Movies on Vinyl - VHD The forgotten 1980s Videodisc

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Follow ups - VHD in the UK: • VHD in the UK - how 19...
VHD in the USA: • VHD in the USA: Videod...
You may have owned a LaserDisc or even a CED system...but the odds are that you've never seen a VHD. It's time to put that right with this comprehensive look at the third videodisc system of the eighties.
My previous video all about CED - • Retro tech: The RCA CE...
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Special thanks to Jerobeam Fenderson for the intro animation. oscilloscopemusic.com
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If you like the muppet outros - they are all collected in this playlist: • Comedy
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Q) What's that google translation app called
A) Google Translate
Revenge of the Jedi
(Insert Comic Book Guy Voice here)...Well actually George Lucas originally called 'Return of the Jedi' 'Revenge of the Jedi' but changed the name at the last minute as revenge didn't sound like something a Jedi would do.
(Reply) Yep...that's why I mentioned it - I just thought it was an interesting fact worth sharing that (according to the label on this disc) it appears the film was still known as 'Revenge' in Japan despite the name change.
Volume Large Dog -
Thanks to helpful Japanese fluent viewers - it seems that the translation app mis-read the symbol for Big as Dog
犬 = Dog
大 = Big
Thanks again to these clever people in the comments - the text on side two of the disc that was blank and inaccurately translated to "from been no", actually says "Shuuroku sarete orimasen", meaning "No recording"
Star Wars (again) - back to the Comic Book Guy voice...
'Well actually you can only see Star Wars in it's un-ruined original version on LaserDisc and VHD, so when you say that these formats aren't really worth watching any more you couldn't be any more wrongerer actually.
A) I'll let you in on the secret (that any true Star Wars fan should already know)...Look up "Harmy's Despecialized" - now That is the best way to see the original unchanged Star Wars...not in a 250 line low-res washed out 4:3 crop with Japanese subtitles.
Q) Whats on the blank side of the disc?
A) Interesting fact (but not interesting enough for me to include in the video despite shooting it)...the end of the caddy that goes in the machine has a series of notches on it that tells the machine what way up the caddy is and whether it contains a single or double sided discs.
So if you get a disc like the magazine that only has one side, the machine refuses to let you insert side B. Also the machine will not let you put a disc back in the caddy the wrong way up, it only ejects when the caddy is the right way up.
Like I said, not interesting enough for the video, but still a neat system. In comparison the RCA CED had no caddy orientation system so you could mess things up royally if you really wanted to.
(Comment) Those monitors aren't cheap.
A) I must have got lucky - mine cost about £100
(C) Blimey that's not cheap
A) It is compared to the original price
Q) "YOU ARE WRONG - BACK TO THE FUTURE WAS CROPPED FOR CINEMA RELEASE - IT SHOULD NOT BE SEEN IN A FULL FRAME VERSION"
A) A lot of movies of this period were shot open matte in Super 35. They were cropped to a widescreen format to be shown in the cinema and then when shown on 4:3 TV screens, they often used the full open-matte frame which revealed more footage at the top and the bottom of the frame. So both versions are right, neither is wrong. Each serves a purpose. It's just that nowadays most of these old films will only be shown in their cropped versions given the proliferation of 16:9 screens in the home.
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If you want to see some footage from the interactive VHD titles, just search for MSX VHD on KZfaq...but here's one example • Video
If you want to see a capture of the Rainbow Disc animation
• Rainbow Video Disc Int...
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@Techmoan 5 жыл бұрын

Follow up videos VHD in the UK: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLF8qqSorsy-hGg.html VHD in the USA: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZ6Kp5mUp8WygIk.html

@Cybertron-cs7sk 5 жыл бұрын

Dude amazing video I couldn't believe you found a bran new machine 30 plus years old wow! A little tlc and off you go, it makes you appreciate how far we have come when watching 4k HDR! Love your work x

@PCFixer 4 жыл бұрын

@@Cybertron-cs7sk We NEED more repairable technology like this. RIGHT TO REPAIR!

@Scudmaster11 4 жыл бұрын

wind or wind

@GearSounds 3 жыл бұрын

I make gear videos of the musical type and your videos give me a warm joy inside. You bring much happiness to the world with your love of tech!

@Slavicplayer251 3 жыл бұрын

where did you get that battery checker?

@MohammedMuaawia 7 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how even the most obsolete and obscure technologies have such interesting stories and ingenious design behind them.

@JohnDoe-gm5qr 7 жыл бұрын

I video on a vinyl disc would be a really odd thing. It is odd things like that I have never known exist until today.

@gwernette5971 7 жыл бұрын

Did you know this existed? www.totalrewind.org/cameras/C_PXL2.htm It had terrible black and white quality, but I knew a couple of poor college students who used it to story-board their Cinema Film classes.

@brig.4398 7 жыл бұрын

Where can you find VHD? and the machines were Junk.

@fixman88 7 жыл бұрын

@G Wernette Ben on the Oddity Archive channel has one and has done videos about it.

@XmarkedSpot 7 жыл бұрын

G Wernette I didn't. Thanks!

