Patreon Update - Nov '19 - Part 2 (VIDEO EDITION)

The Sony CRV I saw in OB Scanners and were used at sports events to provide good quality slo-mo replays of goals etc where VT tape usually induced frame roll when the speed of replay was reduced. They became redundant when solid state video processing took over.

I almost brought a box of those recordable laserdiscs about a dozen years ago on a local New Zealand site as a purely collectable item. So I guess they were used over in this part of the world as well.

I hope you copyrighted the OddCast name, someone will steal it . I saw those WORM drives used for data backup many years ago when I used to frequent server rooms, never seen the broadcast side.

We used the Sony CRV disks and players in BBC News for many years. An early "virtual studio" was created for the main BBC News from '93 to '99 and this comprised pre-rendered graphics played from CRV laserdisc synchronised to a Charisma digital video effects device to do moves and shrink picture elements. Here is a link to the closing titles where you can see the real elements once the lights are faded down: https://youtu.be/CakSRE8WOPw - see also https://www.desandmick.co.uk/television/bbcnews/ - My work notes show that we used CRV in the big news studio TC7 certainly until late 2001 for titles, for example Newsround. It quite likely ran all titles that came out of this studio for example Breakfast, Working Lunch, Newsround, Newsnight. Two machines ran in sync - one for video ,the other "key" if required (although I think the "key" video was by this time running from a hard disk based system). I have a photo from 2004 showing two monitors in the gallery labelled "laser 1" and "laser 2" although again one definitely wasn't a laser disk and both may have been redundant at this time.

So many comments, so I may be repeating what’s already been said, but Alec from Technology Connections will help you with the CRV thingamabob. ;)

Love these ( and all your videos), feels like I've popped round to see a mate for a catch up someone is bound to have mentioned it, but have you considered chatting with Clive to see if there's anything he could do to 'clean up' the output on the Ryobi, as your planned usage makes perfect sense in helping with future videos. Seems a shame to just write it off if it'll take the big man a half hour to sort ( and he gets a crosslinked video with you too )

Also, I'm from Israel and have never seen anything here regarding record lathes (ads nor stuff in record stores or record fairs, and this is a pretty tight community here). If you have links you want me to check out, or google stuff for you in Hebrew, feel free to message me.

Dennis Moore Dennis Moore, dum dum dum dum dum

"Without any further ado, let's get on with it." ... Followed by a lot of ado contemplating the phrase "without further ado"...

I've got another real-world application for you for the Sony WORM disc you teased. The Tampa Bay Bucs used these. I have a friend who runs the music and video for the Bucs and from '94 to '97 he says they used these disc to play video and stills on the Jumbotron in the stadium. There is one guy who is the common denominator for all of this. His name is Chris Clark and he worked for both MOR Music TV and the Bucs. I've lost track of him through the years but I thought you'd like another example of a real world application for these WORM discs.

I'm feeling rather left out I've not seen these "Alan Moore" adverts, despite being in the UK! Wasn't Alan Moore also the name of Richard Beckinsale's character in Rising Damp? On the subject of adverts, one issue I have is that my iPad is very old (2013) and won't update any further than iOS 9. I was the one who suggested a playlist for these Pat-ex videos, as I can't get the Patreon app working on the iPad. Presumably also due to this, adverts often cause YouTube to crash, necessitating a restart. It'll crash just before the puppet segments, for example. Might have to bite the bullet ask that nice Father Christmas for a new iPad...

Yep, I copped one of those "Alan Moore" ads. Against my better judgement, I decided to search for reviews on that X One phone. The only reviews I could find were on really sketchy looking websites, all of which just happened to offer a 50% discount on said phone. Meanwhile, people that actually bought the phone (and/or the drone) are posting elsewhere to complain that they never received their goods. If only YouTube was as good at pulling dodgy ads as they are at sniffing out alleged copyright infringement.

I DEMAND a puppet poorly written Chinese advert skit on them leaving the show to create a higher quality product !!! /s Btw that's some comfy looking carpet you got there. Also the more I hear about YouTube and the noticable changes the creators are seeing the more I feel that the best times on the platform are behind us.

Hi Mat. Great update. Was wondering if there is a link to last Kickstarter one you showed please (the turntable that could be read from below). That looked interesting. Recordable laserdisc look forward to that video

I feel I really need to complement you on absolute EPIC length of the shag carpeting that was shown in the photos of the disc-player. I'm pretty sure I've never seen any that plush before. Love it. Really enjoy these updates and if I see any "mistakes" in future videos I'll be sure to shout them out to you. Cheers!

I too enjoy the "Cheese Sandwich" videos. I also demand to know how you can be so ironic and funny on a channel that is about things that should be dry and boring, but are not. I remember you describing a piece of equipment that was not working at the moment as "pinning for the fjords". That was worth the price of admission as we say in the US.

I have to admit I watched all the way through the Alan Moore video and almost fell for it. There appeared to be a few clever references to things like Apple throttling back performance in older phones which made it seem quite credible. Having seen that it makes it easier to understand how people fall for the "Unlock your pension" scams which in my case go straight from the envelope into the shredder. p.s I wonder if Technolgy Connections knows anything about the Recordable Laserdisc.

I really like the longer videos they are a big part of why I am a patron.

I was looking at the thumbnail for the 45 / LP video. It's a little confusing to me, even though I know what it's about. It looks like "FORMAT WAR 1949 8845 vs LP". You may want to change, and maybe simplify it a bit.

