Movies on Vinyl - VHD The forgotten 1980s Videodisc

[@Techmoan]

Follow up videos VHD in the UK: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHyvqHStfsuNipY VHD in the USA: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWm9pWmZd8SBhrc

[@Cybertron-cs7sk]

Dude amazing video I couldn't believe you found a bran new machine 30 plus years old wow! A little tlc and off you go, it makes you appreciate how far we have come when watching 4k HDR! Love your work x

[@PCFixer]

@@Cybertron-cs7sk We NEED more repairable technology like this. RIGHT TO REPAIR!

[@Scudmaster11]

wind or wind

[@GearSounds]

I make gear videos of the musical type and your videos give me a warm joy inside. You bring much happiness to the world with your love of tech!

[@Slavicplayer251]

where did you get that battery checker?

[@MohammedMuaawia]

It's crazy how even the most obsolete and obscure technologies have such interesting stories and ingenious design behind them.

[@JohnDoe-gm5qr]

I video on a vinyl disc would be a really odd thing. It is odd things like that I have never known exist until today.

[@gwernette5971]

Did you know this existed? www.totalrewind.org/cameras/C_PXL2.htm It had terrible black and white quality, but I knew a couple of poor college students who used it to story-board their Cinema Film classes.

[@brig.4398]

Where can you find VHD? and the machines were Junk.

[@fixman88]

@G Wernette Ben on the Oddity Archive channel has one and has done videos about it.

[@XmarkedSpot]

G Wernette I didn't. Thanks!

[@BunnyRaptor]

Techmoan must be one of the only you tubers who are determined enough to spend months putting together videos.

[@dragonbutt]

Hes probably eligible for some kind of civil award for not only preserving history, but displaying the devices.

[@chrysanth.5700]

Funny Bunny Not even just months. A year on this one. A year dedicated to VHD in some capacity. It has inspired me to start the process of hunting down a Laserdisc player.

[@Virtualskyhomestead]

I know how this feels. I used to enjoy film photography when I was younger. But, when digital cameras appeared, I mistakenly left film photography behind. Recently, I rediscovered it and enjoy it even more. Now, I'm determined to save as many of those in-expensive point-and-shoot and plastic film cameras that make their way across my path. I'd hate to see them all vanish from existence. Techmoan must have inspired me in some way. ;o)

[@alangjr93]

Honestly, I'm only 23 so I wasn't even born for any of this stuff. I find it fascinating personally.

[@wright96d]

Where do you get them developed?

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

it is amazing how rapidly home cinema tech has evolved. My parents bought films on 8mm in the late 70s, then we got VHS in the 80s, then LaserDisc in the 90s, then I became an early adopter of DVD (importing a player from Japan), again blown away by MPEG2, and then blow away completely when Bluray arrived in the 2000s, and I could have 2K digital cinema at home! And here we are today with 4K Blurays and digital cinema now possible in our homes, in many ways superior to a multiplex cinema presentations. In relative screen size and viewing distance terms, my home cinema provides a bigger screen than my local multiplex, and better sound. All this in the space of 40 years. We really are spoilt!

[@Poppin_Wabbits]

now consider at any time consumer electronics technology is 15 years or more behind the actual technology that is available. in 2020, 8k displays are now becoming more available to consumers and about 10 years ago I saw a 10k display from SHARP being demonstrated at an electronics show.

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

@@electrictroy2010 I moved to LaserDisc from VHS in the early 90s, mainly to get the letterboxed format which didn't catch on for VHS for a while. I was an early adopter of projectors too, my first one was just 640x480 resolution. That would be stamp size now compared to what we have today. I've spent tens of thousands over the years on my home entertainment system, but personally I don't mind that as I love gadgets and technology. Some people spend a lto of money on food or clothes, me, it's home theater.

[@estherastudillo8647]

You are a privileged person .

[@indiana2096]

It took less than 60 years to go from first flight to landing on the moon. Moving pictures have been around for a bit over 100, imagine where we will be in 10 or 20 more years!

[@Poppin_Wabbits]

I get such satisfaction from even just watching old, untouched stock being unboxed and put into action. There is something so amazing about seeing it brand new and functioning exactly as intended. It is like time traveling and owning a piece of that time.

[@knowthycell]

Never thought about it that way human

[@retroryan838]

It kind of hurts seeing something in its wrap so long being opened. If something has been wrapped for so long, you shouldn’t open it because it’s very rare. When he tore the wrap on that movie, I felt nervous for a second. I also hoped he didn’t throw out those old batteries because they don’t make them anymore and they weren’t corroded.

[@Cami454.g]

​@retroryan838 bruh who cares about old batteries

[@noodle_Cx]

​@@retroryan838 old batteries are dangerous, they have a lifespan, the chemicals inside batteries decay

[@kennylauderdale_en]

DISC LORD sounds like a boss name for an 80's Atari Game.