@BunnyRaptor 7 жыл бұрын

Techmoan must be one of the only you tubers who are determined enough to spend months putting together videos.

@dragonbutt 7 жыл бұрын

Hes probably eligible for some kind of civil award for not only preserving history, but displaying the devices.

@chrysanth.5700 7 жыл бұрын

Funny Bunny Not even just months. A year on this one. A year dedicated to VHD in some capacity. It has inspired me to start the process of hunting down a Laserdisc player.

@Virtualskyhomestead 7 жыл бұрын

I know how this feels. I used to enjoy film photography when I was younger. But, when digital cameras appeared, I mistakenly left film photography behind. Recently, I rediscovered it and enjoy it even more. Now, I'm determined to save as many of those in-expensive point-and-shoot and plastic film cameras that make their way across my path. I'd hate to see them all vanish from existence. Techmoan must have inspired me in some way. ;o)

@alangjr93 7 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I'm only 23 so I wasn't even born for any of this stuff. I find it fascinating personally.

@wright96d 7 жыл бұрын

Where do you get them developed?

@kennylauderdale_en 5 жыл бұрын

DISC LORD sounds like a boss name for an 80's Atari Game.

@eggroll8984 5 жыл бұрын

Oh hey it's Kenny.

@damnyousalazar 4 жыл бұрын

It's what the N64 called the Playstation.

@lillithyukiutacrow2532 4 жыл бұрын

@@damnyousalazar speaking of the ps1 also sounds a bit like a rejected name from ff7

@damnyousalazar 4 жыл бұрын

@@lillithyukiutacrow2532 I was thinking Monster Rancher, but that works too.

@Dicker296 4 жыл бұрын

It's Laundry Day!!

@OneAndOnlyMe 4 жыл бұрын

it is amazing how rapidly home cinema tech has evolved. My parents bought films on 8mm in the late 70s, then we got VHS in the 80s, then LaserDisc in the 90s, then I became an early adopter of DVD (importing a player from Japan), again blown away by MPEG2, and then blow away completely when Bluray arrived in the 2000s, and I could have 2K digital cinema at home! And here we are today with 4K Blurays and digital cinema now possible in our homes, in many ways superior to a multiplex cinema presentations. In relative screen size and viewing distance terms, my home cinema provides a bigger screen than my local multiplex, and better sound. All this in the space of 40 years. We really are spoilt!

@Poppin_Wabbits 4 жыл бұрын

now consider at any time consumer electronics technology is 15 years or more behind the actual technology that is available. in 2020, 8k displays are now becoming more available to consumers and about 10 years ago I saw a 10k display from SHARP being demonstrated at an electronics show.

@OneAndOnlyMe 2 жыл бұрын

@@electrictroy2010 I moved to LaserDisc from VHS in the early 90s, mainly to get the letterboxed format which didn't catch on for VHS for a while. I was an early adopter of projectors too, my first one was just 640x480 resolution. That would be stamp size now compared to what we have today. I've spent tens of thousands over the years on my home entertainment system, but personally I don't mind that as I love gadgets and technology. Some people spend a lto of money on food or clothes, me, it's home theater.

@estherastudillo8647 Жыл бұрын

You are a privileged person .

@indiana2096 5 ай бұрын

It took less than 60 years to go from first flight to landing on the moon. Moving pictures have been around for a bit over 100, imagine where we will be in 10 or 20 more years!

@thewave-qz9lt 7 жыл бұрын

the japanese covers for these movies are gorgeous.

@praveensharma9893 6 жыл бұрын

t h e w a v e 1999 they're old, they're lame.

@JakeG59 6 жыл бұрын

Praveen Sharma with that logic your parents must be the same.

@praveensharma9893 6 жыл бұрын

Stalker Of Pripyat they're middle aged mate. Not old. Covers still lame

@praveensharma9893 6 жыл бұрын

BilisNegra eh Great, let's just act like idiots and do the dumbass "Yeah 80s new wave (wears sunglasses)" thing again because we can't make new shit. Yeah I am a kid, with better things to do than adore some old ass random poster.

@xXxJSCOTTxXx 6 жыл бұрын

That is one of the most ignorant and pretentious arguments I've ever heard. Give yourself 30 years to grow and after that, see if you find everything you have experienced in those years "old and lame"... "Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it." At the very least, have the slightest respect for people who have put energy into furthering humanity's understanding. Now, I'm finished with you. I will not be drawn into an internet argument with someone who is quite obviously incapable of mature, rational thought. Come back when you have body hair and we'll see if your mind has grown as well...

@aotang777 5 жыл бұрын

音量大 = volume up 音量犬 = volume dog I guess this translation app didn’t recognize the difference between 大 and 犬. 大=large. 犬=dog.

@666marq 4 жыл бұрын

Eiffel Tower & Eiffel Tower with a Big Bird

@Ultranothing 4 жыл бұрын

That's weird. I thought it looked like updog.

@alfredo42o 4 жыл бұрын

Ultranothing whats that?

