Cats won. 8-Bit Keys' video on the Tascam Portastudio: • How oldschool multi-tr... uxwbill's video on the Sony DCR-TRV27 Handycam: • Sony DCR-TRV27 Camcord...
I think I can quite honestly say you are my favourite RUclipsr. Your content is honest, humourous, and you have a great personality. Please, keep up the amazing work!!
This content is pure and has unscripted feel. And nobody isn't telling to him how or what topic to make videos! I could gladly give him a dollar in Patreon for his work.
That "unknown rock band" should be your outro from now on... 9700 views is probably more than they'd had on their own channel - nice finds at the thrift stores!
After plenty of use, the rubber pinch roller in my TRV27 escaped in a big way. To its credit, it did not mangle the tape, but it did behave similarly to this one. I read somewhere that Sony had a problem with failing image sensors in some early 2000s camcorders, and that they were repairing them for a while. I've got a TRV19 with that problem, but if I leave it on for a while, the image sensor kind of "dribbles" back into working order. That DVD/VHS machine was a major score.
ikr? I'm zoning a few minutes, sometimes, before I realize I'm just watching a dude read a thing. Feels "rude" to jump ahead, though. Bad for his algorithmz. We must be over-worked.
@@awjaaa I watch everything. Even if I have no clue what he's talking about lol I find strange things interesting, including things I don't understand lol
I think the ending there is one of the greatest things I've seen on this channel. What in the hell was that kid doing that was just so horrendously intolerable?
Guess their mom doesn't like seeing the kids using the camcorder. I mean, it's not like today where you can buy a 30$ [disposable] smartphone for your child to record whatever he wants.
Those HandyCams are known for dirty contacts on the CCD lens board assembly and motherboard. Spray some contact cleaner (deoxit or lubricant recommended since they're plastic safe, unlike the other contact cleaner that has isopropyl alcohol, which isn't plastic safe) in both the CCD lens board and motherboard, let it sit for a good 4-6 minutes (10 minutes recommended), insert the cable that connects in between the two, and viola. I did that on my DCR-TRV260 that has the replacement lens board (should've kept the old one) installed, and it works once again. I kept the original lens since the replacement one had bad focus when zoomed out.
Just my 2 cents... If there's a channel up/down on the front panel of that Sony DVD recorder - give it a try,that might be used for changing the input too. (At least that's how it works on my Panasonic recorder)
Pretty rad dude, I'd save those vids just because the vids 13 years old. They could be archived and someday be put on display somewhere for when people want to see random stuff people did 100 years back.
I'm fairly sure that the CCD has failed on the minidv camera - I had a batch of Sony minidv camcorders at work that suffered the exact same issue. Turns out Sony didn't give the CCDs sufficient cooling, so they eventually cooked themselves and stopped outputting anything!
M3G4UK surely it'd have thrown up an error message as well? dying sensors (as with my Sony DSC t7) show glitches and messes colours (such as promenance of purple and black) in video and photos.
Nope - they would literally just die. Maybe it wasn't cooling, just poor internal wiring - but either way, after a certain time they would no longer output an image. Replacing the lens/CCD module with a known working one fixed the issue, and it was a fairly straightforward swap.
I would highly recommend for anyone interested in collecting second hand AV electronics to purchase a programmable universal remote for situations like these. I bought a decent Logitech one for $30 from Aldi a few years back. All it takes to program is plugging it into a computer and selecting the model number of the device in question. It has been exceptionally handy for testing devices over the years.
I have that Sony DVD/VCR combo, also found at Goodwill, it was nearly new when I found it still in the original box probably around 2010. That does look like the correct remote. I think some old person bought it and couldn't figure out how to work it. I has been a good machine, it doesn't get much use but it works when I need it to.
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Wonderful video. USA is lucky, in Argentina we do not have those thrift stores...Cheers!!!!
That first camera had excellent video and audio quality. I didn't know those older tape camera's could do what looked like 60 fps. I'm waiting for a day where I can nab a 60 fps or higher camera. They look like fun! Thanks for the video!
I just watched that video you linked, then set up my capture card and VCR and converted a part of my 3 year old life off of VHS into 60 fps video. This is amazing. Thanks so much for that tip. I've got a lot of work to do now, haha!