[@eggroll8984]

Oh hey it's Kenny.

[@damnyousalazar]

It's what the N64 called the Playstation.

[@lillithyukiutacrow2532]

@@damnyousalazar speaking of the ps1 also sounds a bit like a rejected name from ff7

[@damnyousalazar]

@@lillithyukiutacrow2532 I was thinking Monster Rancher, but that works too.

[@Dicker296]

It's Laundry Day!!

[@thewave-qz9lt]

the japanese covers for these movies are gorgeous.

[@praveensharma9893]

t h e w a v e 1999 they're old, they're lame.

[@JakeG59]

Praveen Sharma with that logic your parents must be the same.

[@praveensharma9893]

Stalker Of Pripyat they're middle aged mate. Not old. Covers still lame

[@praveensharma9893]

BilisNegra eh Great, let's just act like idiots and do the dumbass "Yeah 80s new wave (wears sunglasses)" thing again because we can't make new shit. Yeah I am a kid, with better things to do than adore some old ass random poster.

[@xXxJSCOTTxXx]

That is one of the most ignorant and pretentious arguments I've ever heard. Give yourself 30 years to grow and after that, see if you find everything you have experienced in those years "old and lame"... "Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it." At the very least, have the slightest respect for people who have put energy into furthering humanity's understanding. Now, I'm finished with you. I will not be drawn into an internet argument with someone who is quite obviously incapable of mature, rational thought. Come back when you have body hair and we'll see if your mind has grown as well...

[@victorengland899]

You can tell that this guy truly loves what he does. He took over a year to put this film together. Shopping around, getting stuff from Japan... It's not just for the views. He really likes it.

[@aotang777]

音量大 = volume up 音量犬 = volume dog I guess this translation app didn’t recognize the difference between 大 and 犬. 大=large. 犬=dog.

[@666marq]

Eiffel Tower & Eiffel Tower with a Big Bird

[@Ultranothing]

That's weird. I thought it looked like updog.

[@alfredo42o]

Ultranothing whats that?

[@cwookdev]

@@alfredo42o ligma

[@aabb-zz9uw]

Many people don't recognise the difference between dae(large) and gyeon(dog). I like some large dogs such as german shepherd and golden retriever

[@ZaneDaMagicPufferDragon]

I also love how you are literally willing to take years if necessary to make a better version of a video rather than just putting out what you have and then having to possibly make multiple follow up videos. But instead you choose to wait until you can make a better video and I must say Thank You for taking the time to make a better product and choosing Quality over Quantity!!!! I can't get enough of your longer videos simply because they contain the most beautiful and bizarre technology's from the past and are now on KZbin for the entire world to enjoy forever!!! Thank You for Archiving some of the worlds most amazing dead technology's in one convenient location!!!

[@bigclivedotcom]

That was a fantastic video. Thanks for taking the time to put that together.

[@theoldaccidontuseanymore696]

Hey Clive!

[@DarrenTS13]

BIG CLIVE!!

[@izzard]

Seeing "brand new" old stock unboxed is like a time capsule; I get that heart-flutter like I've just spent a tonne on modern consumer electronics.

[@fixman88]

bigclivedotcom It was amazing to see one of these units NIB; I had no idea you could find something that rare these days!

[@burkezillar]

KZbin is eating itself. Big Clive watches Techmoan, who helps out 8 Bit Guy, who then does some stuff with Nostalgia Nerd. At some point Big Clive will end up on a PewDiePie video by twatting him for being a giant racist. The internet will rejoice in Big Clive's contribution to society, PewDiePie retreats to the gutter, making a living of selling cigarette butts to other homeless people.

[@stormwatcher1299]

Your videos about obsolete technology are fascinating.

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

"It's not Dolby Digital." No shit, Sherlock!

[@QuantumRift]

Obsolete? I still use my Hitachi CED system... I can lay all 25 of the movies have anytime I want!

[@RamonAlfonsoOMAR]

Obsolete?, not on the contrary ;very innovative and the power of ingenuity

[@treystephens4490]

@@RamonAlfonsoOMAR unfortunately people don't value things of the past.

[@BillClinton228]

Yeah but.... what's for tea?

[@its4it]

"Watching this might give you a 1980's overdose." Nothing wrong with that. The 1980's was one of my two favorite decades, with the 1970's being the other.

[@GoldenKingStudio]

Japan really often seems like an alternate reality. Arcades, Laser Discs, all sorts of stuff that died in the west.

[@3DJapan]

Except that doesn't exist.

[@alswo9628]

And those alternative movie titles. For example, Frozen is "Anna and the Snow Queen" in Japan.

