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Goodwill Crap: Tiger Electronic's VuGo
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- Опубликовано: 13 фев 2021
- Found this weird mid 00's relic at Goodwill last week. A toy for recording video, like a cheap video iPod I guess? In this video I see what's inside and try to capture my own video with it. Enjoy!
Does anyone want this crappy thing? Else it's going in the bin (as Dave Jones would say)
No thanks, I'm good
It belongs in a museum! By which I mean, give it to any one of the many retro game museums.
Nah, looks like that was the poor man's psp
Bruh,it's obviously the 1st pre-production prototype of this device based on the wiring set up lol, shit's gotta be worth st least 10 times the 3 bucks you paid for it 😂
I appreciate it, but I don't think I can even justify it for parts :/
I kinda like this new direction he's going in; it's one part madness, and one part mystery. You can't be too certain of what's next, yet you're going to get something new and amazing each time..
Just be glad he continues with videos. He was pretty burnt out after the hacks show. Listen to Pat the NES punk's podcast with him from right when the show ended approx 2 yrs ago. Good insight into everything
it's "Heck unleashed"
I got one for Christmas when I was a kid and it was called "TV NOW". I remember converting avi files and editing the HEX data allowing it to play its proprietary format. Good 'ol days.
Would you happen to remember the steps? Or a jumping off point for a tutorial? I found my old one and would love to get the footage off it from back in the day.
Ben Heck's mom looks like she's a relative of Ben Heck.
I thought he was joking at first that it was actually him in a wig.
"I won't have to eat Rayman"
TVV files are a variant of the MPEG-4 format developed specifically for use with 'TV-Now' and 'Vugo' media players developed by Hasbro-Tiger electronics so i would think vlc should play them
I was going to say the same, before i knew they were mpeg4. VLC should have no problem unless the file format was specifically written to be incompatible with standard video
Will try that thanks!
@@BenHeckHacks If VLC can't, try ffplay (part of ffmpeg). In my experience, if ffplay can't play it, it's not a media format.
Or MPV, I use SMplayer as a frontend. Used to use VLC but one of the lead devs has a somewhat bigoted view on frame interpolation (he's one of those guys who genuinely looks down on you if you like high framerate video for any reason) and VLC has longtime performance issues anyway if you are nitpicky about frame pacing. Never ran into anything I couldn't play with SMplayer.
3:55 "I won't have to eat Raymond." But everyone loves Raymond. Also: Ben is a potential cannibal confirmed.
the person that played his brother on that show has a sweet lil gig with Jimmy Johns now
@@Gohan1138 I found out yesterday he played the wizzard in Where's Wally?, or Where's Waldo for the amerikans. Loved that show.
"I'll be here all week. Try the veal..."
Immediately likes video and double checks he's still subscribed with notifications on.
that Snake Eater rendition was the best I've ever heard. brought a tear to my eye, thanks, really
"SPACE HEATER" really got me when you went into the chorus. I thought you were going for forced air furnaces, since that was more recent than TC's space heater videos, stood out more in my head. Next time you need to sing about street lamps and how brown is just really dark orange.
TVV is just bastardised AVI. There were a few of these floating around my high school, clearance from a toy store I think. Used to convert anime to their format and load it for people to watch. PSP was much easier to share video with.
And had a million times better display (still holds up today) which made the crappy tiger thing look like a toy for toddlers
Your Dave Jones impression is far more entertaining than the man himself. haha
Shhh, Dave watches ben. Quiet, lest he visit your dreams.
Ahh bloody hell, we've Been mooned
„Good."
Dave would put out a half hour video on why this video only got 2k views on his 2nd channel.
You are the best, Ben!
"People on RUclips are babies..." - Preach it, Ben.
He has a point! Im 40 and when i read most Comments they are usualy like " this was my childhood/first whatever" than i read when its made and its from mid to 2010!
Nostalgia i guess ,but come on, its not that long ago!
@@datamanmachine 2020 aged us all.
@@datamanmachine haha ikr? Wait 'til you're in your mid 50s, it's ten times worse!
Ben's mom looks like Ben in drag
You mean Ben looks like Ben's mom in drag.
