Update - May 2019 (Patreon Exclusive) VIDEO Version

People suggesting VHS HiFi as a topic? Guilty as charged. Feel suitably embarrassed :/

Hi Mat, about the muppet behind-the-scenes thing; I just wanted to mention that I recently started watching Defunctland/DefunctTV's short series on Jim Henson's muppets and I have to say, far from 'ruining' the muppets or Sesame St for me, it's made me appreciate the technical feats of puppets on video even more. So, I hope at some point you reconsider doing a behind-the-scenes bit yourself—people can always choose not to watch it in any case.

"Did not peel it slow enough" you say? I can somewhat understand the satisfaction some people get by peeling or watching someone peel of the plastic of brand new stuff. Here is me peeling off my 75" Samsung UHD TV (NU8005). I hope it is slow enough for that someone ;) https://photos.app.goo.gl/39nTCGXd4XDf3PD1A

I sometimes wake up in my own home and don't know where I am, so don't feel so bad.

So, here's what's printed on the „Bildplatte“ shown at 21:45: Siberia — Faces and Landscapes — Episode 2 — Where Computers Raise the Treasure Siberia – the land of icy colds and long polar nichts. Dostojewski called it the „house of the dead“. A pain-filled trauma of the banished and imprisoned. What is Siberia today? How does its future look like? — A German-Soviet TV crew traveled 40 000 kilometers in the icy winter and mosquito-plagued summer — to find answers to these questions, on the search for the true Siberia. The second film of the seven-part Siberia series shows how Siberia was re-discovered and re-developed after Stalin's death. Just 20 years ago, soviet scientist thought that Siberia's riches consisted only of wood and fur bearing animals. Today, it's known that Siberia holds the most extensive natural resources in the world. Scientists from Akademgorodok – the think tank next to Nowosibirsk – document that.

Finally found two 12" CD Video discs, predictably stuck in with the vinyl, in a charity shop. My Pioneer LDV-4300 (I think) will only play the sound. Bad purchase, that machine. As far as I'm aware, the "LD" of the model number does indeed mean it plays LaserDiscs and LaserDiscs only. The tray is only recessed for 12" and 8" discs. I wonder if you're going on the same cruise as my mother? Mediterranean one next week. Same company, I think. She hasn't been away since 1973! Have a good time!

The Osmo Action really interests me as GoPro have irritated me recently with their inability to keep stock of the audio input accessory (I broke mine - anyway). Have you attempted to plug external audio in to it? The stabilised 4K footage looks superb, easily as good as my Hero 5 in 2.7k mode.

I pronounce STUZZI "DAH"! You see, in my house, the S-T-U-Z-Z-I is silent. ;-) Have a nice vacation.

Hope you have a good break Mat and come back rested.

Nice to have the video as well Mat! Thanks :D

Mat, have you considered giving in to clickbait titles and thumbnails? I feel like a change in the algorithm at Youtube might be the cause of your recent ratings drop . The content is better than ever. Alex has those funny faces in his thumbnails. Puppets ??

Chapter 5 best chapter :P Also love the selected frames to freeze on :P I think the jump cuts made a good end result for the video. Obviously can't tell what's missing, but the end result flowed well and I assume the editing burden is fairly light. The YouTube copyright matching is a lousy system, but the best we have? It at least means that YouTube exists I guess so that's better than otherwise, but I mourned the lack of ad revenue for fish and chips last time and £20 is like three meals of it so yeah. Don't know why they get that £20 for a month after not responding. Looking forward to your videos during your vacation. Have a good time :)

I never understood the "stealing an idea" crap. I can watch three or four different people cover the same topic and each will approach it from a different direction. Technology Connections covers more history and hidden side, you generally cover the front end and how it looks/sounds/works, 8-bit guy and LGR have different perspectives as well. I love seeing the same topic covered by multiple people for the different perspectives and information. People should not dismiss "duplicate" videos so quickly. I've seen so many people make a simple wood working pane in such a variety of different ways.