[@pancudowny]

GoldenKingStudio I myself have said "If you want to see a living example of a culture that developed due to the influence of alien interaction, look at modern-day Japan.".

[@beyondbeyond1965]

+Conscience Pending I disagree. Japan is a completely different market with different interests. They still practice throwing old technology away, just different old technology.

[@Longlius]

Japan still uses fax machines. Enough said.

[@Nostalgianerd]

Thoroughly enjoyable video. Something about these obscure formats which I find incredibly enthralling.

[@archos101bplatinum4]

Fuck off nobody wants u here

[@PigeonScratch]

a little bit late to comment aren't you mate?

[@archos101bplatinum4]

Ulric Pickar bitch who said u can join in you fucktard

[@PigeonScratch]

I just noticed your comment being on a comment 10 months ago might as well tell you that you are late, thats all.

[@archos101bplatinum4]

Ulric Pickar Ok then but just saying was I doing good in this swearing thing for a 6 year old

[@itxofficial8281]

16:13 "I've also got Back to the Future, as you have to get it on every format just for the sake of it." - You're my man

[@bennylofgren3208]

Manuel J. Are you Manuel J. Fox, Michael's lesser known brother? :-)

[@itxofficial8281]

OMG I wish I was!!!!! ;-)

[@BigAL68xyz]

Deleted scene from Men in Black: "You see this? High-capacity recording medium. It's going to replace the bluray disc. Means I'll have to buy Back to the Future again."

[@Verdoux007]

There are two things I own in multiple formats. The first one is the Back to the Future trilogy and the second one is the White Album. :)

[@joeblow6037]

My middle school had a laser disc player. It was the early 90's and I was in the 6th grade when I found it. During rainy day lunch periods, myself and a few friends would go see how far into "back to the future" we could get before class started. It was my only experience with the laser disc, but it really opened my eyes to vhs alternatives and the possibilities of video quality. Here I am now, with my windows 10 laptop, 4k apple TV, and a 4kUHD bluray player hooked up to my large 4k television. I like the future so far, but i'd still love an old laser disc player and a copy of back to the future for those rainy days.

[@indiana2096]

My first experience with LD players was in the early 80s at the mall, there was a "fancy" store that sold LD players and discs, the Big Projection TVs along with the top-of-the-line VHS players and the quite expensive (as compared to later) VHS tapes. They always had a LD playing on some of the display models, I would go in and spend hours there. They never gave me a hard time; my mother spent a ton of money buying those expensive VHS tapes. Me, I wanted an LD player, they just looked so much better. Mom went with the VHS so she could tape soap operas when she was working!

[@ENolls]

One HUGE advantage of Laserdisc over BluRay today is while watching the original Star Wars films. I have them on Blu-ray and Laserdisc, but I’d much rather watch the Laserdisc because it’s the unaltered versions before George Lucas started adding a bunch of CG garbage and additional things. Also Han shoots first.

[@JonesNate]

Did you read the description?

[@nicholassullivan1239]

Yea, Han shooting first a crucial part of his story arc. To remove that completely destroys his arc.

[@nathandrake3070]

Han will always be the one who shoots first to me

[@mr.summerset8054]

They're officially released on DVD. There's one HUGE advantage of DVD

[@IanC14]

Boohoo. It's his films, he can do what he want.

[@AmazingFrenchman]

I'm really baffled at how our high end tech in the 80's/90's are now so ridiculous. I love these videos!

[@treystephens4490]

Most people don't value the past they just throw it away.😰

[@markpugh6808]

​@@treystephens4490because crap obsolete stuff like this was unreliable even in it's time and is totally worthless altogether nowadays

[@forrest225]

That loading and ejection mechanism is wonderful!

[@bigb5206]

I love the physical copy instead of digital i love the way you could display your collection of your favorite 🎥 movies!

[@thetinpin]

Your videos are always educational and presented in a way that any modern and/or retro technophile (like myself) as well as curious layperson can appreciate and be wholly entertained by. There is one thing that really sets your content apart from other retrospective style productions however, and that is the inclusion of your battles with the hardware! Your on point analysis of problems (and willingness to dive into oddball/unique systems) speaks volumes about what appears to be your honest interest in what you showcase on this channel, and for that *I salute you!* I truly wish I could afford to throw you a bone (so to speak) on Patreon, but I cannot unfortunately. I can only offer an expression of my gratitude for your work: Thank you for sharing your interests with us all! I believe the old adage "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it" wholly applies to technology, and its good to know that somebody as sharp as yourself has it covered for us!

[@Techmoan]

Thank you.

[@ethann_browne]

Forgotten is an understatment. I have never even heard it mentioned anywhere, nor do I remember it from the '80s.

[@David-qi1ys]

I wonder why you don't remember it? Perhaps you have forgotten?