I can't believe he added subtitles for his singing. This is too funny. 😆
Post production quality too good. This isn’t what I subscribed for.
“We accidentally sent the prototype to the factory!”
“Is there still time to get it back?”
“…”
Oh man, I feel deeply touched by that song. I have these cursed night storage heaters in my apartment and I regularly break into tears when I walk past the power meter. Not to mention the week of desperation when the energy bill arrives...
So I actually bought one of those when it came out, I was 11. The commercials made it look a lot cooler than it was, they showed better quality video and kind of marketed it as being able to play video/music and hold pictures at a time when mp3 players mostly just held music. The 5th gen ipod which was the first video ipod only came out like a month before it and costed like twice as much. They also had some kind of online store where you could buy episodes of certain shows directly. Basically i had it for about 2 hours before trying to record something off my tv when it made that grinding sound and the screen went completely blank and wouldn't display anything the rest of the night. Total piece of junk, my dad took me to target the next day to return and I spent the money on a gameboy micro instead.
Woah feels nice catching a good ole Ben Heck video when it's fresh out the render! Keep up the great work Ben!
"Its like reviewing a Neil Breen movie" 🤣 Side note: I desperately need to see an RLM/ Ben Heck crossover.
I watched the entire video, but it was worth it for that song alone.
More 'crappy' tear downs. This was so cool to see all the 'fails' in design and manufacture of a real product, not just a prototype, which is what it actually looked like. Wowzers.
Careful with those songs ben, you're going to end up writing scripts for homestar runner.
DAMN you look like your mom! Strong genes my friend :)
He also looks exactly like his sister. It's eerie.
That device looks internally like one of your [old] portables.
Also your youngish mom looks like Mrs. Doubtfire.
You're fucking very rude.
@@davejones1621 Those were just neutral observations.
@@piratesephiroth and your a natural prick.
Eating Raymond, the long awaited sequel to Eating Raoul
19:48 “I am not going to try to install any ancient software...”
I think it is worth trying VLC media player. It plays almost anything I throw at it.
I think he tried that. It's a proprietary video codec that tiger used. I am sure there's a way but if he couldn't figure it out it must not have been easy
Can confirm vlc does not work 😕
I had one of these when I was a kid. Brings back memories
i'll be honest, i'd be interested in seeing how well this dealt with some of the analog copy-protection measures some VHSes had.
I come up with Space Heater like 8 years ago! But...I didn’t make any lyrics for it. I would just walk around singing “Space Heaterrrrrr”
A resolution of 160x240 going by a quick Google search and what looks to be about 22 and a half colours. Amazing.
"Does this even have RF shielding?" Uhh no ben the video was buzzing like crazy when you turned it on. All kinds of interference coming outta that thing
Probably from the video signal messing the ground up.
The buzzing was the video signal input as audio
I think he had them backwards and it was just the video signal
Dduuuddeeeeeeee. I had one of these. It was awesome. I was a teen when I used it, but I used it to dvr headbangers ball on MTV for music videos on the go 🤣🤣
It's crazy because back then that looked good but the smearing is so bad! From frame to frame you can't distinguish what's going on
@@jsteezy80 it's amazing how we remember things so differently then what they turn out to be years later 🤣
Somebody in marketing was like 'screw it, we're going under anyway. Name it after the Yugo'
Solid Ben Heck Hacks on Space Heater !!
I have to admit I find these Goodwill and Menards electronics videos very interesting to watch.
Ben, couldn't you repurpose some of that instead of throwing it into the bin? At the very least the case. It would work very well for an actual, working handheld. Maybe using a Pi or that MC game you did the other day.
my dad had the same camcorder when i was a kid. i recorded hundreds of hours of drag racing footage over the years. outputting over firewire was great
"I won't have to eat Raymond."
Ben got another pet?
"Raymond noodles."
Oh. He's a 'Rayden' from Mortal Kombat/Ninja 'Gayden' guy. Of course he is, lol.
I had this device in high school. I got it for Xmas because I saw an ad and I thought it would be neat. I felHowever, The VuGo was the least intuitive piece of crap with the worst screen and after a week I just didn't care anymore. The novelty of recording shows and watching them later wad cool. But competing with iPods or Zune and people I knew had limewire or and a bit of know how and it that was by far a better investment. May the VuGo rest in Goodwill where thier kind belong.
