The one where I open up a box and find myself in it
A quick Cheese Sandwich Video* in which I demonstrate Blu-ray packaging with a novel twist.
If everything goes to plan, the next video I'm working on will feature a collection of unusual tech that I hope you've all managed to avoid using.
Take care and thank you for all your support.
*A 'cheese sandwich video’ is a simple video that’s exactly what it is and nothing more - just like a cheese sandwich is a sandwich containing cheese.
Comments (35)
"HOLY SH*T!" doesn't even cover it! That's wild. Awesome item there. And the tastiest cheese sandwich ever!
Please review the new Sony headphones model 1000XM3. I am really hoping to find some that are good sound and easy to where. Thanks and best regards.
I’ll try to get to them. I could really do with wearing them a bit more first though. I was originally planning to take them on holiday first.
"I opened a box and found myself in it" Is that Bob Dylan? 🤔
As usual I started to search for DCC in Brazil and curiously I found that sells Scotch DCC tapes. Around £7 each 75 minutes tape, quite expensive. I did not found any player unfortunately.
The new Tool album has that too, I have a copy. Just so you know! Stay safe! Happy to be a Patron of you, i think 3 years already or something?
So now you have an official IMDB entry/credit? :)
I don’t think so. But I suppose it could happen. ‘Eccentric Man - Himself’
I’ve never had a bad cheese sandwich...nor a bad Techmoan video! Awww, our Techmoan is now a bonafide star!!!
That's really weird. I wonder how much this internal player adds to the cost of the package? and while it is cool, it appears to adversely affect how the actual blurays are packaged, which is arguably the most important thing in the box.
oh boy. I sure hope that packaging was very expensive (which it almost certainly will not be) as I dread the amount of e-waste coming from it.
I suppose it’s only e-waste if I throw it away, I plan on hanging on to this. Unfortunately when I’m gone though there will be quite a few things going in a skip. However I’ve saved a few from that fate as well - but then again I’ve had them shipped to me, so that’s a negative, however on the flip side I don’t have any pets or children - and I’ve read that having children is the absolute worst thing anyone can do for the environment (after setting off a dirty bomb or crashing an oil tanker). It’s a confusing situation.
Great packaging, and content. I'm tempted to buy one only to grab the media player inside :-D
Techmoan in a box! (Mrs Techmoan, “About bloody time!” - I jest, of course!) What great packaging, I wonder if any cinema movies ever come like that, it would be a great gift for fans of particular movies. Super, Mat - thanks for sharing that, and in your usual great style!
Alan on YouTube in the comments just linked to these https://video-brochure.com/ - so it looks like movies could do something similar, but I suspect they’d be a bit concerned about sending out an unprotected video file of a film.
When you open an email and it's about a Patreon post about a cheese sandwich video of a documentary that you're part of :-). Thanks for posting, and thanks for all you did to revive the DCC standard. And thanks to Jeremy Heiden who did all that packaging all by hand. That thing costs way more than what you would pay for it.
I know the feeling. Mat did a video last year (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRTLGjWyxTw) including a thingy I sent to him. Entirely understandably, he accepted the disc I offered with no promise to actually make a show including it. When the video popped, I was giddy as a schoolgirl. Mrs T (mentioned in the video) was, as always, happy for me, with only 5% condescension. PS: I wasn't a Patreon at the time, he just took a punt on a random email from an admirer. Brave.
That should win some sort of packaging award - wow!
Having never owned or listened to DCC the format fascinates me (like all odd/past formats). I was and still am into minidisc. I’ve heard many times that DCC had better sound quality. But so glad to be able to experience it through you. I went on to watch the documentary which was really good. I had no idea that the impact of the technology had so much reach.
Out of the box at launch DCC sounded better than MD - but then again the launch version of MD sounded pretty bad. However MD lasted a lot longer so saw more iteration - ATRAC went through many revisions - and the latter ones Type R & Type S should sound pretty much indistinguishable from a CD.
I didn't hear you explain how the video player hardware in the packaging actually works, or was I just not paying attention? - what is under the packaging exactly?
I’d have to rip it open to see more, which would be a bit of a shame. However it’ll just be a small media player.
I’m so happy you got your box, I was excited to be able to make you a personalized presentation, I know you missed the red carpet event in the Netherlands for the premiere, so I wanted to make sure you had your name in a “velvet carpet” for the Blu-ray box set premiere. The deluxe box sets were so fun to design and are also fun to assemble. Thank you techmoan for giving me such an amazing introduction for the movie premiere that I shamelessly feature in our box set lol
It was a brilliant surprise and it's one that's very much appreciated. Well done to you and the team and thanks again.
Quite incredible. Thanks.
Wow, that’s quite nice! I was sort of wondering if we were going to get to the bottom of the whole Schrödinger’s Techmoan question though.
Love it! Congratulations both to you and the producers of a unique project and product.
Brilliant !! Best cheese sandwich ever
I think it is interesting to experiment with physical media more. Most of the physical media for music I have bought recently has been before going to concerts where I expect to meet the artist, for them to autograph something containing that they will perform, usually a single, since I figure showing support for them in the autograph medium makes sense. I know for classical performances at least, physical CD sales are a big deal, especially for soloists. It is not uncommon for someone to have never have heard a soloist perform before seeing them live in this context. It is a common way to leave a tip by buying one of their albums when leaving. However, as the future comes around, that may stop being possible or at least practical.
Love that packaging, amazing how cheap and small the technology is now.
Exactly what I wanted to say ;-)
Wow He has certainly done a lot of work on the design and packaging. Thanks for the preview Matt.
thanks for that review, going to watch the DDC doc this afternoon now :), stay safe and keep smiling
Very interesting video player and that display is brilliant. Need to check out what hardware it uses.
This was worth doing -- that packaging, though. So inventive. It may not change the world, but I appreciate how someone put the thought and time into it.