Have you got Hi8 Video Tapes in your Home Movies or Archive?

Check & see if they are Fuji. They seem to be very susceptible to Tape Mould. This is the third lot in as many months. They bind & grow mould under the spool

Get them Digitised, quickly

These are in particularly bad shape.

PS - my quote of £25 per tape for hand cleaning was apparently “excessive”🤷‍♂️

Tis #TapeBoxTuesday

Complete box of NoS Scotch 3M VCR / VCR-LP Tapes for Philips N1500 N1700 Format c 1975

I wasn’t expecting that Number 264

Ad on FB Market “2 Bags of DVDs. Free”

Ok, it’s 10 mins walk with the dog.

Ah, well that’s a surprise….

Advance Warning!

Back from two weeks in USA

Brace for an onslaught of Stateside Tat

A new record shop has opened in town. Two Flea Markets are off the list, due to blatant racism

Thrift Stores have got even worse - Goodwill, especially. As has ‘tipping culture’, even Mrs AV was annoyed by it

Todays #RetroTech

Philips CD 300 & CD 303

1983/84. Their first drawer loaders. CDM-0 Mech, later ones had CDM-1. 14 Bit

One has LED Time Display, one does not

Lovely sounding. Drawer is a bit ferocious.

The 303 was £450 at launch in ‘83, about £1500 ish today

Don’t all rush at once.

Think Crosley, but with a Liberace Twist

@vwestlife possibility. It’s was very much the style of the time wasn’t it. Geometric shapes n all that

Tis #TapeBoxTuesday

A selection of Philips Dots, who doesn’t love Philips Dots

@Tapewolf correct

How many Reel to Reel Decks are too many? One more won’t hurt, especially as it’s a little tiny one

Todays #RetroTech arrival at AVAV Towers

Homey HR-408A

What’s so special about that? You may well ask. John Tracy used one constantly on Thunderbird 5

Been after a sensibly priced one for ages

Uum, someone had a Cassette and used it to Master a CD?
#NotAClueWhatTheyWereDoing

Latest Software in Chazza

Anyone?

Round up of recent jobs, out n about

Aerial replacement
That’s not the sunshine, its the light reflecting off my shiny head

Sweet old lady struggled with her DAB Radio. Simple as saving R3 on 3 & R4 on 4. She nearly cried, bless her

Cat 6 Network Cabling

Ajax CCTV System

Sky Q Issue

Holy shit, did the phone light up

It’s not you, it’s all of em

My hunch, they found a flaw that pirates were using, applied a patch and it chuffed everything up

Mine showed “Authentication failed” I rebooted, unplugged Ethernet, I could at least watch TV

Sky are still tight lipped this morning

The usual “we are aware some customers experienced issues” blah blah

If yours is still off, they are claiming simple Reboot is now the fix. ie - we’ve rolled back the patch

Good luck

Well that’s a relief

Having been lost for over 10 days by Royal Mail, an old friend has arrived back from repair. Thanks to my buddy Jack & his expertise on these old players

Marantz CD63 - 1984

Based on Philips CD100 with CDM-0 Mech, 14 Bit
Love these, classic design

@LaserdiscTurtle @obsoletemediauk is that Anime too? There is one with a clock face, but I’ve never found any details on it

New Arrival of #RetroTech Old Tat at AVAV Towers

Laser Etched #LaserDisc

Been after one for ages, but they are silly money, this one wasn’t. I’m not an Anime fan either, but all the ones I’m aware of, are

Looks lovely, though it’s hard to photograph.

Before anyone asks, it’s the ‘blank’ side, but it does play a short ‘play other side’ message. Sadly not @LaserdiscTurtle :-)

Anyway, more tat for the collection

@obsoletemediauk

@LaserdiscTurtle you might wanna turn around

Dah bollocks, another one bites the dust

Guess this means speakers & audio kit will now…

Last 3 to 4 years, if you’re lucky

Play an advert every time you turn it on

Play an advert at random, during playback

Harvest data, that will be sold

A feature you like & paid for, will suddenly become subscription only, behind a paywall

Tis #TapeBoxTuesday

Nothing special to look at, but contains a rare find

1” IVC Format Video. Analogue, Helical Scan. 8” Spool offered 1 hour recording. Spool is dated 1973

I seem to remember reading International Video Corporation was founded by a group of former AMPEX employees