If people remember EDTV at all, it's as a logo found on plasma and LCD televisions from the 2000s, that were a lower-cost, lower-resolution alternative to HDTV. But there's a long and complicated history which led up to that point. ...
Lots of people talk and worry about vinyl records wearing out, but finally here is a controlled, long-term experiment to test how much audible wear actually happens to records played in real-world conditions on a variety of turntables. I highly suggest a quiet listening environment and good pair of speakers or headphones to ...
Attempting to find a rarity in 2021: a radio with a true analog tuner, rather than a digital tuner pretending to be one. Candidates include the Panasonic "Retro Design" RF-562D ($49.99 on Amazon) and the 5 Core "Sound of India" T-22 (a.k.a. TC-22, $25.88 on eBay). ...
Having fun with a POS thermal receipt printer (Point Of Sale, that is), the Samsung Bixolon STP-103. YouTube's automatic captions transcribed Bixolon as "big salon"... and it certainly could've been used in one! ...
Enhanced Definition TV - "A poor man's High-Def"
If people remember EDTV at all, it's as a logo found on plasma and LCD televisions from the 2000s, that were a lower-cost, lower-resolution alternative to HDTV. But there's a long and complicated history which led up to that point. ...
Three-way vinyl record wear test
Lots of people talk and worry about vinyl records wearing out, but finally here is a controlled, long-term experiment to test how much audible wear actually happens to records played in real-world conditions on a variety of turntables. I highly suggest a quiet listening environment and good pair of speakers or headphones to ...
Searching for the last true analog radio - Panasonic & 5 Core
Attempting to find a rarity in 2021: a radio with a true analog tuner, rather than a digital tuner pretending to be one. Candidates include the Panasonic "Retro Design" RF-562D ($49.99 on Amazon) and the 5 Core "Sound of India" T-22 (a.k.a. TC-22, $25.88 on eBay). ...
I got a receipt printer. Now what?
Having fun with a POS thermal receipt printer (Point Of Sale, that is), the Samsung Bixolon STP-103. YouTube's automatic captions transcribed Bixolon as "big salon"... and it certainly could've been used in one! ...