I remember watching these videos since like 2013, I was in 8th grade and now I'm about to graduate college these videos got me through some hard times and help me nourish a hobby that I was teased for at school which was old electronics which then became engineering and now I'm going to college for aerospace engineering guy like you, the 8 bit guy and LGR have shaped me into who I am today in the sense that no matter how odd my hobbies may be to others I can always be myself and pursue my interests and I can't thank you enough for that

@JessicaFEREM

2 жыл бұрын

I have a similar experience with these videos. I also posted my experience.

@polaris911

2 жыл бұрын

your avatar pic is hilarious

@50shadesofbeige88

2 жыл бұрын

Man I feel old

@FredyGarbagis

2 жыл бұрын

Woah Congrats!

@bricethompson1922

2 жыл бұрын

@@FredyGarbagis thank you so much 😁

Who knew that ejecting different media formats could be so fascinating to watch?!

The Sylvania netbook yeeting its memory card is still one of my favorite moments from the channel ngl

This was fun!! I love your down to earth, relaxing style. All the sounds are somewhere hidden in my memory, like old cassette players in my youth, VCRs friends had, the spinning of CDs in cheap players and falling tapes on the floor. I wish you all the best, and thanks again for 20 minutes that passed by like 5. Cheers from Holland!

@fordshojoe8080

2 жыл бұрын

It's almost ASMR worthy lol.

Don't pick on Techmoan. You are both very informative in all the gadgets you show. We all love these gadgets!

@OriginalPineapplesFoster

2 жыл бұрын

Techmoan doesn't need anybody to pick on him, he does a great job of picking on himself. 😛 🍍

@sprint955st

2 жыл бұрын

Those two need to do a proper full-on collaboration

@JaredConnell

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure it was done in jest, he's obviously a fan of techmoan and I'm sure most of his fans are subscribed to techmoan too

Kevin, this is a wonderful retrospective. I belatedly discovered your channel a couple of years ago, but it's been a delight to read through your back pages. No-one explores these old devices with more joy and sympathy, The "SELF OPENING TRUNK!" mic drop at 14:00 gives me life

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@alexdhall

2 жыл бұрын

Though to be fair, there are now lift gates and hatches on some vehicles that can auto open *and* close....

@JaredConnell

Жыл бұрын

@@alexdhall ya but then he'd have to change his name to HondaCRVestlife

That laptop I’m guessing from 2011 has a bit of an enthusiastic eject of it’s sd card. Imagine if that’s how we ejected micro sd cards. You would always lose them cause the went flying and you didn’t see where it went.

@Kalvinjj

2 жыл бұрын

Seen devices do it with Micro SD indeed. My Game Boy Advance flashcart ejects the Micro SD violently as heck. I've forgotten it does that a few times and the card bounced off the wall even.

@macromage

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kalvinjj hahaha hope you haven’t lost em

@BilisNegra

2 жыл бұрын

Thing is the laptop is not precisely from a major brand. I wonder which other devices might mount that cheap off the shelf card reader.

@Pasi123

2 жыл бұрын

I had a cheap Android tablet that ejected microsd cards like that. One time I removed the microsd card in a bus and it took me a while to find the card :D Later I accidentally broke the card by opening the back of the tablet without removing the card, it snapped in half

I can only imagine how long it must've taken you to go through all of your videos just to find the eject parts. Appreciate the effort!

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It did take a while to transfer all the clips from the original tapes and files and then edit them together.

That WBGO shoutout

Lowkey, these funny ejects have been part of what's been keeping me here for years and years (admittedly, what got me here in the first place was the video of the full sized Panasonic VHS camcorder in 2008 during the start of 8th grade for me).

Strangely, I found this very interesting. The noise on the Handycam unit was priceless.

I didn't realize I'd been watching you for so long! Time flies...

I always enjoy seeing some of my favorite channels reference each other! Great collection of things ejecting from things.

Your SD card ejecting skills are truly impressive. :)

I love the way slot loading CD drives work. That mech sound when it takes it in.

Thank you for the hard work you put in this channel. One of my best channel.

This is a beautiful video of all the different ejects on the various formats.