Thanks for not showing the muppets behind the scenes. Speaking of your muppets, I have worn the T-shirt to Epcot several times and received many positive comments. "Like The Muppets". "Nice Muppets". "Like the shirt". It is fun to wear. Cheers.

Thank you for the video version!

The "Picture disk" titled "SIBIRIEN" (Siberia) seems to be a documentary on how to use computers to discover hidden "treasures" (wheres "treasures" is meant in the sense of historically valuable items). The first one titled "Die Bildplatte" is a demo disk, indeed. "A new media introduces itself. A presentation of the system to our sales partners." I'm a native German speaker - so if you need translations from old German texts or audio, I could offer you some help ;-)

i dont know if this is any help but here is 3 HIPAC tapes i think https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Tapes-same-size-as-Playtape-shipping-fee-to-US-10-00-For-Univox-effecter-/283492679675?oid=283450006040

I actually like hearing people complain... I do it a lot myself.

Let me put a marker down: I have no need to see a "behind the scenes" video. I like the scenes just as they are and have no need to see what's behind them. Also, no more talk about how great it would be to be killed on your bike, please. And I also very much appreciated the jump cut during the part where you said you weren't going to have to cut much. :-) Have a great trip!

On behind the scenes: I love knowing how things are done, but I also like to suspend my disbelief. Over time I have sort of wired myself to turn off those thoughts while I watch something. However, I definitely respect the dedication to not ruin it for those who cannot. After all I am sure there are plenty of resources on how puppets like yours are handled and used.

Veritasium just posted a great video about Youtube analytics, views vs. subs, and that sort of thing. I think it might be of interest as I kept thinking about your analytics updates while watching it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHsa9DqmId8

I don't think your Amazon link works https://amzn.to/2HTy394

Which puppets? Are you referring to that green bloke in the end sometimes? Yeah, he looks a bit odd, but that's nothing to do with you right!?

Can we get a hologram of you for the DCC event on the 22nd and 23rd of June? :-) Enjoy your trip!

Nice catchup, Mat. Always interesting. Bit worried about the lack of pension. If you want to take a few shows from Sky on your cruise, grab as many episodes of 'Chernobyl' as you can. That is going to win awards, trust me! Have a great holiday, both of you. S.

Sorry but you pronounced 'pronounciation' incorrectly. This nearly caused me to lose my latté whilst listening, so could you re-record that bit, please?

Good catchup Mat. I love riding my motorbike, keep enjoying yours👍. Great tip with the Hyperdrive - that’ll be ordered shortly. Have a great holiday.

Interesting update - thank you. Have a good cruise! What's the difference between a Ship and a Boat? Apparently, the only actual definition is that you can carry a boat on a ship (as in a lifeboat or tender), but never a ship on a boat. Of course, all Submarines are boats, not ships. ....

I just love your humor. "Even if I drop dead tomorrow it'll look like I was alive for a month" - brillant!

Nice video again. I like these. I don't understand why exactly, but I do :) About the 'Stuzzi'-name.. That might be a tough one. Stuzzi as a company was based in Vienna (i think?). The main spoken language there is a dialect derived from German ('Weinerisch'), but languages like Italian are also spoken in and around Vienna. In German I would suspect it to be pronounced 'Shtoo-zee'. In Italian it would be more like 'Stoo-tsi'.

Mat, if you need any help setting up the new website, please let me know. I'll be more then happy to help.

I thought that all automatic motorcycles would have had a kickstart as a backup.

Thanks Mat. Have a good holiday! Bon Voyage :)

Stuzzi is pronounced "shtoodsee" -(sh like in shoe) - and the "oo" is quick, so like "stood see" but with an "sh" sound in the front. I hope I did not confuse you. I am not Austrian but German but as the Austrians do speak kind of German I hope I could help ;-)

EXCELLENT idea to bring content with you on an external drive before your holiday. Cruise ships advertise WiFi, but it is rubbish and not remotely useful (not even for email and certainly not for video), so best to have your content already on a local device.