[@del2345]

3MJB Studios I don't really recall it much either in the late 2000's

[@brig.4398]

I remember it, I didn't think the picture quality was very good, it kinda jumped when I saw Star Trek the Motion Picture. And the machines were junk if you ask me. I went out and bought a Pioneer laser disc player instead, really had a great picture, the first Superman movie was on the 12" disc and so was Back to the Future.

[@Borat426]

Bri G. Seems like you're confusing VHD with CED. Unless you were living in Japan at the time, you don't remember VHD.

[@gavincurtis]

1980's overdose? No such thing! Got a lot more for your dollar back then. Love these retro videos.

[@norwegianblue2017]

My grandfather had one of these VHD players. The appeal was that it was like a VHS that you didn't need to rewind and you could rapidly advance tracks. But laser disc was better in every way. The VHD discs that we rented would often have a lot of noise in the picture and lose tracking.

[@user-wh2rx5mb3l]

Watching VHD clips streamed thru the web into my smartphone, then chromecasted into my flatscreen tv :)

[@jekyllgaming99]

26:45 Just happened to notice the Victor logo there. Some good history to be told there. The slogan "His Master's Voice" (seen just under the logo) is actually the name of a painting of a dog listening to a cylinder phonograph. In 1899 the painting was bought by the Gramophone Company to be modified and used to advertise the then-new disc gramophone. Their US affiliate company, the Victor Talking Machine Company (which became known as just Victor), decided to adopt it as a trademark. By 1902, this trademark became a simplified drawing of the painting, known as the Nipper logo (after the name of the dog in the painting), which featured on all of the Victor records. The Gramophone Company decided to adopt the trademark themselves in 1909, with most of their vinyls thereafter containing the logo and the phrase "His Master's Voice". Most people then came to recognise the brand by the slogan, and so in 1921, the company opened the first shop branded by this name - HMV. In 1929 RCA bought Victor, becoming RCA Victor. In 1931 RCA created the record company EMI Records Ltd, which would become one of the "big four" record companies, and eventually broke up in 2012. In 1998, the HMV retail chain broke off from EMI to become the HMV Group, what we now know them as today. The events of World War II caused RCA Victor's Japanese subsidiary, the Victor Company of Japan (or JVC) to become it's own independent company, due to the hostilities between Japan and America. To this day, they are still allowed to (and actively use) the Victor name and Nipper logo, as is seen here, but only in Japan. So in a nutshell, HMV, RCA and JVC are all very closely linked, something that surprised me when I first learned about it.

[@robturner3065]

Hello young people. FYI they are not vinyls they are records. The medium is vinyl (singular). I have a lot of vinyl. I have a lot of records. I do not have a lot of vinyls. Yours pedantically, Rob.

[@richardhall9815]

Ah, that must be where "Volume Large Dog" comes from!

[@lunakid12]

Thanks! You might wish to check out Technology Connection's in-depth series on the CED story, where there's a strong hint that even the close resemblence of JVC's VHD and RCA's format may not be a mere coincidence at all, either.

[@mathiasschuchardt7506]

@@robturner3065 great!! 😀 I never knew, that it s also such a problem in the UK....in Germany it's exactly the same, no one cares of language (anymore) 😩

[@ZGryphon]

The hidden tragedy in the original painting is that Nipper looks so intrigued because, at the time he was listening to the record, his master had been dead for some time. It was the first time he'd _heard_ his master's voice in a while.

[@HermesMatamoros]

THANK YOU - never heard of this format before Ive seen this video like 4 times because I cant digest it enough...specially when I hear you spent a year to get all the info to create the video...MUCHAS GRACIAS from Costa Rica, I enjoy all your videos madly

[@Cantankerous_Mr_Toad]

I can't get enough of this channel. I can only imagine that this guy's wife hates whenever a package arrives though. Lol.

[@TheRokkis]

This was educating, thank you! The way disc is handles is just beautiful! The engineering part of me really appreciates that design, also seeing how kids tend to handle discs (not just kids to be honest) that is something shoulds still be in use.

[@coolkid2072]

I’ve been hospitalized for 1980s overdose

[@sakadabara]

If you're having 80's overdose Call Dr Beat, he's Gloria Estefan friend.

[@sosickwitit247]

we've just found out... you are COVID-19 +

[@mosespray4510]

I'm immune to 80's overdose. Bring it on!

[@andylindsaytunes]

I had to pause the video after that sequence just to shake it off. Brazenly 80s.

[@JohnJohnson-fr5cx]

You need a shot of New Coke, straight to the heart!

[@EposVox]

Always fun when I discover a Techmoan video I hadn't seen yet.

[@drkeikikane]

The machine we had would take the whole sleeve into the machine and spit out the empty sleeve to play the movie. This was such a trip down memory lane. Thank you.