Awesome haul! I found a JVC VCR in the dumpster not too long ago and did some LP to VHS transfers on it just for fun. Kinda jealous of that DVD/VHS recorder. Does the component output also work with VHS tapes, or is it just for DVD?
6:21 I think ILink was an actual feature, not just a different name. I think it allows duplicating recordings to another camcorder through a Firewire cable. My Panasonic had a feature like this and I believe it was called ILink. But I could be mistaken with the name.
Wow, that is the nicest VHS/DVD combo machine I've ever seen. And that TRV315 is a great camcorder - I hear no tape mechanism background noise! Try pointing that MiniDV camcorder at the sun and see if anything shows up in the viewfinder. That'll determine if it's a stuck aperture or a failure somewhere in the camera circuitry. The late Neil had a camcorder doing the same thing, and I discovered you could dimly see a bright light in the viewfinder. He was able to fix it by manually manipulating the aperture to unstick it.
You find the coolest stuff in thrift stores. The thrift store in my area sucks. There is electronics there but basically extra parts. I would never find one of those video walkmans there. And cute cat.
Hehe, nice kitty. That DVD/VCR combo seems surprisingly good; I've never seen one with such acceptable quality before. Too bad the remote didn't work... and it's annoying how so many electronics now absolutely need the remote in order to do certain things... how about a flap on the front that hides additional buttons, if they wanted to give the front a more simplistic look? It's worse when you try to use a universal remote and it still doesn't do everything you need it to do. I found a DVD recorder at the thrift store, and it too has that problem where it won't record "copy-protected" video... even broadcast TV; a huge percentage of TV shows can't be recorded... that alone makes DVD recorders entirely useless. Even DVR won't record some shows. I'd rather stick with my VCR, that way I can record anything and everything.
The slider on the battery was a visible indicator so you knew if the battery was full or empty, while being in the field. My old JVC GR-AX280 VHC-C Camcorder batteries had that too. The battery of my Canon HV20 had a contacts protection cap that had a hole in it and you had to turn it in a way so if attached to the battery you would either see a bit of a colorful sticker on the battery or just grey of the plastic. Grey would mean full and the colorful sticker peeking through the hole would mean "empty - needs recharge".
Interesting finds. Except the Sony VCR/DVD combo recorder was from 2009, but this got to be one of the last models that Sony made until the VHS format died a slow death. VCR's discontinued from companies from 2009 through 2016 since Funai, the company nobody cares has finally done with VCR's. The reasons why is that no one has buying VCR's anymore, because people moved on to DVD's and Blu-Ray's instead of VHS. People got rid of them or donated them to thrift stores or selling them online which was kinda cheap like Amazon, eBay, Etsy or whether online store to find. And also, 2009 was the year that this combo was manufactured, and it was after all movie studios has completely done with the VHS format with their pre-recorded tapes. The last one I believe was from around 2006 through 2007, and other brands are still making blank VHS tapes until the end of its VHS run from around 2012 through 2016. That happened when the same company made the Betamax format and the Betamax VCR's since they discontinued in the 1990's, and the tape itself ended in 2015. Sony started the Betamax format in 1975, and JVC started the VHS format a year later in 1976, and RCA was the first company that introduced the VHS VCR in 1977 as the "Selectavision", but the name was later common for CED video disc players, a failed format from 1981 where they put out movies on CED until 1986.
Hi, A simple way to check to see if your remote is working to point the remote control at an AM radio (turned on). The remote should be within an inch or so of the radio. If the remote is working, you'll hear some interference every time you push one of the remote control buttons. If you don't hear any interference, move the remote control around a bit. Sometimes you need to turn the staton frequency off a little bit so the tuner is between stations. Regards, Tom
My miniDV Handycam completely died on me months ago, bad thing is the tape mechanism is stuck half way out, I have an old Sharp Hi-8 camcorder thats one of those I guess portrait style models with the screen an lens side by side an you can swivel the lens up an down, I never really use it since I can only power it up using like a old usb cord an wall charger.