I'm glad you included the LS120 drive. Those things make the most hi-tech noises I have ever heard from a PC. Something I bought that surprised me when I got it is a JVC mini system that has a slot loading cassette deck with motorised load and eject like a front loading VCR. Having had slot loading cassettes in car players that were closer to the SD card eject mechanism I wasn't expecting that.

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

In this case it's actually a LS240 drive. One of the rare options for an IBM ThinkPad.

I love this. I had a cassette deck in my old BMW e30 325is that would eject tapes like normal. All except this really old white colored Elton John cassette I had. For some reason it would shoot that one out and land on teh gear shift and then fall on the floor somewhere if you werent careful. I could never figure out why it only did it with that one white cassette. But it influenced my cassette buying as I always avoided cassettes that were solid white. Lol. That is until I got rid of it.

@L0L59

2 жыл бұрын

My honda tape deck does that too with certain tapes! What happened was that the shell wasn't properly seated while manufacturing, so it was just a fraction wider than the rest. This caused it to get jammed a little, and the mechanism would put more force causing it to shoot out. Once I had a tape in it and it shot it all the way to the back seat of the car.

What an amazing collection, the eject mechanism on that record player looked vicious!

Not very many people will try to prove Techmoan wrong!!! 😀😀😀

@marshto1

2 жыл бұрын

You are so correct 7Janeway Techmoan is the king of electronics on Y.T.

I am so glad I discovered this channel. I only regret I came in so late.

Love the SD card that went spinging around the room.

You KNOW you've got a good SD card slot when it reliably reads cards AND kicks them a full foot.

This was my favorite video of the entire day today. Thanks Kevin!

Slow day in the VWestlife studios? :-P Sharp must have liked that reduced functionality cassette mechanism. I had a dual well boombox that also used it, with a blank plastic piece covering the "unavailable" buttons. I always wondered if the stems for FF/REW were there, but never took it apart to check. Makes me wonder just how much money they saved, or if they really thought that was what people wanted!

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

I also once saw a dual cassette boombox in which the recording deck can ONLY record -- it didn't have a play button!

@RealEpikCartfrenYT

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say that it probably does have extra stems for fast forward and rewind, since manufacturing a special mechanism wouldn't make sense both economically, since they can use off-the-shelf parts, and resource wise since not many devices used such mechanism where you only have play and stop.

19+ minutes of various format ejects and I couldn’t stop watching. Very nice job Kevin!

This was great. So many classic moments. 🍻

My family upgraded to broadband internet in 2009, when I was 12 years old. Having heard a lot about KZread, I went straight to the site and started searching for videos about old electronics. One of the first videos I ever watched was your disassembly of the 1986 Soundesign CD player (the first one featured in this compilation). Now, all of these years later, I'm still an avid viewer and your content just keeps getting better. Keep up the good work! 😁

Best ejects on KZread loved this channel since the beginning thanks for all the cool gadgets and gizmos

When I was a teenager , That vhs cassette compartment made me win lots of friends who had issues with their VCRs which I had been lucky to repair for free just to have a chance to open and explore the internals of those devices :D

Been watching your channel since around 2010 love this throwback

You made my day! May you enjoy at least another 13 years of geeky and quirky consumer electronics videos!

My God, if anything, this video just reminded me of how long you have been a part of my life. It took me years to finally subscribe (I simply used to avoid subscriptions because I felt guilty about not watching every video, yeah, I know, right?), but I've been watching your content since what felt like forever. Well, now we have finally quantified that forever. I don't care what you post, I'll keep watching till the bitter end. Every last one of them. And damn right I find this interesting. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug, and this is tech we grew up with.

Who doesn't love the eject button....funniest video ever..

@Casey-Jones

2 жыл бұрын

I laughed none stop WTF

"you can't get that with a hatchback!" **Laughs in minivan*

I follow your channel since 2016,thanks for sharing your knowledge about vintage áudio and vídeo .

So...many...memories. Time well-wasted. Haha! Here's to another 13 years of fascinating videos, VWestlife. All the best! :)

THAT IS MY FAVOURITE VIDEO OF THE YEAR ON ANY CHANNEL. CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEARS.