The reveal at 6:20 gave me flashbacks to some of the build build logs on the forums. Pretty on the outside, pray-you-don't-have-to-open-it-ever-again on the inside.
I'm so happy to find this channel. I remember reading about your hacks on the Atariage forums years ago. I was always fascinated with them. I have subscribed to this and I'm also subscribed to a few other channels with similar topics (LGR, 8 Bit Guy, Nostalgia Nerd, Techmoan, etc). Cheers!
Lol... All this and still GameBoy Advance Video still reigned supreme
7:40 only a select few are blessed with accents and personalities like that. 😂
You and your mom look so alike! Also, how do you only have 174k subs? Your content is gold!
Several years ago I got a magazine that had a tiny video player for a Mercedes ad.
5:46 Thanks, I spilled beer all over my legs and toilet because of you.
Toilet beer? Kinda like my shower beers
Rain man noodles. Loved the stuff
Awesome...I want one...more...more
I have that exact camcorder, I didn't realize it was still worth something. Thanks man :)
The genes are strong with this one
More goodwill Crap. I like this idea
Ben it kinda looks like you got an engineering prototype at the Goodwill
Love the dave jones references everywhere
Wrong cable Ben, that was just a stereo audio cable
Omg lol I saw that too. I yelled it at the screen like 3 times
Yes, hence all feedback and only audio recording
He thought it was mono+video, not left+right+video.
@@sketchesofpayne Don't think that exists, it might, but I haven't seen it :)
Gotta say it kinda reminds me of your early handhelds with all the wires going everywhere.
Please do some more electronics videos. I really enjoy the videos where you design/build something electronics related. Thanks!
I had one of these, I asked for it for Christmas back in 2006. I remember hooking it up to the cable box and recording various TV shows with it. I also tried to export the recordings to the PC to upload to RUclips, but never had any success. Also, could never import any media on it from PC to it, the only working input was the AV capture.
3:20 - normal people "Lets google to find a manual", Ben Heck: "Lets open it to see how many pins the connector has.." - thats OG! :)
I remember getting a portable tv back then and it had a similar display. I was still impressed.
Around 2004 there were those "MP4 players" trying to copy the iPod. They were below 50$ and had a generic Chinese media chip that was based on Z80. The video format was one where each frame was an entire image, possibly not even RLE-compressed. Just wanted to say that, on paper, this looks so much more advanced, but it somehow manages to be even worse.
Ben, please... I have an old Furby (Gremlin's® Gizmo edition)(I must also forward this story by saying that this was a better time, about after that first Austin Power's movie released)
Anywho... Back when I was a lil' Sandman, my dear mum got me one of those newfangled Furby toys for x-mas (albeit, I wasn't really interested in them then, but afterwards, my interest piqued considerably)... At the time, I thought it was just a cute novelty toy, and I showed it off to a friend of mine. He thought it was pretty cool, so he asked to borrow it for a while, which I allowed, cause he was a bro...
I got it back a few days later, and was just playing around with it... I 'pet' it's back, and I immediately heard it say, 'YEEAAAH BABY'... (a common phrase, from the Austin Power's craze I mentioned before, a phrase he said quite a bit back in that day)
Now, the very first thing I asked myself was,'wtf was he doing with my Gizmo?!'... Afterwards, I realized that there may be a form of early AI here...
Just let me know if you have an episode idea based on that, because I remember there being a bit of controversy revolving around Furbys being used as recording devices, or something rediculous... I'd be happy to help.
The Snake Eater song was really good.
I remember buying this as a kid thinking it was cool. I really just wanted a psp and this looked like that. Payed $80 for it, took it home, and recorded the music video breathe by fabolous, watched it back, then packed it back up in its box and took it back to the store.
its still better then watching spongebob on a GBA screen witch I did back in 2005
this channel is just Ben documenting his slow descent into madness
6:42 "Maybe in 2005, Tiger was in its waning days." Tiger was bought out by Hasbro in like 1998.