@cwookdev 4 жыл бұрын

@@alfredo42o ligma

@aabb-zz9uw 4 жыл бұрын

Many people don't recognise the difference between dae(large) and gyeon(dog). I like some large dogs such as german shepherd and golden retriever

@Poppin_Wabbits 4 жыл бұрын

I get such satisfaction from even just watching old, untouched stock being unboxed and put into action. There is something so amazing about seeing it brand new and functioning exactly as intended. It is like time traveling and owning a piece of that time.

@knowthycell 2 жыл бұрын

Never thought about it that way human

@retroryan838 7 ай бұрын

It kind of hurts seeing something in its wrap so long being opened. If something has been wrapped for so long, you shouldn’t open it because it’s very rare. When he tore the wrap on that movie, I felt nervous for a second. I also hoped he didn’t throw out those old batteries because they don’t make them anymore and they weren’t corroded.

@Tylerthecreatorlover66 6 ай бұрын

@retroryan838 bruh who cares about old batteries

@noodle_Cx 2 ай бұрын

@@retroryan838 old batteries are dangerous, they have a lifespan, the chemicals inside batteries decay

@its4it 4 жыл бұрын

"Watching this might give you a 1980's overdose." Nothing wrong with that. The 1980's was one of my two favorite decades, with the 1970's being the other.

@bigclivedotcom 7 жыл бұрын

That was a fantastic video. Thanks for taking the time to put that together.

@theoldaccidontuseanymore696 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Clive!

@DarrenTS13 7 жыл бұрын

BIG CLIVE!!

@izzard 7 жыл бұрын

Seeing "brand new" old stock unboxed is like a time capsule; I get that heart-flutter like I've just spent a tonne on modern consumer electronics.

@fixman88 7 жыл бұрын

bigclivedotcom It was amazing to see one of these units NIB; I had no idea you could find something that rare these days!

@burkezillar 7 жыл бұрын

KZfaq is eating itself. Big Clive watches Techmoan, who helps out 8 Bit Guy, who then does some stuff with Nostalgia Nerd. At some point Big Clive will end up on a PewDiePie video by twatting him for being a giant racist. The internet will rejoice in Big Clive's contribution to society, PewDiePie retreats to the gutter, making a living of selling cigarette butts to other homeless people.

@GoldenKingStudio 7 жыл бұрын

Japan really often seems like an alternate reality. Arcades, Laser Discs, all sorts of stuff that died in the west.

@3DJapan 7 жыл бұрын

Except that doesn't exist.

@alswo9628 7 жыл бұрын

And those alternative movie titles. For example, Frozen is "Anna and the Snow Queen" in Japan.

@pancudowny 7 жыл бұрын

GoldenKingStudio I myself have said "If you want to see a living example of a culture that developed due to the influence of alien interaction, look at modern-day Japan.".

@beyondbeyond1965 7 жыл бұрын

+Conscience Pending I disagree. Japan is a completely different market with different interests. They still practice throwing old technology away, just different old technology.

@Longlius 7 жыл бұрын

Japan still uses fax machines. Enough said.

@norwegianblue2017 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather had one of these VHD players. The appeal was that it was like a VHS that you didn't need to rewind and you could rapidly advance tracks. But laser disc was better in every way. The VHD discs that we rented would often have a lot of noise in the picture and lose tracking.

@joeblow6037 3 жыл бұрын

My middle school had a laser disc player. It was the early 90's and I was in the 6th grade when I found it. During rainy day lunch periods, myself and a few friends would go see how far into "back to the future" we could get before class started. It was my only experience with the laser disc, but it really opened my eyes to vhs alternatives and the possibilities of video quality. Here I am now, with my windows 10 laptop, 4k apple TV, and a 4kUHD bluray player hooked up to my large 4k television. I like the future so far, but i'd still love an old laser disc player and a copy of back to the future for those rainy days.

@indiana2096 5 ай бұрын

My first experience with LD players was in the early 80s at the mall, there was a "fancy" store that sold LD players and discs, the Big Projection TVs along with the top-of-the-line VHS players and the quite expensive (as compared to later) VHS tapes. They always had a LD playing on some of the display models, I would go in and spend hours there. They never gave me a hard time; my mother spent a ton of money buying those expensive VHS tapes. Me, I wanted an LD player, they just looked so much better. Mom went with the VHS so she could tape soap operas when she was working!

@victorengland899 7 жыл бұрын

You can tell that this guy truly loves what he does. He took over a year to put this film together. Shopping around, getting stuff from Japan... It's not just for the views. He really likes it.

@bagelmaster8 7 жыл бұрын

That intro when it boots up is ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣ as fuck edit: proper text. also I meant the one at 11:48

@IVR02 7 жыл бұрын

D I S C L O R D

@2dfx 7 жыл бұрын

I got a Sonic 2 Sega Genesis vibe...definitely sounded like video games of the time.

@CaalamusTube 7 жыл бұрын

．．．ｕｓｅｐｒｏｐｅｒｆｕｌｌｗｉｄｔｈｔｅｘｔ！

@harunal-muhajir5555 7 жыл бұрын

I edit many things written by Japanese authors in English and they frequently have full-width text in them. I guess this is the reason why.

