Forget the 12 days of Christmas, I want this.

What's everyone's thoughts on this? This wasn't the only corrosion, so the VCR must have been stored in a damp environment. I used an extremely mild abrasive to remove any surface marks, and it's polished and working great now. Will corrosion like this continue once it's started?

I love it when devices have secret remote codes that weren't used on the original remote. This Sony SL-2710 responds to eject and the numberpad on the later Sony remotes just fine, despite the remote in came with not having those buttons!

A TV Show from 1976, being played on VCR from late 1976, and shown on a TV from 1976. Sorry for the vertical video, it was the best way to fit the extremely tall TV!

I have never heard it called a "Phone Answerer" before.

Huh, I just assumed Memorex was a fancy sounding name with no meaning.

Decided to dip my toes into using an ultrasonic cleaner on knobs. This was just the cheapest one you can find I got for $10 at the thrift store, but it did a damn impressive job. I'm sold.

I'm an adult, yes, but not a very mature one.

I couldn't resist this for $1, even though I already have too many projects on the go. No info online for the model (BPC2009W) or chassis (CT1928UB), but I think it's early 1970s. Screws never removed, all RCA branded tubes, and it works reasonably well. Still needs some new caps for the linearity.

Definitely needed a good cleaning. Unfortunately the paint is in rough shape, so it's not going to look much better, but at least the 30+ years of garage dirt is gone.

I've wanted one of these for ages. Had to pounce when this came up locally.

Anyone know what this information is stored on the sides of this TV signal? It's recorded from a PayTV channel (WSBK out of Boston) on our local cable in the 90s (present from at least 1993-1996). Not visible at all with overscan on a CRT, but my capture card shows it.

VFD meters are always lovely. Bonus points if anyone recognizes what model VCR this is.

Great for listening to some classic rock, or getting called to the principal's office.

Do you trust your VCR repairman?

A perfectly accurate RDS time signal.

Welp, my Google Pixel 7a experience went from annoying (countless software bugs, locked settings, lack of customization) to shit. Battery died a few times and now it's starting to swell. Guess I need to buy a new phone sooner than planned. This was the first and last Google phone I'll ever buy.

For your perusal - almost an hour of me mucking about with a budget VHS VCR. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHBS...

Printers are in season at the thrift store

I finally figured out why the camera audio on my Pixel 7a is often so muffled. The 2 audio channels are slightly out of phase from each other and I've been converting to mono since the left channel is flaky. Setting the right channel as a mono source seems to fix this. So many bugs with this phone

Dragged home a broken RCA TV from 1976 that has these factory castors on the bottom. One capacitor and one fuse later and it works! Despite the CRT being tired, I really like this TV. RCA FA465B 19" XL100 from 1976

I picked a cheap little 19" LCD TV at a garage sale this weekend, and my expectations were low. But wow, it still surprised me. No deinterlacing on the analog inputs, the worst viewing angle, and it defaults to overscan ON for digital signals (Why do flat panel TVs do this??).

"Is that a hair on the telecine?" "Ah, who cares"

Moistens

Rare doesn't necessarily mean good. But in this case it's something that is (in my opinion) really cool. This Marantz VR-200 is the only Beta VCR they sold and was the only consumer Beta VCR to offer linear stereo. It was made by Sanyo, so probably nothing special performance-wise.

This right here is why I've fallen out of love with new tech. Requiring an internet connection, an app and an account, and putting a dang computer in everything! If I ever need to replace my dishwasher I'll need to make sure I buy a "dumb" one (and not a Bosch). www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_h...

This is the most 1970s calculator I've found to date. It looks like an AMC Gremlin from the same year.

Hyper obsession complete. I have them all except for the cerise/orange one that is super hard to find. I did however find a very neon orange variation instead, that I can't seen to find much info on.

Someone was bored at the thrift store...

I gave some new life to an e-waste record player: youtube.com/watch?v=LJgaSVlinqg

Who says there's nothing good on AM anymore...

Not always, but almost always.

Canadians right now

I thought I got a sweet deal on a Sharp MD-MT832 portable Mini-disc recorder for $7. I've now learned about this little plastic gear that these units use. Plastic gears over metal shafts seems to be a recurring problem with old stuff like this. Plastic shrinks over time and cracks against the metal.

Anyone else into early calculators? I just think they're neat.

There's a special place in hell for whoever at GM thought it was a good idea to automatically turn on the back-up/reverse lights when someone parks their car. Is this person backing out of their spot? No it's just a Chevy full of lies.

Lumitime CL-130 Alarm Clock

New hyper obsession just dropped... The old RCA 45pm records that were colour coded by genre...

It's silly, but for some reason I've been wanting a tube based camera to play around with. However, every single one I've found so far has had an issue. Possibly the tube itself, maybe caps, I honestly know so little about these. This one is GREEN.

Been stuck at home sick...Amused myself yesterday copying a video floating around of someone transmitting SSTV memes, so I tried it on AM broadcast

Anyone else remember Crayola Colors Christmas lights? One of the only times I've ever seen opaque painted mini-lights!

Having some U-matic fun. This Sony VO-2600 VTR is 52 years old and looks great playing a 42 year old recording. Even the massive wired remote still works.

I thought I got a really good deal on some sealed metal tapes for $5. I was then informed I actually got an amazing deal!

This is what happens when i stop buying up all the Titanics.... thrift store overpopulation!

I'm not super experienced when it comes to high ever tape decks, so why not start with one that's notoriously difficult to work on? Got it working reasonably well, just needs a calibration since the bias is all wrong, but the test tapes I ordered are stuck in transit.