[@ciphermatrix]

4:17 "Price for the player will be $200 less than the laser system" according to Yoda. I guess he had to do something when he was bored on Dagobah. :D Really enjoyable video, that eject mode alone...

[@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele]

I didn't know this format existed! But I have to admit that the video and audio quality was quite impressive, for the time it was on the market!

[@MissMartiniCorsetry]

Loved this! Ive just learned about the laser disc today and then came across this video about about VHD. The way the disc is placed into the player without ever being touched is certainly a novelty. Really enjoyed all the info and showing a brandnew 1987 boxed player! I think I could have watched all the mechanics all day too :)

[@davebewshey1549]

You sir are a professional orator... I have no real interest and hardly any of the things that you feature on your channel except for the occasional nostalgic feeling when I see something I used to own. I have probably watched all your videos and been a subscriber for years. Just for the dry humor, witty comments and personality in general. Keep up the good work sir...David from Pensacola Florida.

[@ZaneDaMagicPufferDragon]

Awesome representation of how KZbin comments would look completely ridiculous if people actually spoke to each other as if they were replying to KZbin comments!!! Well Done!!! I love the way you rail against Trolls by mocking them with puppets!!!! ;)

[@RyuHayabusa06]

I enjoy watching these videos about technology from the 80s. These machines have a certain charm to them, especially these old Japanese machines that were so high tech at the time. I collect old video game consoles from Japan and it's amazing all the things they came up with.

[@nameinvalid69]

The protection box mechanism is so COOL! Damn, why isn't that become popular.

[@ristopoho824]

4:18 "According to Yoda" What? I didn't know he's also an expert on videosystems. Maybe laserswords and laserdisks aren't that different..

[@samuelshock6292]

It’S nOt A lAsErSwOrD

[@bohican]

"For this player, $200 less you will pay."

[@dahawk8574]

“Tom Yoda” Finally, we learn Yoda’s first name.

[@stevenclark2188]

"Disc Lord" yep, Japanese model naming.

[@andylindsaytunes]

"Volume large dog"

[@ankimotto]

+droid mistranslated ofc, the camera misinterpret Big (大) with Dog (犬) as you can see the kanji is similar with the extra dash on top of it.

[@mechanopixel2639]

Actually it just says "Increase Volume", the translator app confused big (大) with dog (犬)

[@ChristopherRuthVDO]

"Bonsai" is the cultivation of miniature trees. Perhaps you meant "banzai"?

[@BLY99]

+ankomono No, you're completely wrong, bigly wrong. It totally says volume large dog.

[@TV-8-301]

19:33 Vaporwavers, someone sample this!

[@ITm4n]

Boutta kill this shit I'll lyk

[@faslas789]

Ew why’d you say it like that

[@ITm4n]

@@faslas789 You weird bro lmao

[@adampoll4977]

I don't know how you do it, but you make the most obscure recording media and playback tech ridiculously interesting. Thankyou.

[@retrocysper3709]

22:01 this intro sounds more like a music that you could hear on a Sega CD Game when the game intro starts.

[@ProjectGeek1]

What an amazing piece of tech. I love the thought of AV being stored in capacitance!

[@U014B]

Is it bad that I legitimately thought you were setting up a rude joke?

[@richardcrossley5581]

Now living in Asia, I haven't seen VHD, I thoroughly enjoyed learning about a technology I've never heard of. Thx

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

You e never heard of THX? 😛

[@VikDarkbomb]

God I love the end skits so much.

[@RichardCyberPunk]

Techmoan, thank you very much for this video. I had never heard before about the VHD format. It was a pleasure to watch this extended video explanation.

[@randomunavailable]

Impressed with the quality of this format actually.

[@andyevans9369]

When the side ended, we used to cry out"A to B, time to pee!

[@ryandevan2793]

That sounds fantastic!

[@adamfletcher4262]

that load and eject mechanism is very interesting

[@ahujeffrey]

What a treat! This is the best video I've seen on KZbin in a while. The entire process was fascinating! Thanks so much for your efforts, from an introduction to the formats to ordering and trying to fix the old unit, searching for a stylus, finding new-old stock, collecting some discs, and showing us how they work. Truly nostalgic, although I've never seen one of these. Thanks again. Truly appreciated!

[@scooterboi8761]

I'd never heard of VHD...thanks for posting.

[@fszabika123]

Scooterboi

[@danielalexandre5267]

Great video. I loved vinyl and owned Laserdiscs back in the day (still do) but I never knew this format even existed. This player still looks cool today whether it is on its design or the way it performs.

[@guyfaulkes3035]

I'm very impressed with your self-taught fix-it abilities and endless patience in reviving these tech dinosaurs back to life. These videos really educate people on the evolution of consumer technology from Edison wax cylinders to 4K video discs. Just amazing.

