do a video about that MicroMV camcorder?
A) Yes I plan to, one day
Q) Would the video have looked sharper with a brand new video cartridge?
A) Worn out tape will usually show drop-outs (small white lines) but this tape didn't have any which indicates the tape was still fine. If this was my camera I doubt I'd have recorded on it 'hundreds of times' - I'd probably have used it a few times over a year or two then upgraded to a different camera.
Q) If the camera only has an analog output how did you capture the video?
A) With a video capture device hooked up to the composite output from the camera.
Q) Did you change the video title?
A) Yes, I couldn't decide on a suitable word, but the Quarrymen did all right after a name change, so what's in a name.
Q) Why are there no muppets in this video?
A) They don't appear in every video - they just come out when something 'amusing' comes to mind for them to express. Today - I have nothing. Writer's block.
C) Actually I think you'll find that those pentalobe screws were....
A) ....
C) That shirt needed ironing
A) Yes it did - I wore a creased shirt to demonstrate the lack of shadow-definition on the Ruvi (this is not true).
Q) I really need to see what MiniDV video looked like from that JVC camcorder (for some unfathomable reason)
A) Well here's some indoors footage I took with it in 1998 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/baiqbLpqrtuwgJs.html
Q) What's this New York in 1993 in HD thing you mentioned?
A) So you're the person who hasn't seen it... more info here www.techmoan.com/blog/2016/4/22/retro-tech-that-time-when-hd-came-on-vhs.html
Q)Where do you get the old magazines from?
A) books.google.com/
C) You said that the footage 'might have looked like it came from 20 years earlier than 1998, that's 1978, video in 1978 wouldn't have looked like that.
A) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole
C) In those magazines there is a camcorder for $23,000
A) Typo
Q) Do you have downloadable full size photos of the interior of that video cartridge
A) Why yes, yes I do - www.techmoan.com/blog/2016/10/25/i-love-a-good-bad-idea-and-the-sony-ruvi-was-one-of-the-best.html
C) So I noticed that at the beginning of the video in a totally unscripted bit when you spoke to the camera uninterrupted for three minutes that you referred to 8 years as as few...however I don't think 8 is a few...I think it's more than that.
A) Is this really what you wanted to do with your life, trying to pick apart videos on youtube? Have a try at making something...it's a lot harder than sitting watching a phone on the toilet while eating Cheetos and complaining about everything, however it can be a lot more rewarding too. You never know you might become a youtube megastar and experience things from the other side.
C) Hey dude I would have just spooled new tape inside that cartridge from a Hi8 cassette
A) Cool story bro.
C) I saw some white chewing gum stuck to the camera
A) It was white-tac used to hold the camera on it's end in one of the size comparison photos - I neglected to remove it and it now has completely ruined the entire internet for everyone...sorry about that.