@CaalamusTube 7 жыл бұрын

Harun Al-Muhajir ???

@AmazingFrenchman 5 жыл бұрын

I'm really baffled at how our high end tech in the 80's/90's are now so ridiculous. I love these videos!

@treystephens4490 5 жыл бұрын

Most people don't value the past they just throw it away.😰

@markpugh6808 11 ай бұрын

@@treystephens4490because crap obsolete stuff like this was unreliable even in it's time and is totally worthless altogether nowadays

@Cantankerous_Mr_Toad 2 жыл бұрын

I can't get enough of this channel. I can only imagine that this guy's wife hates whenever a package arrives though. Lol.

@itxofficial8281 7 жыл бұрын

16:13 "I've also got Back to the Future, as you have to get it on every format just for the sake of it." - You're my man

@bennylofgren3208 7 жыл бұрын

Manuel J. Are you Manuel J. Fox, Michael's lesser known brother? :-)

@itxofficial8281 7 жыл бұрын

OMG I wish I was!!!!! ;-)

@BigAL68xyz 5 жыл бұрын

Deleted scene from Men in Black: "You see this? High-capacity recording medium. It's going to replace the bluray disc. Means I'll have to buy Back to the Future again."

@Verdoux007 5 жыл бұрын

There are two things I own in multiple formats. The first one is the Back to the Future trilogy and the second one is the White Album. :)

@ZaneDaMagicPufferDragon 7 жыл бұрын

I also love how you are literally willing to take years if necessary to make a better version of a video rather than just putting out what you have and then having to possibly make multiple follow up videos. But instead you choose to wait until you can make a better video and I must say Thank You for taking the time to make a better product and choosing Quality over Quantity!!!! I can't get enough of your longer videos simply because they contain the most beautiful and bizarre technology's from the past and are now on KZfaq for the entire world to enjoy forever!!! Thank You for Archiving some of the worlds most amazing dead technology's in one convenient location!!!

@user-wh2rx5mb3l 5 жыл бұрын

Watching VHD clips streamed thru the web into my smartphone, then chromecasted into my flatscreen tv :)

@retrocysper3709 4 жыл бұрын

22:01 this intro sounds more like a music that you could hear on a Sega CD Game when the game intro starts.

@ethann_browne 7 жыл бұрын

Forgotten is an understatment. I have never even heard it mentioned anywhere, nor do I remember it from the '80s.

@David-qi1ys 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder why you don't remember it? Perhaps you have forgotten?

@del2345 7 жыл бұрын

3MJB Studios I don't really recall it much either in the late 2000's

@brig.4398 7 жыл бұрын

I remember it, I didn't think the picture quality was very good, it kinda jumped when I saw Star Trek the Motion Picture. And the machines were junk if you ask me. I went out and bought a Pioneer laser disc player instead, really had a great picture, the first Superman movie was on the 12" disc and so was Back to the Future.

@Borat426 7 жыл бұрын

Bri G. Seems like you're confusing VHD with CED. Unless you were living in Japan at the time, you don't remember VHD.

@stormwatcher1299 6 жыл бұрын

Your videos about obsolete technology are fascinating.

@mikeymcmikeface5599 5 жыл бұрын

"It's not Dolby Digital." No shit, Sherlock!

@QuantumRift 5 жыл бұрын

Obsolete? I still use my Hitachi CED system... I can lay all 25 of the movies have anytime I want!

@RamonAlfonsoOMAR 5 жыл бұрын

Obsolete?, not on the contrary ;very innovative and the power of ingenuity

@treystephens4490 5 жыл бұрын

@@RamonAlfonsoOMAR unfortunately people don't value things of the past.

@BillClinton228 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but.... what's for tea?

@andyevans9369 5 жыл бұрын

When the side ended, we used to cry out"A to B, time to pee!

@ryandevan2793 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds fantastic!

@ristopoho824 4 жыл бұрын

4:18 "According to Yoda" What? I didn't know he's also an expert on videosystems. Maybe laserswords and laserdisks aren't that different..

@samuelshock6292 3 жыл бұрын

It’S nOt A lAsErSwOrD

@bohican 3 жыл бұрын

"For this player, $200 less you will pay."

@dahawk8574 2 жыл бұрын

“Tom Yoda” Finally, we learn Yoda’s first name.

@VikDarkbomb 7 жыл бұрын

God I love the end skits so much.

@gavincurtis 7 жыл бұрын

1980's overdose? No such thing! Got a lot more for your dollar back then. Love these retro videos.

@bigb5206 3 жыл бұрын

I love the physical copy instead of digital i love the way you could display your collection of your favorite 🎥 movies!

@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know this format existed! But I have to admit that the video and audio quality was quite impressive, for the time it was on the market!

@Nostalgianerd 7 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyable video. Something about these obscure formats which I find incredibly enthralling.