[@theantilifeequation8150]

I love all this, I love how every company backed their own tech, now days almost everything is standardised. Which is good for convenience and function but no character to them.

[@dondec]

Lived through that era and remember making the choice to go LaserDisc, then completely forgot about that stylus-based format. After all these years I finally get to see it. Spectacular coverage and vocal work. Beautifully done. TY.

[@Techmoan]

Thanks Don.

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

4:11 Wow, they got Yoda himself to decide the price?

[@lezzman]

"Pay two hundred dollars less you will."

[@Bob3D2000]

Ha ha ha!

[@richard-riku]

I had both the 4:3 and widescreen versions of back to the future on Laserdisk. You are right that the 4:3 is open matte and has more top/bottom information but the special effects sequences were only done in 16:9. So in those sections of the film the 4:3 disk will be a pan & scan of the 16:9 frame shown in the cinema but for the non-special effects sequences you will see more.

[@Coughing_Blood]

so much work, detail, money and love in one video, amazing quality, appreciate it.

[@anthonyelevatorguy]

I remember when my dad bought that RCA laser disk from crazy Eddie and every two weeks we would go down to get a movie. I remember when he showed my to slide that cover in and then switch that lever up and pull the sleeve out and half way threw the movie and flip it over . Thank you for bringing back the memories and the info!!!! If I remember correctly I think the first movie we had was Raiders of the lost ark,

[@willsmith8586]

This is sooo much better than watching politics on the rest of youtube.

[@jamescarter3196]

I'll consider myself lucky that I've eradicated politics from my feed here. KZbin isn't the place for intelligent political discourse, among other things.

[@gaijinthelittlestalin25]

I'd rather watch politics on YT than on the "media", which is full of Socialists!

[@kandigloss6438]

@@gaijinthelittlestalin25 oh boy, can't you right wing trolls leave anything alone?

[@blew1t]

@@gaijinthelittlestalin25 I knew somebody was gonna get specific about what politics they hate and ironically start a political argument

[@BigAL68xyz]

Not to mention it's a much better love story than Twilight.

[@GregLescoe]

Hi there! Professional Japanese-English translator here! It seems that, yeah, Japan kept the original "Revenge of the Jedi" title, given that the word in question (復讐) means "revenge" or "vengeance." Not very Jedi-like, which I guess is why it got changed for the English release!

[@GregLescoe]

Gasp! They have since changed the title to ジェダイの帰還, which is much closer to the final English title. It may actually be even more interesting for having received an official release somewhere with the title "Revenge of the Jedi."

[@kevwang0712]

Might I add in the Mandarin Chinese translation of the title here in Taiwan, it's called 絕地大反攻, roughly "Return Attack of the Jedi". Sort of sits somewhere between "revenge" and "return"

[@funjunkyy]

22:05 This is probably the most 80s as it can get.

[@MatteoBolpagni]

My moustaches grew in seconds

[@troodon1096]

It's more 80's than the 80's.

[@MsHUGSaLOT]

i had no idea vinyl video disks existed.

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

nobody knows what technology will be the future something must fail, something must survive

[@anonymas825]

in 50 years people will probably ask, why did pc's even exist when OS X is clearly so much better...

[@kfcnyancat]

anonymas Linux will overtake Windows if anything

[@AndrewNoneya]

kfcnyancat funny joke

[@kfcnyancat]

Andrew Noneya An operating system which is only sold on overpriced, locked PCs will not overtake Windows. I don't think Linux will overtake Windows, but it's more likely than OS X.

[@Dreijer94]

Great jacket, mate. I'm looking forward to see this video.

[@himurakenshin101]

came to comment this too! very sharp :)

[@PaperGlazed]

4:16 Is that a quote by Yoda? No wonder Palpatine became emperor, the Jedi Order were too busy providing soundbites for outdated tech.

[@maxmustardman298]

ahahaha

[@monetize_this8330]

It's always amazing how good these technologies were for the time. A long playing audio format could have supplanted CD which arrived around the same time. '82

[@bagelmaster8]

That intro when it boots up is ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣ as fuck edit: proper text. also I meant the one at 11:48

[@IVR02]

D I S C L O R D

[@2dfx]

I got a Sonic 2 Sega Genesis vibe...definitely sounded like video games of the time.

[@CaalamusTube]

．．．ｕｓｅ ｐｒｏｐｅｒ ｆｕｌｌｗｉｄｔｈ ｔｅｘｔ！

[@harunal-muhajir5555]

I edit many things written by Japanese authors in English and they frequently have full-width text in them. I guess this is the reason why.

[@CaalamusTube]

Harun Al-Muhajir ???

[@TaraWert1]

We had the old VideoDisc player, I sort of wish I still had one, when conditions were perfect I had better image and audio quality then VHS of the time.