Might be a modded firmware online to remove the Macrovision from the DVD / VHS recorder? I remember my first ever DVD player a Dansai 1010 in 2002, where I flashed the firmware the day I got it home to unlock VideoCD playback. This was in the days before DVD recorders were available, and using templates from the KVCD website for use in TMPGEnc to create your own VCDs was popular with enthusiasts.
Nice find on the Sony DVD/VHS combo unit. That's really interesting it has S-Video in but not S-Video out. I once had a comparable Panasonic DVD/VHS combo recorder that had a digital tuner (but could only record to DVD via the digital tuner) and I think it had S-Video out and in but.
What in the world was that at the end? Was mom upset that they were using the camcorder again? Funny! That band wasn't too bad. At least it wasn't that corporate crap commercial radio is shoving down our ears.
Damn you Windows 10, why play the notification sound at me if you're not going to show it in the Action Center?? Windows 10 has been quite buggy again ever since the Creators Update. This notification sound played when I was watching this video. So I opened the Action Center, and there was nothing in there. Not even a "1" on the button icon.
You mean the Sony date codes? The number is the last digit of the year and the letter (according to everyone's best guess) is the quarter of the year, because people have only seen A, B, C, and D.
You are lucky to live where you have thrift stores that have a good cache of old tech; I remember the days where I used to be able to find an Apple IIGS at Goodwill here, but for some reason these stores now send all of their computer/gaming/audio stuff to a store they created called GRID which marks everything up 100-200%
Set Top Box control bud, if I recall, was for a IR LED, to point at like a cable tuning box or such, to "turn to" the channel so that the VCR could record the unscrambled channel via RF CH 3/4. It's been ages, so don't take that to the bank, but, yeah, I believe that is what it was all about.
Looks like you've picked up some pretty-good gear there. That combo DVD/VHS deck should, or might have input select switching behind a drop-down panel somewhere.
Some good finds there. The thrift stores here would want eBay prices for all of those. They'd probably even put the cameras in a glass display case or something. I find it strange that they would separate items from their accessories. It just seems chaotic and unnecessary. I'd like to see what kind of job that VCR does upscaling VHS to 1080p
hi vwestlife do you know if on modern sony handycams or any modern camcorder that uses sd cards for that matter can record in a similar fassion to the tape ones? E.g keep the final recording as one file as aposed to separate files?
"dealer of Orange" maybe Orange CA or orange FL? regardless i find it interesting how thrift store stuff usually has some incredible journey it took to get to us. I once bought something off ebay from the East Coast that arrived to me in LA with its original 2004 receipt from the Bay Area
it's not about the 8bit guy already having made a video, we just want to see YOUR videos regardless if there is already a similar video (: at least I do (:
It's nice how in your thrift stores you can check electrical products before you buy. In the UK you cant do that. No power points are provided. Not sure if thats for H&S reasons or just because nobody cares to use shelving with power points. I would imagine such shelving would be expensive for a charity shop as I would think it would be too specialist. Sometimes buying a VHS deck is a lottery.
I have the very similar Sony RDR-VX560 which I use as my capture VCR because of the built-in TBC and Component output. The optical drive on mine is broken though and constantly tries to eject as long as it's plugged in.
i love how this looks filmed from 2007 but i check the date and it's today! One of the only channels I can watch on my 4:3 ipad mini 4 screen
Hmm yes, since I got the iPad I do like 4:3 videos
first gen ipad is good
1marcelfilms to throw at a trash can
I think I can quite honestly say you are my favourite RUclipsr. Your content is honest, humourous, and you have a great personality. Please, keep up the amazing work!!
This content is pure and has unscripted feel. And nobody isn't telling to him how or what topic to make videos!
I could gladly give him a dollar in Patreon for his work.
it feels like Thunderf00t but less scientific
That's what I really like about his content is the unscripted feel to it. One of my favorite you tubers
That "unknown rock band" should be your outro from now on... 9700 views is probably more than they'd had on their own channel - nice finds at the thrift stores!
that was the greatest used car dealer video I have ever seen
This was my favourite episode of the W Cheeka's show!
The W chicas had potential.
That Ending Part of Kids Freaking Out was Funny
Sony HandyCovfefe
can't wait for the W chikas to find about this
Apparently they changed their name mid-tape.