Regarding views and so forth, Veritasium just put out a great video on this topic, click through rates, and how YouTubers are constantly trying to chase the algorithm. It might explain the plateau you find yourself on. Enjoy your holiday, Mat!

That word you are wanting help pronouncing, can you spell it out somewhere? I'm not even sure what the heck that is. I do know what you are talking about. It's weird. It seems that a few times each year I pronounce a word wrong in a video. The reason this often happens is because it is a word I have read in books or on websites hundreds of times but ironically I've never heard anyone pronounce the word before, because it isn't a word used a lot in regular conversation. So, however I first pronounced it in my head many years ago is how i've always imagined it. I know this has happened many times but the only example I can think of at the moment was when I was demonstrating a keyboard and used the word "vibrato." I assumed it was pronounced like the word "vibration" since they are similar in meaning. I don't know why, but in my 43 years on this planet, I had never heard anyone say that word before in person or on TV or anything. So, when I said it that way in the video, boy did the comments go nuts over it.

The flexidisc vid in a seperate comment:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WXIIwTytGY (Could be coincidence but I notice Patreon tends to remove comments wuith links in them)

Hey Mat, Thanks for this, as I've said before I personally love the hour-ish videos. I'm actually sad when I see the cuts as I like your little asides, gripes and observations. It shows you are human and i honestly don't view them as "negative" at all, purely opinion to take on board or move on from. I'm baffled people keep griping with them themselves (which in itself is ironic??) I'm sure i'm not alone in pledging money to these videos as I like what you say, the way you say it, as well as the main focus of the channel which is the tech. There's plenty of tech channels out there but only one with your style. I look forward to these as well as your main videos and odd as you might find it, they truly are a highlight or my week and a talking point between me and my friends. As for Flexidisc, you may have put that to bed but Ben over at Oddity DID get one to (mostly) play albeit in only one device. Something to bear in mind should you choose to revisit it. My advice is never EVER delete your old or unused footrage, even though I know this conflicts the perfectionist in you. Most of all, have a lovely holiday and a well earned rest :-)

“Why do you have the chairs on the ceiling when the ship capsizes?” “Balls to this, I may as well delete my movie studio!” XD

I know you mention the puppets in the video, I wonder if you’d see the history of the Muppets that Keven Perjurer has been releasing recently, the first three are available now at the Defunctland YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/BVoGf1JTVeI https://youtu.be/1_eOs_CSVas https://youtu.be/P5jJQ2IeDvE I though you might enjoy it, if you haven’t see it yet.

Your comments on how people are obsessed with commenting on pronunciation remind me of the concept of "bike-shedding", or as the Wikipedia page is called, "Law of triviality". The name comes from an example of a financing committee meeting where there are two items on the agenda - financing for a 10 million dollar construction project, and a new bike shed for the office. The construction project is way over everyone's head to comment on, so they just approve it. The bike shed, OTOH, that's simple so everyone has a comment on that, and the meeting spends an hour deciding what color to paint it. YouTube commenters have a need to write SOMETHING, just ANYTHING, and if they have no input on a topic of an obscure media format they never even heard of, well at least they know how to pronounce a word, and are going to let you know it!

Have a good holiday, and I for one will be watching. I'm also glad I'm not the only one who assembles a pile of techie stuff especially for a holiday. But do you then look blank when your wife asks if you have enough pairs of socks with no holes ? :)

Oh, and I just want chime in there: I vastly prefer the video version, I never understood the fascination with audio books, my mind wanders off immediately, "Talking with someone in person" is always nicer.

Funny you mention the DVD vending machine, I think I’ve only see one, but it was in Manchester, at Piccadilly station. It was either in the foyer next to the taxi rank (and Metrolink outgoing platform (when their was one platform out) or on the Mezzanine level in that area next to the small Smiths (where the 3 ticket machine are now), so they did get to the north, but not for long.

Hi Matt, just letting you know that the url is not working.

I am not sure if 200.000 views on a video qualifies as "Nobody is watching" actually.