[@LEXMICHDEKAMMERA]

The part about the batteries got me thinking... In 30 years the format of (video) media has changed for a few times. Yet we are still using the same format of AA(A) batteries! Worldwide! Inspiration for a video on the history of battery formats?

[@shayZero]

Obsolete tech, movie history, under the hood repair and entertaining northern narration. Solid gold channel, so glad I found it

[@MrToradragon]

Funny thing about home video on vinyl is that it was actually proposed maybe in 50's, yet it took so long that it was predated by systems based on tapes.

[@zmbdog]

It was actually invented in the 1920s with the Phonovision but playback couldn't be worked out. A few brief recordings (off of TV no less!) still exist.

[@tjclt250r]

McFly walks by a bunch of these discs when he gets to the future.....2015......I remember waiting for that day forever and now time has flown by since then...where does it all go

[@pluey200]

Volume Large Dog

[@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14]

pluey200 "Brilliant"

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

Basically why you can’t trust Google Translate. What I don’t get is it translated 大 as large, which is right, but then out of nowhere it misread the SAME kanji as 犬 (which is dog). Why? How? It doesn’t even make sense. It already translated the word, why’d it translate it a second time, and wrongly?

[@JonasC22]

shhh too loud

[@jackallen6261]

Sounds like a band from the nineties, Now from Volume Large Dog their new single "Disc Lord"

[@meowwei6181]

Google translate recognized extra characters after that: 音量大日里

[@lukey8511]

I’ve never heard of this format until now. Thanks for a great informative video on it. I do remember seeing Laser Disc systems at the shops before they were gone.

[@OrangeHarrisonRB3]

20:36 Some combo DVD + VHS players can do this on tapes by borrowing the framebuffer from the DVD side, albeit with a little tearing at the top since the tracks don't line up perfectly in reverse.

[@ethann_browne]

Great job on the intro, Mat! I love it!!

[@Leotheleprachaun]

Watching on my ps4pro and the beeping had me worried until you said the player beeps. My last ps4[slim] randomly beeped and it went and died out of nowhere so hearing the exact same beeps had me shook

[@Moviesxp]

I am so sorry for your PS4 slims loss...

[@yoymate6316]

I guess that they still make beepers as they used to :^)

[@mattycooldude6462]

My PS3 beeps like that when I turn it on

[@Gappasaurus]

5:07 Wow, looking at the Feb 1985 Billboard video chart sure makes me nostalgically misty-eyed: classic blockbuster movies, celebrity workouts, and topping them all, a long-form music video... that was a great time to be alive 🥰

[@scotty_blocks]

I never knew this format existed! Picture quality certainly beat VHS.

[@VitorMadeira]

Indeed.

[@LermaBean]

Construction Toy Dude Guess slow and steady definitely wins the race

[@Projacked1]

I suddenly understood how they did their karaoke with video, def beats VHS, wow that sucked.

[@michaelshultz2540]

Worst crazy video format ever. They had a bad problem of skiping . They would get stuck and jitter bug an epileptic fit if there was even the tiniest bit of dust. And the stylus wore out fast. You could not even look cross eyed at the things with out it screwing up. And vhs was way better than beta as the machine did not destroy tapes. A vhs provided hundreds of plays without dammage while you were lucky to get 20 plays from beta before the tape was destroyed. I owned a tape rental store and beta tapes came back dammaged all the time . I was glad to get rid of that terrible expensive format! Laser discs were great if not physically warped or cracked they could always be cleaned and polished and they would work perfect .The data was sealed in laser disc permanently protected. I still have a player and a substantial collection of laser discs. They also have great dts audio on most movies!

[@samuelhumphreys7712]

Construction Toy Dude better than 4k blu ray

[@Natalie-ez1zc]

V O L U M E L A R G E D O G

[@datzkar]

20:00 good meme

[@lhtyeehaw1319]

I would like, but its perfect

[@jayemmsea]

That movies sequence is a ready-made vaporwave video

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

Amazing that it's been sat somewhere in a warehouse unopened for 30yrs! Imagine the cost of storing it for that time. I love the idea that these old machines are given life and not just binned. The old films are fascinating also. To think I was just watching VHS tapes back in the 80s.

[@bentleywalker7087]

I bloody love Techmoan videos, they can be really interesting, sometimes helpful with the reviews ect. I just bloody love 'em, sort of a thing with LGR's "Oddware" series.

[@FinnBaygan]

when laserdisc aint a e s t h e t i c enough ...

[@youfoundisaac]

:-( your comment isn't ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣ enough

[@IVR02]

N A T I O N A L D I S C L O R D

[@CaalamusTube]

．．．ｎｅｉｔｈｅｒ ｏｆ ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ｕｓｉｎｇ ｐｒｏｐｅｒ ｆｕｌｌｗｉｄｔｈ ｔｅｘｔ！

[@lcrazy8l]

I'm honestly just hearing all of you in RegularCarReviews guy's creepy voice.