@archos101bplatinum4 6 жыл бұрын

Fuck off nobody wants u here

@PigeonScratch 6 жыл бұрын

a little bit late to comment aren't you mate?

@archos101bplatinum4 6 жыл бұрын

Ulric Pickar bitch who said u can join in you fucktard

@PigeonScratch 6 жыл бұрын

I just noticed your comment being on a comment 10 months ago might as well tell you that you are late, thats all.

@archos101bplatinum4 6 жыл бұрын

Ulric Pickar Ok then but just saying was I doing good in this swearing thing for a 6 year old

@coolkid2072 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been hospitalized for 1980s overdose

@sakadabara 4 жыл бұрын

If you're having 80's overdose Call Dr Beat, he's Gloria Estefan friend.

@sosickwitit247 4 жыл бұрын

we've just found out... you are COVID-19 +

@mosespray4510 4 жыл бұрын

I'm immune to 80's overdose. Bring it on!

@andylindsaytunes 3 жыл бұрын

I had to pause the video after that sequence just to shake it off. Brazenly 80s.

@JohnJohnson-fr5cx 3 жыл бұрын

You need a shot of New Coke, straight to the heart!

@drkeikikane 3 жыл бұрын

The machine we had would take the whole sleeve into the machine and spit out the empty sleeve to play the movie. This was such a trip down memory lane. Thank you.

@RichardCyberPunk 2 жыл бұрын

Techmoan, thank you very much for this video. I had never heard before about the VHD format. It was a pleasure to watch this extended video explanation.

@MsHUGSaLOT 7 жыл бұрын

i had no idea vinyl video disks existed.

@Avrelivs_Gold 7 жыл бұрын

nobody knows what technology will be the future something must fail, something must survive

@anonymas825 7 жыл бұрын

in 50 years people will probably ask, why did pc's even exist when OS X is clearly so much better...

@kfcnyancat 7 жыл бұрын

anonymas Linux will overtake Windows if anything

@AndrewNoneya 7 жыл бұрын

kfcnyancat funny joke

@kfcnyancat 7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Noneya An operating system which is only sold on overpriced, locked PCs will not overtake Windows. I don't think Linux will overtake Windows, but it's more likely than OS X.

@ciphermatrix 7 жыл бұрын

4:17 "Price for the player will be $200 less than the laser system" according to Yoda. I guess he had to do something when he was bored on Dagobah. :D Really enjoyable video, that eject mode alone...

@Tekape 2 жыл бұрын

so much work, detail, money and love in one video, amazing quality, appreciate it.

@funjunkyy 5 жыл бұрын

22:05 This is probably the most 80s as it can get.

@MatteoBolpagni 4 жыл бұрын

My moustaches grew in seconds

@troodon1096 2 жыл бұрын

It's more 80's than the 80's.

@forrest225 6 жыл бұрын

That loading and ejection mechanism is wonderful!

@jekyllgaming99 5 жыл бұрын

26:45 Just happened to notice the Victor logo there. Some good history to be told there. The slogan "His Master's Voice" (seen just under the logo) is actually the name of a painting of a dog listening to a cylinder phonograph. In 1899 the painting was bought by the Gramophone Company to be modified and used to advertise the then-new disc gramophone. Their US affiliate company, the Victor Talking Machine Company (which became known as just Victor), decided to adopt it as a trademark. By 1902, this trademark became a simplified drawing of the painting, known as the Nipper logo (after the name of the dog in the painting), which featured on all of the Victor records. The Gramophone Company decided to adopt the trademark themselves in 1909, with most of their vinyls thereafter containing the logo and the phrase "His Master's Voice". Most people then came to recognise the brand by the slogan, and so in 1921, the company opened the first shop branded by this name - HMV. In 1929 RCA bought Victor, becoming RCA Victor. In 1931 RCA created the record company EMI Records Ltd, which would become one of the "big four" record companies, and eventually broke up in 2012. In 1998, the HMV retail chain broke off from EMI to become the HMV Group, what we now know them as today. The events of World War II caused RCA Victor's Japanese subsidiary, the Victor Company of Japan (or JVC) to become it's own independent company, due to the hostilities between Japan and America. To this day, they are still allowed to (and actively use) the Victor name and Nipper logo, as is seen here, but only in Japan. So in a nutshell, HMV, RCA and JVC are all very closely linked, something that surprised me when I first learned about it.

@robturner3065 4 жыл бұрын

Hello young people. FYI they are not vinyls they are records. The medium is vinyl (singular). I have a lot of vinyl. I have a lot of records. I do not have a lot of vinyls. Yours pedantically, Rob.

@richardhall9815 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, that must be where "Volume Large Dog" comes from!

@lunakid12 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You might wish to check out Technology Connection's in-depth series on the CED story, where there's a strong hint that even the close resemblence of JVC's VHD and RCA's format may not be a mere coincidence at all, either.

@mathiasschuchardt7506 4 жыл бұрын

@@robturner3065 great!! 😀 I never knew, that it s also such a problem in the UK....in Germany it's exactly the same, no one cares of language (anymore) 😩

@ZGryphon 4 жыл бұрын

The hidden tragedy in the original painting is that Nipper looks so intrigued because, at the time he was listening to the record, his master had been dead for some time. It was the first time he'd _heard_ his master's voice in a while.