I think you should have the "W" CHICAS sign off all of your videos from now on...
George W. Chikas
I would not be against that.
After plenty of use, the rubber pinch roller in my TRV27 escaped in a big way. To its credit, it did not mangle the tape, but it did behave similarly to this one. I read somewhere that Sony had a problem with failing image sensors in some early 2000s camcorders, and that they were repairing them for a while. I've got a TRV19 with that problem, but if I leave it on for a while, the image sensor kind of "dribbles" back into working order.
That DVD/VHS machine was a major score.
Wow, might have to try that myself. I'll leave my two Sony DSC-T1's on and see if the image sensor on either of them comes back to life.
Came for geeky consumer electronics. Stayed for the cute kitty.
That rockband wasn't as terrible as some small bands I've seen live! I wonder what happened to them!
I made an entire documentary on a Digital 8 cam. Too bad they never made HD versions, because they were incredibly durable and feature rich.
Yeah, HDV8 would have been a great addition to the Video8 cassette-format :]
W Chicas is my favorite anime
The band at the end sounds good 😀. You gave them some airtime which is really cool 😎😀. The girls got some airtime too 😀.
That bassist, doing the "pendulum rock", hilarious... :P
You watch 8 bit guy? Nice.
Kryptopex lol same reaction
Kryptopex he never credits VWestlife
zhbvenkhoReload he never it's any of his content, and probably doesn't really know him
Collin, the imacguy is a bad guy. look at the video when he makes fun of people that email him despite him telling people to email him questions
@@zhbvenkhoReload in which video he does that?
ROCK ON, Unknown Rock Band, recorded on the DCR-TRV 315 Digital8 Handycam!
That's actually a cool name for a rock band :)
I don't know why, but I just like watching your videos to unwind. It's probably your relaxed voice and interesting content.
ikr? I'm zoning a few minutes, sometimes, before I realize I'm just watching a dude read a thing. Feels "rude" to jump ahead, though. Bad for his algorithmz. We must be over-worked.
@@awjaaa I watch everything. Even if I have no clue what he's talking about lol I find strange things interesting, including things I don't understand lol
@@applegal3058 Nothin' wrong with that at all! We're feeding our minds the good stuff, here.
@@awjaaa definitely. :-)
I think the ending there is one of the greatest things I've seen on this channel.
What in the hell was that kid doing that was just so horrendously intolerable?
Guess their mom doesn't like seeing the kids using the camcorder.
I mean, it's not like today where you can buy a 30$ [disposable] smartphone for your child to record whatever he wants.
Insane haul. I wish I could find half that stuff here.
I love that you mention/refer other youtubers in the description :)
Ngl, i need that car dealership speak in spanish to watch.
Am I the only one who gets lightweight sad seeing old tech? Where have the years gone? My Goodness
Those HandyCams are known for dirty contacts on the CCD lens board assembly and motherboard. Spray some contact cleaner (deoxit or lubricant recommended since they're plastic safe, unlike the other contact cleaner that has isopropyl alcohol, which isn't plastic safe) in both the CCD lens board and motherboard, let it sit for a good 4-6 minutes (10 minutes recommended), insert the cable that connects in between the two, and viola. I did that on my DCR-TRV260 that has the replacement lens board (should've kept the old one) installed, and it works once again. I kept the original lens since the replacement one had bad focus when zoomed out.
Now I’m sad I’ll never get to hear that full rock song. They were good!
Yeah, but it sounds more like punk to me
"ur not the boss of me!""ur not aloud to play with this!"
AMAZING find on the Sony dvd vhs recorder/ upscaler
Can you post the entire performance of that backyard band? I kinda dug that. Garage rock.
Just my 2 cents...
If there's a channel up/down on the front panel of that Sony DVD recorder - give it a try,that might be used for changing the input too. (At least that's how it works on my Panasonic recorder)
Pretty rad dude, I'd save those vids just because the vids 13 years old. They could be archived and someday be put on display somewhere for when people want to see random stuff people did 100 years back.
Omg i loved how this was recorded by a old camera
Hope you are able to upload the whole Mercedes reel. Either way, nice finds!
i love those 4 track recorders! great finds!