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

nice font!

[@Sleepdroidstudios]

Haha. Love the puppets. I know how you feel. I had someone new ask the same question about a video of mine everyday for 4 months. Literally, every day someone would ask the same question. It got to be pretty fun after a while, waiting to see how long each day it would take someone to ask.

[@iangarland2096]

Fantastic video!! And yep, I’m guilty too of buying Back to the Future 150 times across VHS and beyond! Keep up the great videos!! ⭐️

[@ASilentS]

Damn it Techmoan! Now I have to watch Return of The Jedi, which requires A New Hope and Empire. There goes my night.

[@serfer1983]

22:00 That's something I would play on a cassette tape in my Porsche I wish it was 1987...

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

Who says you can't do that today?

[@Hajduk-Kralj]

That pause comparison of back the future was great. Blu-ray FTW

[@MarvinMonroe]

I love everything about this. Also Dragnet was one of my favorite movies back then in 3rd grade (87-88)

[@knowthycell]

Die you graduate 1998 like me?

[@iPlaySEGA]

This is a piece of history right there! Thanks for sharing!

[@reggiep75]

'Return of the Jedi' started as Return of the Jedi, got changed to Revenge (this appears on a number of trailers) and then Lucas thought that Revenge wasn't the sort of thing a Jedi would do, so it went back to Return.

[@Techmoan]

Yep...that's why I mentioned it...see the text in the video description.

[@reggiep75]

Hahaha ;-D I swear I never read the description otherwise I'd look at right bloody idiot writing it in the comments section.

[@5roundsrapid263]

reggiep75 I've also heard another reason: "The Wrath of Khan" was originally going to be "The Revenge of Khan".

[@CrowAndRedString]

Actually Lucas learned that remove one letter from the title would save him $916.34 anually when printing merchandise. Hey ink's not cheap kids!

[@jdsgotninelives]

That was fascinating. Here in Australia we had VHS after a brief flirtation with the superior Betamax. From there we moved directly to DVD and now onto 4K. I had no idea any of these other video formats even existed. They were superior for their time, and the medium, at least, would have been easier to store and retrieve. A short and happy life.

[@DEP717]

Ironically, many U.S. TV News Stations used Betamax Cameras for their mobile units into the early 1990s. It was considered a superior quality tape. Big ups to Australia :)

[@MateoQuixote]

Wow! Thank you for taking the time (and money) to buy these and show it! It's so fascinating to watch!

[@tydelwave]

You (and the translator) were correct that the title of Return of the Jedi was "Revenge of the Jedi" in Japan. The title change was a last minute one when it comes to the English title, but I guess they didn't bother to change the translation in countries where George Lucas doesn't speak the language. 😂 Other cool titles I was able to read: Big Trouble in Little China is called "Ghost Hunters," Romancing the Stone was called "Romancing Stone," and Aliens was called "Alien 2."

[@SenileOtaku]

I would be surprised if George Lucas didn't at least have some basic understanding of Japanese, considering his apparent influence from Kurosawa and other Japanese filmmakers.

[@burtpanzer]

I can tell you the reason for this last minute change was intended to throw a wrench in the works for the sale of unauthorized copies.

[@SarahLJP]

Yep. It says Jetai no fukushū (ジェタイの復讐) or Revenge of the Jedi. Though it's interesting that it does say Return of the Jedi underneath and everywhere else in English.

[@NoelArtMedia]

There was actually a 90 second trailer for Revenge of the Jedi, before the title change, shown in theatres about a year before it was released. It may still be posted on KZbin.

[@ethann_browne]

"Say 'Look, I am your father.' 'Luke, I am your father.' 'Nooooo!'"

[@DanielGarcia-yv7fz]

3MJB Studios the laser disc is a mendela effect to me i never heard of this laser disc...and cds never came out in 1982...

[@Cernoise]

Ethann Browne my grandma spoke like that, but I never thought of doing that joke. 😊 I love the random Newton eMate in the end scene too.

[@euphoria_7477]

That VHD machine makes the same beep sound as my PS4.

[@Simufreund309]

Maybe the PS4 is a VHD player in an other caseing, wich uses smaller discs? Or maybe not.

[@BigFatCone]

Yeah... It's the on/off beep. The PS3 has the same one. Thought I recognized it.

[@wyvern4588]

Joe Snes Was just going to post that.

[@GreenNekoProductions]

Apparently the PS3 (And of course, PS4) was inspired by that beep. Or they used the same speaker out of the VHD player. Or it was just a coincidence.

[@DecibelAlex]

I believe many electronics probably have that beep