My favourite is the "zoing" sound of the flip clock "cassette up" eject

I completely forgot about that SD card slot on that Sylvania Netbook, that was an absolute riot

What a memory lane this was. Thank you so much.

I just started watching your channel recently and this is my favorite video so far this year but it has been a weird year. Keep doing what you do. And please launch more SD cards at bank lamps. Thanks.

You've come a long way man! Congrats! I'm a fan as I have seen 90% of the clips featured. My most favorite is that sweet MITSUBA 35 MM fake 8MM cassette camcorder? thing at 2:56 Second favorite is the fake mini DVD camcorder. And stuppidest product, the Panasonic pencil sharpener and tape dispenser. Here's to another 13 years!

I really hope you keep making videos for the next 13, you seem to be one of the only people on KZread who isn't completely full of it when it comes to audio equipment and the like. Here's to 13!

Couldn't resist watching when I saw the title and it didn't disappoint!

So satisfying! Clicking the X or hitting the close button on a touchscreen just doesn't tickle the same way.

Nothing beats a feeling of dejection like watching a video about ejections. :)

Been watching ya for many many years now. Started with your review of the Vivitar DVR810HD and been watching since then. Much love.

I am a man from the 50' in Argentina and I love your videos. I adore to try to repair elentronics and mechanics from my youth, far away :) gracias.

Awesome video as always!

You are going to lose that bloody SD card young man! I have a toaster like that one at 7:50. It is okay until the toast goes down the back of the washing machine. You hypnotised me at 17 minutes and I lost my whole evening. Seriously, this video must have taken eons to make, well at least 13 years. Nice job.

Thank you for the upload! :)

Informative and soothing to watch.

Would be fun to put a basket, cup, or whatever on the floor while ejecting the SD card from the laptop... make a real game out of it. 😂

@worldcomicsreview354

2 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing a Vaio, I have one that can clear my neighbour's desk!

@worldcomicsreview354

2 жыл бұрын

The old Zip Discs had a brutal eject too!

@themaritimegirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@worldcomicsreview354 It was a $50 Windows CE netbook.

The 2003 Saab 9-3 has a fascinating cupholder ejector.

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

I did a video about a SAAB 9-3 years ago, although I didn't show the cupholder.

@AaronOfMpls

2 жыл бұрын

@MetalHead88x I think I know which one you mean -- my mom had a 2000s Saab with those cupholders. (She's had various Saabs since 1979, and only switched to VW for her latest car since Saab folded.) And searching around ... one of these? kzread.info/dash/bejne/jICkuZaPfbm9n7Q.html

What a supercut! Did you find all these by memory, or do you have some fancy keyword filing system for your videos? I think I've only been watching your videos for 5-6 years, so I didn't see a lot of these.

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

I skimmed through all of my videos and picked out the ones where I showed something cassette or CD related. I was actually disappointed because in many of my early videos I demonstrated a cassette recorder without ever showing it eject a tape!

Thank you! I bought a Sharp VC-7400 V.C.R. only because it loads cassettes strangely. It was Sharp's second V.C.R. they ever sold in the United States (the first being the VC-6800 in 1979) and you have to press "eject" for the door at the front to flip up like a garage door, then you put the cassette in as normal. That is the only reason why I spent $38 on the thing.

I have that same television in the beginning clip, I swear all the retro tech people are getting them as LGR has one too.

This was well worth the wait.

A fascinating collection of whirrs, whines and pops. An old fashioned manual record player seems simple and sleek by comparison.

That's 20 minutes of my life gone forever

VWestlife: Challenge ejec^H^H^H^H accepted!!!

I love how many of these videos are you throwing a little thing away a lot of times. It amazes me how humans can find amussement with simple things

Great compilation, really interesting stuff here.

I've been watching you since about 2009-2010 I think. Similar to other people I had just started high school. Now I've graduated with a degree in Mechanical engineering and work as a calibration engineer. Back in the days of you. Uxwbill, V8jagnut, aussie50, jpizzle1122, mobilephone2003 and some channels that unfortunately in later years we realised just what was going on, although I didn't mind the content (David's farm). Keep up the good work!