You don't know how much I love the title now after searching up that word
I'm fairly sure that the CCD has failed on the minidv camera - I had a batch of Sony minidv camcorders at work that suffered the exact same issue. Turns out Sony didn't give the CCDs sufficient cooling, so they eventually cooked themselves and stopped outputting anything!
M3G4UK surely it'd have thrown up an error message as well? dying sensors (as with my Sony DSC t7) show glitches and messes colours (such as promenance of purple and black) in video and photos.
Oh damn... And i thought dead pixels on Sony CCDs were the worst problem that would happen :(
Nope - they would literally just die. Maybe it wasn't cooling, just poor internal wiring - but either way, after a certain time they would no longer output an image. Replacing the lens/CCD module with a known working one fixed the issue, and it was a fairly straightforward swap.
M3G4UK so they'd just flat out die without anything else, not even prior color mess? I didn't know that .
I would highly recommend for anyone interested in collecting second hand AV electronics to purchase a programmable universal remote for situations like these. I bought a decent Logitech one for $30 from Aldi a few years back. All it takes to program is plugging it into a computer and selecting the model number of the device in question. It has been exceptionally handy for testing devices over the years.
Cute home video of those girls. Absolutely classic early-2000s kid stuff. LOL
you trading up in the world going from intresting tech vids to cute cat vids lol ;)
Your videos always make this typically sour man smile. Thank you for that, it's always a joy when you upload.
buen vídeo bill! love the spanish inception here ;)
saludos from buenos aires, argentina
I have that Sony DVD/VCR combo, also found at Goodwill, it was nearly new when I found it still in the original box probably around 2010. That does look like the correct remote. I think some old person bought it and couldn't figure out how to work it. I has been a good machine, it doesn't get much use but it works when I need it to.
Wonderful video. USA is lucky, in Argentina we do not have those thrift stores...Cheers!!!!
7:30 This looks kinda cool, if something is out of focus it looks pixelated :P
Please upload the whole rock band video tape!!! I want to watch it so badly now for some reason! Maybe they'll see it and we will know who they are?
can't stop listening to that song at the end, any chance you can upload the whole thing?
yea its a pretty good rock song to be honest
That first camera had excellent video and audio quality. I didn't know those older tape camera's could do what looked like 60 fps. I'm waiting for a day where I can nab a 60 fps or higher camera. They look like fun! Thanks for the video!
Any analog or DV camcorder can do 60 fps (or 50 fps in PAL regions): ruclips.net/video/sn_TDa9zY1c/видео.html
I just watched that video you linked, then set up my capture card and VCR and converted a part of my 3 year old life off of VHS into 60 fps video. This is amazing. Thanks so much for that tip. I've got a lot of work to do now, haha!
60000/1001 fps, that is.
Yeah, it's actually 59.94 fps, but close enough!
HandyCam, CandyHam!
Awesome haul! I found a JVC VCR in the dumpster not too long ago and did some LP to VHS transfers on it just for fun.
Kinda jealous of that DVD/VHS recorder. Does the component output also work with VHS tapes, or is it just for DVD?
This video made me feel more covfefe than ever
That cat is so cute...
6:21 I think ILink was an actual feature, not just a different name. I think it allows duplicating recordings to another camcorder through a Firewire cable. My Panasonic had a feature like this and I believe it was called ILink. But I could be mistaken with the name.
Wow, that is the nicest VHS/DVD combo machine I've ever seen. And that TRV315 is a great camcorder - I hear no tape mechanism background noise!
Try pointing that MiniDV camcorder at the sun and see if anything shows up in the viewfinder. That'll determine if it's a stuck aperture or a failure somewhere in the camera circuitry. The late Neil had a camcorder doing the same thing, and I discovered you could dimly see a bright light in the viewfinder. He was able to fix it by manually manipulating the aperture to unstick it.
What a lovely, friendly cat.
Nostalgia is so fun.
I thought I'd see something better than 480p60 on my birthday
I can feel the vapor just looking at these
the w chicas was the best part of the whole video! that needs to be reuploaded in it's entirety so I can laugh some more!
maybe i'll make videos like these about old digital cameras from the 2000s one day...