So the Alan Moore that I like (the comic book fellow) is now associated with youtube commercials. That's both funny and sad. I have a premium youtube subscription (as part of a family membership plan) so I don't see ads. Did not realize they were becoming the lengthy epics as you've shown here. I can see why people in the comments get upset about ads. That said, viewers have a sense of entitlement to the content. Just like how some demand that you always put out 40 minute videos all the time for their enjoyment, as you pointed out. Instant gratification and all that. There's no thought to the work that has to put in. Speaking of which, sorry to hear the 45 vs. LP video drove you mad. But it was a great episode! Losing your mind for the rest of us.

Your explanation of making Cheese Sandwich videos so that you can make the longer ones is a bit like car companies and their “halo” cars. The only reason Porsche can make all manner of 911 GT2s & GT3s etc is because they sell a truckload on boring Cayenne SUVs. Or why Toyota brought out the bonkers Lexus LFA a few years back, never would of happened unless millions of dull people bought Corollas. So to me your long form things are your “halo” video and they are exactly the ones I tell people about.

Please take this video down! I’m getting death threats! Nelly Forbush

I've never seen those adverts...I have seen all the spam that seems to be talking about the same thing though (repeatedly).

Alan Moore, Alan Moore riding through the land...Alan Moore, Alan Moore without a merry band...he steals from the poor and gives to the rich...stupid bitch. :)

The recordable laserdisc you show off here looks (superficially) like something that was once frequently used in banking as a write-once data storage medium. We called them WORM Platters; I'm not sure if there was a more proper name for them or not. When properly connected to a computer system, the drive the platters load into appears as an external SCSI hard drive. LGR covered WORM disks at one point, and these platters were essentially just larger versions of that. If you open the metal cover and see the disc surface, it should look very much like a DVD-RAM disc does, and all three work on a similar principle, the difference being DVD-RAM were rewritable and the others were not. I'm curious now if the recordable laserdisc and this 12" WORM platter were in fact the same thing.

I love this man and his videos. ❤

not sure if you planned to sell store or chuck the lazer disc recorder/pc but I am wondering if anyone on the retro boards like sega ages or atari would want to check it out. There have been hybrid lazerdisc/video game systems that are niche, makes me wonder if getting your hands on new old stock of htose blanks, plus that kit, would mean limited runs of reprints or even NEW games for those old systems... I know you said the discs can't be dropped into a standard player.. but.. these folks can be damn brilliant and might find a way to burn it to a specific format... anyhow.. just a thought. :) Would be funny to have you help be the father of a laserinteractive revival..haha

Regarding those low quality ads you're seeing, the Youtube channel Tantacrul recently did a video on that exact type of "corporate" music and why it's so soulless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIxY_Y9TGWI

OMG. Yes, I know about those recordable discs. In the mid 90's I worked for MOR Music TV. It was a satellite/cable channel in the USA based out of Tampa Bay, Florida. MOR Music TV played music videos and had a toll free number you could call to order the CD. It was kinda like a combination between MTV and the Home Shopping Network. There is a Wiki page about the channel but it's very short. The videos that channel played were recorded on those recordable laser discs! I believe we had a bank of 6 playback decks. The technician running the thing would be prompted to insert the correct disc into the machine for a song which was scheduled to play. When it was done, it would either eject the disc to make room for the next or keep it in the machine if there was another video coming up from the same disc. Since a lot of the promos between the songs came from one disc, that one usually stated in a player for a long time. The music was scheduled just like a radio station. I did audio production for the company since we replaced all of the audio provided on the original videos with cleaner copies from CD's. The company went belly-up because they couldn't get picked up by cable companies and about the only people watching it were those who had a satellite dish and who lived in VERY remote places where going to the record store was an all day affair, such as Alaska.

Even though the Ryobi inverter video sounds like it became a nightmare for you, I am so glad you made it, because youtube is nearly devoid of any videos that are quite that intelligent as far as the puppet outro and the timing. And you even sacrificed the extra revenue to stay genuine to the sub-10 minute time cutoff. It also served as a reminder to us, that a pure sine inverter is critical for electronics - a lot of folks out there will now know where the hum is coming from and why.

I'll continue to watch all your videos regardless of length, because I just can't get enough of obscure audio formats, hi-fi oddities, and puppets. I say keep up the good work, and thanks for doing these chats as well. -Alan Moore

I actually like the really boring dull guy who needs to have a lie down, he was very relaxing to watch! Also, please consider petting that cat!

"I demand to know why you reuploaded the video!" - now I know why you designed the Moans like you did. There are crazy people outside... :D

I like the idea of short videos and was absolutely stunned when the long 49 record war video came out. That was as good as any high budget TV production and the information was so densly packed, that not one second was wasted on rambling or repeating information. If you lower your "video output rate", bearing in mind you are still a one-man show after all, I would NOT lower or withdraw any of my patreon support. In fact I think your video output rate is quite high.

Only chronic complainers complain...others give constructive criticism...personally I enjoyed the Ryobi inverter one...kept me from buying one.

The "giant floppy thing" kind av recordable media was very interesting. I am hoping to see more of that:-)

Another Camera Conspiracy fan. Way to go.

Good morning, Mat! Just wanted to say i love your videos, even the "cheap" ones. I get excited every time i get a notification for you. Keep doin' what you do! Cheers from the US.

I enjoyed the second part thanks for making it. Plus thank you for link about Square Off Neo that idea did interest me but like you would want something smaller

These chats are always a treat!

I always love the cheese sandwiches. Just as there isn’t time to make 40 minute videos every time, there isn’t time to watch 40 minute videos every time. Sometimes it is great to get a straightforward, quick video and then get on with your day. They are a little spark to the day.

OK I am at 1:15. The box has "LVM" written on it. Could this be "Laser Video Megadisk" or something? I have seen those before but in a case that was thinner than this.