I really want him to keep this as a prop in his filming set, so that he can always emphasize a point by banging the desk and having the receiver fall down.

@IngwiePhoenix

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree! Hilarious, nerdy, and definitively unique. I want him to do exactly that now. =)

@Boemel

4 жыл бұрын

its too funny

@BertGrink

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@deathstrike

4 жыл бұрын

It would also be nice if Techmoan could get that to work and add to his intro and greeting welcoming everyone to his channel via the videophone.

@nomecriativo8348

4 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome

90's video edit looked so authentic, took me a few seconds to realize it was a joke.

@EberKlaushartinger

4 жыл бұрын

I think, he really recorded it to a Video8-Tape.

@wayannurlangga4439

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was real from the tape.. 😅

@Grenade80

4 жыл бұрын

He only forgot to wear double-bridged glasses.

@cemsengul16

4 жыл бұрын

Right? His editing game was on point. I suppose it is because he surrounds himself with old cameras haha.

@glipk

4 жыл бұрын

He's a legend

"And the built in handset.." *Bang* *Clatter* Lmao

Back in the 90s it was exciting to see the person you spoke to. Now we don't even bother speaking to each other, we just send text messages. It's like we have gone back to the age of the telegraph.

How cool would it be if you put this on a high shelf, and when you wanted to answer a call you banged the desk and caught the handset on the way down at least mildly cool, I think

@DoomFinger511

4 жыл бұрын

until it falls on your head

@frankowalker4662

4 жыл бұрын

And a step-ladder to hang up. LOL.

@BertGrink

4 жыл бұрын

Scoob I like your way of thinking! :D

@carbonunit3191

4 жыл бұрын

Whilst wearing shades with the theme to Beverley Hills Cop playing in the background? ;)

@dantx4545

4 жыл бұрын

@Please Complete All Fields you beat me to it!

I think "Tech 93" is my new favorite show

@Arbiter099

4 жыл бұрын

Wonder if they had to rename the show every year

@PickleSurpriseVEVO

4 жыл бұрын

@@Arbiter099 they did that with the Film with Barry Norman

@MrDuncl

4 жыл бұрын

It just needs Judith Hann and William Woollard as co-presenters :-)

@zetametallic

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the presenter was my friends brother Andy for a split second he looked identical! Mind you Andy did emigrate to Canada in the mid 00's so maybe we have our answer🤔

@barringtongates6470

4 жыл бұрын

me too. I loved it

BT (or more accurately the Post Office as it was then) had an internal videophone trial in the late 1960s. Followed by about 20 sets of the Mark 2 Viewphone, most at the HQ building in Gresham Street, London and the rest at the Dollis Hill Research Station. Those were analogue systems, monochrome, 319 lines (vertical scan in Mark 1, conventional horizontal scan in mark 2), 50 field/s, 2:1 interlace, 1 MHz bandwidth running over twisted pair cables. The H.261 standardisation process began in 1985. I was its editor, participating in the international meetings and led the small group at BT Research Labs building a pair of hardware prototype codecs. Each was the size of a fridge-freezer. All the subsequent video compression standards in the H.26x series and the MPEG series are based on the same techniques as in the original H.261.

"The built in handset..." *thump* That actually had me laugh out loud. Great stuff as usual!

At 1:20 I thought 'So that's where Mat got his inspiration for the Techmoan intro video.' 1:32 Ha ha! I fell for that hook, line and sinker! Brilliant!

@MP-Fin

4 жыл бұрын

Arne Saknussemm me too lol

@kennethsanderson442

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. Brilliant!

@JesusisJesus

4 жыл бұрын

I've NEVER met anyone who said "I'm a scientist" when asked what their occupation is.

@Alibm80

4 жыл бұрын

Same here! :D The voice later was a giveaway ;)

@medes5597

4 жыл бұрын

@@JesusisJesus Magnus Pyke used to do it on his show. I'm guessing that's where Techmoan got it.