You find the coolest stuff in thrift stores. The thrift store in my area sucks. There is electronics there but basically extra parts. I would never find one of those video walkmans there.
And cute cat.
Hehe, nice kitty. That DVD/VCR combo seems surprisingly good; I've never seen one with such acceptable quality before. Too bad the remote didn't work... and it's annoying how so many electronics now absolutely need the remote in order to do certain things... how about a flap on the front that hides additional buttons, if they wanted to give the front a more simplistic look? It's worse when you try to use a universal remote and it still doesn't do everything you need it to do. I found a DVD recorder at the thrift store, and it too has that problem where it won't record "copy-protected" video... even broadcast TV; a huge percentage of TV shows can't be recorded... that alone makes DVD recorders entirely useless. Even DVR won't record some shows. I'd rather stick with my VCR, that way I can record anything and everything.
The slider on the battery was a visible indicator so you knew if the battery was full or empty, while being in the field. My old JVC GR-AX280 VHC-C Camcorder batteries had that too. The battery of my Canon HV20 had a contacts protection cap that had a hole in it and you had to turn it in a way so if attached to the battery you would either see a bit of a colorful sticker on the battery or just grey of the plastic. Grey would mean full and the colorful sticker peeking through the hole would mean "empty - needs recharge".
I loved the dos paintbrush! :) waiting for vid.... :)
Awesome cat! You are very lucky to have such a lovely natured creature like that. ☺ ♥❤♥ ☺
I believe the problem with the TRV27 is a bad CCD. That was pretty common with those models (TRV17, 25, and 27)
Interesting finds. Except the Sony VCR/DVD combo recorder was from 2009, but this got to be one of the last models that Sony made until the VHS format died a slow death. VCR's discontinued from companies from 2009 through 2016 since Funai, the company nobody cares has finally done with VCR's. The reasons why is that no one has buying VCR's anymore, because people moved on to DVD's and Blu-Ray's instead of VHS. People got rid of them or donated them to thrift stores or selling them online which was kinda cheap like Amazon, eBay, Etsy or whether online store to find. And also, 2009 was the year that this combo was manufactured, and it was after all movie studios has completely done with the VHS format with their pre-recorded tapes. The last one I believe was from around 2006 through 2007, and other brands are still making blank VHS tapes until the end of its VHS run from around 2012 through 2016.
That happened when the same company made the Betamax format and the Betamax VCR's since they discontinued in the 1990's, and the tape itself ended in 2015. Sony started the Betamax format in 1975, and JVC started the VHS format a year later in 1976, and RCA was the first company that introduced the VHS VCR in 1977 as the "Selectavision", but the name was later common for CED video disc players, a failed format from 1981 where they put out movies on CED until 1986.
The last major Hollywood film released on VHS was "A History of Violence" in 2006. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Violence
MTN Productions I bought a VCR just a few months ago 😀 a mint condition LG it was
Where is this thrift store where you always seem to find good things, and what is it called? Thank you.
Hi,
A simple way to check to see if your remote is working to point the remote control at an AM radio (turned on). The remote should be within an inch or so of the radio. If the remote is working, you'll hear some interference every time you push one of the remote control buttons. If you don't hear any interference, move the remote control around a bit. Sometimes you need to turn the staton frequency off a little bit so the tuner is between stations.
Regards, Tom
I'd love a fill transfer of that rock band
My miniDV Handycam completely died on me months ago, bad thing is the tape mechanism is stuck half way out, I have an old Sharp Hi-8 camcorder thats one of those I guess portrait style models with the screen an lens side by side an you can swivel the lens up an down, I never really use it since I can only power it up using like a old usb cord an wall charger.
What do you record these videos with and how do upload them to RUclips?
Might be a modded firmware online to remove the Macrovision from the DVD / VHS recorder? I remember my first ever DVD player a Dansai 1010 in 2002, where I flashed the firmware the day I got it home to unlock VideoCD playback. This was in the days before DVD recorders were available, and using templates from the KVCD website for use in TMPGEnc to create your own VCDs was popular with enthusiasts.
Nice find on the Sony DVD/VHS combo unit. That's really interesting it has S-Video in but not S-Video out. I once had a comparable Panasonic DVD/VHS combo recorder that had a digital tuner (but could only record to DVD via the digital tuner) and I think it had S-Video out and in but.