@monetize_this8330 5 жыл бұрын

It's always amazing how good these technologies were for the time. A long playing audio format could have supplanted CD which arrived around the same time. '82

@GiwrgosLiakos 4 жыл бұрын

The quality of your videos is outstanding, a huge thanks for your efforts, this is really top stuff and youtube doesn't get much better than this

@EposVox 6 жыл бұрын

Always fun when I discover a Techmoan video I hadn't seen yet.

@stevenclark2188 7 жыл бұрын

"Disc Lord" yep, Japanese model naming.

@andylindsaytunes 7 жыл бұрын

"Volume large dog"

@ankimotto 7 жыл бұрын

+droid mistranslated ofc, the camera misinterpret Big (大) with Dog (犬) as you can see the kanji is similar with the extra dash on top of it.

@mechanopixel2639 7 жыл бұрын

Actually it just says "Increase Volume", the translator app confused big (大) with dog (犬)

@ChristopherRuthVDO 7 жыл бұрын

"Bonsai" is the cultivation of miniature trees. Perhaps you meant "banzai"?

@BLY99 7 жыл бұрын

+ankomono No, you're completely wrong, bigly wrong. It totally says volume large dog.

@stevemeigh 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for this! I had an arguement with a friend as I remembered this format from tech magazines in '80s but my friend wouldn't believe me... I don't think I found anyone else that had heard of it!... Anyhow, this was very informative and I take my hat off at your passion for keeping equipment like this in use!

@theantilifeequation8150 3 жыл бұрын

I love all this, I love how every company backed their own tech, now days almost everything is standardised. Which is good for convenience and function but no character to them.

@sonykroket 6 жыл бұрын

I love that caddysystem, means you never have to touch the disc with your fingers.

@CRJCrombo 4 жыл бұрын

I am kind of nostalgic for the physical media time, digital distribution kind of killed the whole thing

@theodiscusgaming3909 4 жыл бұрын

@@CRJCrombo on the other hand, we have less e-waste to deal with.

@FinnBaygan 7 жыл бұрын

when laserdisc aint a e s t h e t i c enough ...

@youfoundisaac 7 жыл бұрын

:-( your comment isn't ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣ enough

@IVR02 7 жыл бұрын

N A T I O N A L D I S C L O R D

@CaalamusTube 7 жыл бұрын

．．．ｎｅｉｔｈｅｒｏｆｙｏｕａｒｅｕｓｉｎｇｐｒｏｐｅｒｆｕｌｌｗｉｄｔｈｔｅｘｔ！

@lcrazy8l 7 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly just hearing all of you in RegularCarReviews guy's creepy voice.

@SproutyPottedPlant 7 жыл бұрын

nice font!

@MateoQuixote 2 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you for taking the time (and money) to buy these and show it! It's so fascinating to watch!

@danielalexandre5267 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. I loved vinyl and owned Laserdiscs back in the day (still do) but I never knew this format even existed. This player still looks cool today whether it is on its design or the way it performs.

@LEXMICHDEKAMMERA 7 жыл бұрын

The part about the batteries got me thinking... In 30 years the format of (video) media has changed for a few times. Yet we are still using the same format of AA(A) batteries! Worldwide! Inspiration for a video on the history of battery formats?

@ASilentS 7 жыл бұрын

Damn it Techmoan! Now I have to watch Return of The Jedi, which requires A New Hope and Empire. There goes my night.

@ChowYunMatt 5 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel recently and I can't stop watching. Great work!

@lukey8511 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard of this format until now. Thanks for a great informative video on it. I do remember seeing Laser Disc systems at the shops before they were gone.

@jayemmsea 7 жыл бұрын

That movies sequence is a ready-made vaporwave video

@ProjectGeek1 7 жыл бұрын

What an amazing piece of tech. I love the thought of AV being stored in capacitance!

@U014B 7 жыл бұрын

Is it bad that I legitimately thought you were setting up a rude joke?

@user-rd6vf7xk1x 4 жыл бұрын

Your perseverance is so rewarding! Loved this video!

@adamfletcher4262 7 жыл бұрын

that load and eject mechanism is very interesting

@TV---kn2rl 5 жыл бұрын

19:33 Vaporwavers, someone sample this!

@ITm4n 3 жыл бұрын

Boutta kill this shit I'll lyk

@faslas789 3 жыл бұрын

Ew why’d you say it like that

@ITm4n 3 жыл бұрын

@@faslas789 You weird bro lmao

@MarvinMonroe 2 жыл бұрын

I love everything about this. Also Dragnet was one of my favorite movies back then in 3rd grade (87-88)

@knowthycell 2 жыл бұрын

Die you graduate 1998 like me?

@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Great info! I never even knew that this format existed.. So awesome cracking open a box from so many years ago that had never been opened! Gives a bit of a Time Capsule feel to this!! Thank you for sharing these great videos with all of your wisdom and experience.