VHS filter... check. Cheesy background music... check. Hairstyle... check. And... we have an early '90s video! Excellent :)

@JesusisJesus

4 жыл бұрын

Moustache - Confirmed, definitely the salesman for this thing.

@JackMoney

4 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought it was a legit video from the 90's. I only figured it out when I heard his voice...

@NandR

4 жыл бұрын

THAT IS NOT A FILTER. Techmoan wouldn't do that. He has all the VHS gear needed to simply record this onto a tape and then capture it in playback.

I often say, the science fiction of my childhood has become today's banality.

@vermis8344

3 жыл бұрын

I'm still stoked that I'm able to reply to you on a Star Trek Next Generation PADD, just like Captain Gene Luck Pikkard.

2:03 What a fantastic explanation of compression! It's such an elegant way of showing something complex while making it looking simple and entertaining. And all that for what is basically "just" an insert into a larger segment. The production value here is through the roof and there's a good reason for your many subscribers. Thank you!

@AndorMilesBoard

Жыл бұрын

The 90s explanation of video compression is as funny as it is genius. Brilliant!

1993: this videophone is the future, so cool! 2020: you better put some tape over your webcam!

@meruginger934

4 жыл бұрын

in 1993 they already deliver a cap for the cam...

@travis4798

4 жыл бұрын

They were ahead of their time on that! lol

@themagicboy6548

4 жыл бұрын

It came with a lens cap

@GeoNeilUK

4 жыл бұрын

@@themagicboy6548 1993: We have provided a lens cap for your privacy 2020: Your laptop gets a webcam whether you want one or not, hope you got some tape...

@SenileOtaku

4 жыл бұрын

The very first computer I used that had a webcam (Silicon Graphics Indy, 1996) came with a slide-over lens cover. I suspect one major reason the computer makers won't build-in a sliding lens cover (other than the accumulated cost of them cutting into the CEO's donut & sushi budget) is because there would be thousands of customers calling in because their webcam wasn't working (when they'd just have the cover closed)

Yep, a videophone in your home is the coolest thing ever! And now everyone has a videophone in their pocket and we hardly ever use it.

@christopher88719

4 жыл бұрын

I always decline FaceTime calls at first thinking someone pocket dialed me because no one ever calls you on it.

@Clay3613

4 жыл бұрын

Mostly used for porn.

@Miss-Foe

4 жыл бұрын

Eh, I do group facetime calls with my family a couple of times a week. And I'll facetime friends if I need to ask them about something where it would help if they could see it, or I'll do a video call to my roommates if I spot something they might want and I need to know if they want me to pick it up for them. And of course I do a video call with my girlfriend quite often because it makes the whole long distance relationship thing much easier. I actually do a lot of video calling, and so do most of my friends and family, but I'm guessing I'm not exactly the typical viewer of this channel.

@Miss-Foe

4 жыл бұрын

@@bentleymn Yeah that's true. My guy friends do seem less inclined to do video calls. I share your hatred of voice calls though, I only answer for a handful of people I'm really close to because they cause me major anxiety. Video calls aren't quite the same to me though and I'm not sure why.

@SenileOtaku

4 жыл бұрын

Conference calls for work, that's all I'd be using it for (and that's usually through my work laptop anyway). Besides, I like to walk around when on the phone, so it would likely drive the other person nuts.

Loved the 90's edit! Makes me miss your puppets. ❤️

"Hi Professor Oak". All I think of when I see this is the first season of the Pokemon anime.

5:06 "...but the built in handset... * thump * ...lets it work..." That alone got a like from me :D

@Ciakuz

4 жыл бұрын

IDK why but this reminds me of Jeremy Clarkson somewhat.

@MaltAndPepper

4 жыл бұрын

Same here 😂

@chiptrippyfox6106

4 жыл бұрын

I laughed so freaking hard haha

@gaz66chris

4 жыл бұрын

I had to pause the video and rewind it as i couldn't hear what he said next though my laughter!