Did you film this video on Sony handycam 8 mm?
What in the world was that at the end? Was mom upset that they were using the camcorder again? Funny! That band wasn't too bad. At least it wasn't that corporate crap commercial radio is shoving down our ears.
My DCR-HC18E has the same black picture problem. Can I fix it?
i have that camcorder the DCR-TRV25 but my screen is smaller.
Nice find on that dvd vcr i really wish i could find one here.
here its just overpriced broken junk they sell.
Damn you Windows 10, why play the notification sound at me if you're not going to show it in the Action Center?? Windows 10 has been quite buggy again ever since the Creators Update.
This notification sound played when I was watching this video. So I opened the Action Center, and there was nothing in there. Not even a "1" on the button icon.
Notification sound? Action Center? Gross. I have Windows 10, but I still use my smartphone like a smartphone, and my computer like a computer.
I'm surprised you had so much trouble to dub the dvd to vhs; isn't that what that one button dub button is for?
I copied straight outta Compton onto a vhs just to test and it works so I believe you can onThat specific vcr
The 1st number is the date and the letter is the month I would bet? A-Jan , B-FEB etc
You mean the Sony date codes? The number is the last digit of the year and the letter (according to everyone's best guess) is the quarter of the year, because people have only seen A, B, C, and D.
Oh ok makes since. At least that band at the end had some pretty decent music
I'm in love with that Sony unit! ❤️
You are lucky to live where you have thrift stores that have a good cache of old tech; I remember the days where I used to be able to find an Apple IIGS at Goodwill here, but for some reason these stores now send all of their computer/gaming/audio stuff to a store they created called GRID which marks everything up 100-200%
vwestlife? That dvd/vhs combo does it put the vhs audio and video though the HDMI port? or do you need to use normal component cable?
The audio goes through HDMI too.
I think I wound up with some tapes from that same dealership, was it by chance Douglas Nissan?
Yes.
Set Top Box control bud, if I recall, was for a IR LED, to point at like a cable tuning box or such, to "turn to" the channel so that the VCR could record the unscrambled channel via RF CH 3/4. It's been ages, so don't take that to the bank, but, yeah, I believe that is what it was all about.
Looks like you've picked up some pretty-good gear there. That combo DVD/VHS deck should, or might have input select switching behind a drop-down panel somewhere.
the vhs player would be very handy to have. never seen a video with a HDMI.
Some good finds there. The thrift stores here would want eBay prices for all of those. They'd probably even put the cameras in a glass display case or something. I find it strange that they would separate items from their accessories. It just seems chaotic and unnecessary.
I'd like to see what kind of job that VCR does upscaling VHS to 1080p
Some remotes or receivers have a Remote 1/2 switch on them.
That DVD VHS Combo looks neat.
good find, those Sony combo players go for quite a bit on eBay because of the Unique HDMI feature.
Sony used to make such good products
hi vwestlife do you know if on modern sony handycams or any modern camcorder that uses sd cards for that matter can record in a similar fassion to the tape ones? E.g keep the final recording as one file as aposed to separate files?
What's with the tascam portastudio?
"dealer of Orange" maybe Orange CA or orange FL? regardless i find it interesting how thrift store stuff usually has some incredible journey it took to get to us. I once bought something off ebay from the East Coast that arrived to me in LA with its original 2004 receipt from the Bay Area
The tapes were from Douglas Nissan of Orange, California -- where the people running the dealership got arrested for fraud.
Not surprised, typical used car salesmen, am I rite?
it's not about the 8bit guy already having made a video, we just want to see YOUR videos regardless if there is already a similar video (: at least I do (:
It's nice how in your thrift stores you can check electrical products before you buy. In the UK you cant do that. No power points are provided. Not sure if thats for H&S reasons or just because nobody cares to use shelving with power points. I would imagine such shelving would be expensive for a charity shop as I would think it would be too specialist.
Sometimes buying a VHS deck is a lottery.
I have the very similar Sony RDR-VX560 which I use as my capture VCR because of the built-in TBC and Component output. The optical drive on mine is broken though and constantly tries to eject as long as it's plugged in.