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! retrochad, uxwbill, and bbishoppcm were my biggest influences. The latter two are still around and making new videos (but uxwbill not as frequently anymore), while retrochad unfortunately disappeared a long time ago.

@steviebboy69

2 жыл бұрын

I remember Aussie50 and did watch all the video's he made including the famous washing machine destruction video, he unfortunately passed away a few years ago now.

I just came from watching Mat's video and said the same thing! We do care! 🤣

I still use a VCR to record TV shows occasionally. I’m 16 and an old soul.

This is an acid party in the marking. Chef's kiss, my friend, chef's kiss!

There is something very satisfying in those 80s sounds

I enjoyed your content keep up the good work

I think I first tuned in circa 2011 while I was studying mech eng in Leicester. Seems like forever ago now, but I remember vividly your Amiga video toaster video had me hooked. Thanks for all your content over the years, YT would be a far more boring place without you.

Make a media eject competition: "How far can a SD card go?" Draw/Put a distance scale on the floor, write down the brand, pricetag, the size, the weight and the distance. :-D

That was actually interesting. Brilliant.

Kevin you are a RIOT!! Thanks for the videos.

Nice a new Video! Quality stuff as ever

I will repeat, in my mind, everything I hear on this channel. I will repeat, in my mind, everything I hear on this channel.

9:15 . . . Something like that spring sound could set me off into laughter until I am wheezing.

When I was a teenager my parents had every piece of the latest LXI stuff (including this top loading thing) since sears was their "to go" place from snowblower to hifi. Glad they never got the computers there.

I've actually just bought the kind of CD player at 14:15, with the funky upward door opening. I've first seen this in your video, and instantly loved that door mechanism, so I just had to get it when I've finally found one, even if the door doesn't work on it. It's a bit of a project, but shows signs of life, and it was like 4 bucks.

ha! i knew techmoan was playing with fire when he said that wasn't worth it's own video. :-) glad i have re-found your channel!

Best tech video of the year

Dude you are so weird!! That's a compliment by the way. Love this channel.

I’m addicted to your videos

I found a JVC DD-5 cassette deck at Goodwill the other day. The way it ejected sold me more than the direct drive!

Nice video. It's very funny to see this

October 2010, at 4:20, you have an Melodi Grand Prix CD? How, why and from where? I had to double blink with my eyeballs. Not that it is anything special, but a Norwegian CD produced by, or for NRK, with songs from their yearly song competition, (the Norwegian goverment funded and owned television channel). That CD seems to have taken a long trip. I did not expect that, the CD player does look like a game console though, especially with those Mega Drive gamepads there. Well, I guess it is not unusual for CDs and stuff to travel around the world, but it is not usually those types of CDs, I would think.

@vwestlife

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is Melodi Gran Prix 2010. I think I got it on eBay or Amazon.

Haha, just watched Techmoan's new video, then watched this! Synchronicity!!

at 5:00, that's a hidden James Bond weapon that fires SD cards.

Dates to bring back memories. I'm an avid watcher of VWestlife channel since mid 2010

Most satisfying thing I've ever watched 💯

Like watching Doug Demuro of the old electronic. So many quirks and features....

You're a legend.

Damn, you actually remastered the older videos at 60 FPS. Very poggers indeed.

The ultimate Eject mechanism ASMR-gasm montage...

That first CD player looks like the one I have. I I can tell it's not the same brand but it looks like the same design

I've encountered Dell monitors with an eject mechanism. The school bought, then aircraft-cabled them by the supports to the tables as an --anti theft mechanism-- theft deterrent (the security mounts were only plastic)-- --But the *unlabeled* eject button abruptly detached the screen from the support, with predictable results. Later models removed the mechanism entirely, requiring a 'pin' or other tool to release a latch.

6:40 maybe it is not a coincidence since Sharp and Nintendo are known to work together occasionally since the NES era 🤔. Very entertaining video, as usual, thank you sir 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@AaronOfMpls

2 жыл бұрын

Heck, Sharp once made a TV with a built-in NES: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaGcyqavnsbYdrw.html (Gaming Historian's video on it)

Amusing video especially the orange record player, that shoots records

I've never forgotten the noise of that spring 😂