BEN!!!! I got one better than that!!! Several years ago(maybe 2012ish) my mom sends me a computer disc with a movie on it. She explained that a friend(or cousin?) of hers had come down too FL to visit back in like 1980(me and you were born a couple months apart) and she had an 8mm camera to film her trip. This 8mm film that no one eve knew existed, had about 3 minutes of footage(silent, unfortunately) of our first house, my brothers like 3rd birthday party, my parents, some other family, us at the beach, etc. My mom doing cartwheels in the front yard while I jumped up and down and tried to ham the camera. This was so bizarre. My parents were like 10 years younger than I was whet I first watched that video.
Oh my, i hated those early LCD's with triad phosphor. I believe the LCD panel itself is entirely analog.
They were outdated when this was new too, that's the funny part. In 2005 the AGS 101 GBA was out which was budget as heck as far as components goes and still looked good and Apple was selling a 30 inch 1440p IPS display.
This was my fave device in 4th grade until it stopped working and they were discontinued. I remember crying when it broke 😭
TIGER: Oh we have many crappy spare caps. Go and hot snod them into our products. :D
I had one waaay back when working in Toys R Us, Teens actually stole this crap and threw the boxes in the Babies area, along with finished baby snacks and Candies...
What you have there my friend is a pre production unit!
Those old Sony cameras are also a solid way of digitally capturing Laserdisc and VHS films. Have one myself from back in the day, and as you can guess, it's still working like a dream.
I want to adopt it!!
You also had the cable connection backward.
Try playing them in VLC and see if a newer LCD can be connected!
Funny thing is I use that same SD card socket in some of the devices I build. For a while 3M discontinued that socket and I paid way more for just the socket than you paid for the entire device.
I think the device was also sold under the "TVNow" name as one of the later iterations of the VideoNow series. I think the TVNow name may be more widely known?
"what's with the stupid grin?", "life's been good to me". hahaha , it's been too long since I watched the only good Batman, but man do I remember the lines
It recorded the sound of the composite video signal? 🤣
That was fun! More of this, please.
I’ve got that very same one in my computer desk. I recorded like a minute or two of “ a Christmas story” since that was the only thing on during Christmas morning. It looked like garbage. Then that was the last time I ever used it.
A Christmas Story is also garbage, so you weren't exactly working with the best source material.
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I wonder if that one is as bodged together as much as this one.
Jesus, Ben Heck becomes his own Mother! the resemblance is uncanny
This does make the videos I have on my Commodore 64 look HD - it certainly has a higher video quality than the VuGo.
Nice shortcut
The psp also came out in 2005, a fair bit more expensive but a hell lot better value. Alternatively one could also have bought a gameboy sp with a multi mediaplayer addon card. What would have been slightly more expensive but a hell lot better value.
That song for tech connections was fire 🔥.
That tablet video is how I got into EEVBlog!
It only recorded static, but there was 18 hours of it!
This reminds me of the RCA Lyra Jukebox. It was a piece of junk you could record video on from the era.
That might make a fun case for a raspberry pi.
Billy and the Clonosaurus is one of my favorites
Nice shortcut!
2:40 the moment you were listening to the audio recording reminded me of the scene in Robocop where they're testing his audio playback
"You're gonna be one bad MOTHER LOVER!"
What a dog's breakfast!
I remember back in the early 00' they had digital recorder type things where you could use SD cards to record shows off of TV.
It wasn't that expensive but SD cards of course were and I think the maximum size at the time was maybe 4GB and of course the best you could hope for was 640X480
I think 480p but it could have only been 480i. Either way back in those days when the internet was still pretty crap and expensive and downloading things was pretty much P2P or nothing it was a good products though it wouldn't be long before it was taken over by smartphones.
I needed to digitize my analog Hi8 tapes, didn't know this exist thanks :)
The buzzing was the video going in the audio jack but you probably figured that one out when you recording the video. I'd done that mutiple times before---video out going into audio in
I used to have one of these, I still have the multimedia cable
Holy crap, even Atari Lynx has a better screen than that. "Tiger Electronics" was long owned by Hasbro at this time, and they just licensed out the name to any sweatshop in Shenzhen.
Good stuff dude.