@PaperGlazed 7 жыл бұрын

4:16 Is that a quote by Yoda? No wonder Palpatine became emperor, the Jedi Order were too busy providing soundbites for outdated tech.

@maxmustardman298 6 жыл бұрын

ahahaha

@euphoria_7477 7 жыл бұрын

That VHD machine makes the same beep sound as my PS4.

@Simufreund309 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe the PS4 is a VHD player in an other caseing, wich uses smaller discs? Or maybe not.

@BigFatCone 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah... It's the on/off beep. The PS3 has the same one. Thought I recognized it.

@wyvern4588 7 жыл бұрын

Joe Snes Was just going to post that.

@GreenNekoProductions 7 жыл бұрын

Apparently the PS3 (And of course, PS4) was inspired by that beep. Or they used the same speaker out of the VHD player. Or it was just a coincidence.

@DecibelAlex 7 жыл бұрын

I believe many electronics probably have that beep

@NiffirgkcaJ 3 жыл бұрын

The TV's high frequency is quite nostalgic~

@timtoongamer 5 жыл бұрын

The shiny VHD into looked really great. Great video. Always read about this device so happy to see how it operated

@ryanleatigaga7596 6 жыл бұрын

4:11 Wow, they got Yoda himself to decide the price?

@lezzman 5 жыл бұрын

"Pay two hundred dollars less you will."

@Bob3D2000 5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha!

@nameinvalid69 6 жыл бұрын

The protection box mechanism is so COOL! Damn, why isn't that become popular.

@ahujeffrey 3 жыл бұрын

What a treat! This is the best video I've seen on KZfaq in a while. The entire process was fascinating! Thanks so much for your efforts, from an introduction to the formats to ordering and trying to fix the old unit, searching for a stylus, finding new-old stock, collecting some discs, and showing us how they work. Truly nostalgic, although I've never seen one of these. Thanks again. Truly appreciated!

@stopbunsen 9 ай бұрын

This was such an enjoyable video. Amazing seeing untouched stock come to life like that. Had no idea VHD existed until this week. Was only aware of laserdisk. This is one of the most enjoyable videos I've seen lately, so thank you.

@scooterboi8761 7 жыл бұрын

I'd never heard of VHD...thanks for posting.

@fszabika123 6 жыл бұрын

Scooterboi

@ethann_browne 7 жыл бұрын

"Say 'Look, I am your father.' 'Luke, I am your father.' 'Nooooo!'"

@DanielGarcia-yv7fz 7 жыл бұрын

3MJB Studios the laser disc is a mendela effect to me i never heard of this laser disc...and cds never came out in 1982...

@Cernoise 7 жыл бұрын

Ethann Browne my grandma spoke like that, but I never thought of doing that joke. 😊 I love the random Newton eMate in the end scene too.

@Hajduk-Kralj 5 жыл бұрын

That pause comparison of back the future was great. Blu-ray FTW

@veightyone 3 жыл бұрын

as i rewatched this video, as it came up in my youtube feed to play in background as i work, i just realized that's the exact video i got the idea to get a battery tester, which is great quality of life improvement for me, so thank you very much for this part :)

@Dreijer94 7 жыл бұрын

Great jacket, mate. I'm looking forward to see this video.

@himurakenshin101 7 жыл бұрын

came to comment this too! very sharp :)

@richardcrossley5581 5 жыл бұрын

Now living in Asia, I haven't seen VHD, I thoroughly enjoyed learning about a technology I've never heard of. Thx

@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 3 жыл бұрын

You e never heard of THX? 😛

@wannabeetiger 4 жыл бұрын

"I never used a more satisfying eject system!" Lol

@BSDShoes 4 жыл бұрын

I'm blown away by the fact that he found a "brand new" VHD player that sat there since 1987!

@GregLescoe 7 жыл бұрын

Hi there! Professional Japanese-English translator here! It seems that, yeah, Japan kept the original "Revenge of the Jedi" title, given that the word in question (復讐) means "revenge" or "vengeance." Not very Jedi-like, which I guess is why it got changed for the English release!

@GregLescoe 7 жыл бұрын

Gasp! They have since changed the title to ジェダイの帰還, which is much closer to the final English title. It may actually be even more interesting for having received an official release somewhere with the title "Revenge of the Jedi."

@kevwang0712 6 жыл бұрын

Might I add in the Mandarin Chinese translation of the title here in Taiwan, it's called 絕地大反攻, roughly "Return Attack of the Jedi". Sort of sits somewhere between "revenge" and "return"

@tjclt250r 6 жыл бұрын

McFly walks by a bunch of these discs when he gets to the future.....2015......I remember waiting for that day forever and now time has flown by since then...where does it all go

@PGuj 3 жыл бұрын

I am so truly in love with this channel ❤

@hpyle5592 3 жыл бұрын

Somehow your retro videos give me instant nostalgia for things I've never seen before...

@thetinpin 7 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always educational and presented in a way that any modern and/or retro technophile (like myself) as well as curious layperson can appreciate and be wholly entertained by. There is one thing that really sets your content apart from other retrospective style productions however, and that is the inclusion of your battles with the hardware! Your on point analysis of problems (and willingness to dive into oddball/unique systems) speaks volumes about what appears to be your honest interest in what you showcase on this channel, and for that *I salute you!* I truly wish I could afford to throw you a bone (so to speak) on Patreon, but I cannot unfortunately. I can only offer an expression of my gratitude for your work: Thank you for sharing your interests with us all! I believe the old adage "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it" wholly applies to technology, and its good to know that somebody as sharp as yourself has it covered for us!

@Techmoan 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@OAleathaO 7 жыл бұрын

16:13 - "...also got _Back To The Future_ which I have to get on every format just for the sake of it." LOL My favorite movie. I now have it on VHS, DVD & Blu-ray for no rational reason than "just because." :)

@superperfectstranger815 7 жыл бұрын

Aleatha Vogel only a moron buys blu ray its just cheap adobe after effect and dose not magically add non existing pixel

@OAleathaO 7 жыл бұрын

I somewhat agree. However, there are _some_ benefits to Blu-Ray in that the discs do hold alot more data and so you can have more special features, documentaries, film commentaries on one disc. As opposed to some long movies on DVD (_Lawrence of Arabia_ comes to mind) that have to have the movie on one disc and everything else on another disc. Granted this isn't a good enough reason in and of itself to buy a Blu-Ray player and replace all your DVDs with Blu-Rays.

@superperfectstranger815 7 жыл бұрын

Aleatha Vogel Double layered DVD which are blue colored hold as much as blu-ray even though they are used mostly for pc game and pc storage disc some DVD do use it like Titanic

@OAleathaO 7 жыл бұрын

Actually, that is not correct. Dual-layer DVDs hold 8.5GB while single-layer Blu-ray discs hold 25GB. So even if you had a double-sided, dual-layer DVD the max you could store on it would be 17GB which is still less than a single-layer Blu-ray disc.

@ncavefan 7 жыл бұрын

i just bought it on VHS haha i'm old school

@os7692 4 жыл бұрын

You’re my favorite youtuber! Thank you for making content.

@davidkaiza2484 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing presentations, amazing watching to the end and wishing for more.

@RyuHayabusa06 7 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching these videos about technology from the 80s. These machines have a certain charm to them, especially these old Japanese machines that were so high tech at the time. I collect old video game consoles from Japan and it's amazing all the things they came up with.

@richard-riku 5 жыл бұрын

I had both the 4:3 and widescreen versions of back to the future on Laserdisk. You are right that the 4:3 is open matte and has more top/bottom information but the special effects sequences were only done in 16:9. So in those sections of the film the 4:3 disk will be a pan & scan of the 16:9 frame shown in the cinema but for the non-special effects sequences you will see more.

@Cybergothe 3 жыл бұрын

Many Thanks for your videos... all of them are awesome!

@jurjenbos228 Жыл бұрын

The last few minutes of this video alone are worth watching it. How could I have missed that the first time?

@randomunavailable 7 жыл бұрын

Impressed with the quality of this format actually.

@Modenut 7 жыл бұрын

Aaah, the 80s. What a great time it was to be a teenager. =D

@shurd3207 7 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it though? A W E S O M E

@KirbyEnthusiast 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel , bit late watching this one , i always wanted a laser disc in the 1980s but so expensive back then so went down vhs route. never even knew about this format amazing bit of history

@Gappasaurus 4 жыл бұрын

5:07 Wow, looking at the Feb 1985 Billboard video chart sure makes me nostalgically misty-eyed: classic blockbuster movies, celebrity workouts, and topping them all, a long-form music video... that was a great time to be alive 🥰

@MrToradragon 7 жыл бұрын

Funny thing about home video on vinyl is that it was actually proposed maybe in 50's, yet it took so long that it was predated by systems based on tapes.

@zmbdog 5 жыл бұрын

It was actually invented in the 1920s with the Phonovision but playback couldn't be worked out. A few brief recordings (off of TV no less!) still exist.

@HermesMatamoros 7 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU - never heard of this format before Ive seen this video like 4 times because I cant digest it enough...specially when I hear you spent a year to get all the info to create the video...MUCHAS GRACIAS from Costa Rica, I enjoy all your videos madly

@chattyman2711 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is amazing! Love it.

@Amano1423 5 жыл бұрын

watching it's functionalty from the inside of the machine was so satisfying for me , thank you. i subscribed to your channel. :)

@MissMartiniCorsetry 6 жыл бұрын

Loved this! Ive just learned about the laser disc today and then came across this video about about VHD. The way the disc is placed into the player without ever being touched is certainly a novelty. Really enjoyed all the info and showing a brandnew 1987 boxed player! I think I could have watched all the mechanics all day too :)

@TheRokkis 6 жыл бұрын

This was educating, thank you! The way disc is handles is just beautiful! The engineering part of me really appreciates that design, also seeing how kids tend to handle discs (not just kids to be honest) that is something shoulds still be in use.