@jrmorrisjr1471

4 жыл бұрын

Here's on for you too.

Brilliant! I lost it when Tech 93's host came on...literally laughing out loud.

@realityshotgun

4 жыл бұрын

What's funnier is that he actually owns that hairpiece

@illiteratethug3305

4 жыл бұрын

Somebody got a DVD of 'Look Around You' for Christmas... :D :D

@veganguy74

4 жыл бұрын

More “Tech (90s)” style videos, please! 😄

@DLWormwood

4 жыл бұрын

illiterate thug If they ever make a 3rd season/series of that, we’ve got the perfect guest host or writer for it

Really interesting ! I actually worked on some of the technology behind all of this. At the time telco companies were in a battle with IT companies as to which technology would provide internet to the home. Telco's were pushing ISDN (2B+D) whilst the rest of the industry were pushing TCP/IP. BT even launched a service called "Home highway" which provided ISDN (2 x 64 KB/s) to the home in the mid-90's and I knew a few small businesses in remote areas who signed onto it. But as we now know, 'broadband' came and demolished all these ideas of delivering internet and video-phones to the home via an ancient telecoms standard (ISDN).

love it, tech 93 was like watching "look around you"

The portion where he was wearing that wig cracked me up. It kind of made him look like he could be LGR's long lost uncle or something.

@metacob

4 жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for an all-retro-tech-youtuber sketch show

@meantime76

4 жыл бұрын

Also thought of LGR!

@cptcrogge

4 жыл бұрын

ye

@As_Phil

4 жыл бұрын

@@metacob Techmoan, LGR, 8bitguy, Technology Connections, Nostalgia Nerd... who else?

@ct92404

4 жыл бұрын

@@As_Phil RetroManCave

I don’t know why the receiver falling off is so funny 😂

@ttkftykyfts

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I laughed big time, even choked on the sandwiches I was eating. Lol.

@RiC_David

4 жыл бұрын

@Eduardo Mendez They're flying off the shelves!

@andrewclark8630

4 жыл бұрын

I think it is the way he pounds his desk as if it is perfectly normal. Been a long time since anything on youtube has made me laugh this much.

@andywolan

3 жыл бұрын

All of that advanced technology, yet it could not keep a simple handset in place when exposed to simple shock and vibration that a generic handset could do. Just so comical. :)

@LelleKidd

2 жыл бұрын

Could easily have been fixed with a piece of velcro

me: [sees video phone] me instinctually: OH MAN I HAVE TO TELL MY MOM ABOUT THIS NEW GYM BADGE I EARNED

@xitizzz

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of calling Professor Oak to send me my Charizard back!

@doubtful_seer

3 жыл бұрын

It looks exactly like those phones in the early games tbh

@AtomicBoo

3 жыл бұрын

First thing that came to my mind as well, “those Pokémon phones actually exist huh”

@agentoranj5858

3 жыл бұрын

I miss the 90's spirit of pokemon. Holograms have no soul.

@bostonrailfan2427

27 күн бұрын

Mr. Mime!

1:33 nailed the '93 infomercial dude look!

"Let's have a watch." * Casually inserts 8mm video tape into specific monitor without comment *

@terrydavenport48

4 жыл бұрын

What is that monitor? Other than a Sony, that is?

@tieline1333

4 жыл бұрын

@@terrydavenport48 EV-DT2

@fordtechchris

4 жыл бұрын

He knows us too well....

Nearly choked on my water at 5:08, at least that handset is as funny to us as it is annoying to you.

@Jingleboy14

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, the comedic timing was perfect.

@briangray5921

4 жыл бұрын

I LOLd

@CommodoreFan64

4 жыл бұрын

I'm eating lunch at work, and nearly spat my soup out.

@vappyenjoyer24

4 жыл бұрын

@@CommodoreFan64 you said spat my 2 times.

@CommodoreFan64

4 жыл бұрын

@@vappyenjoyer24 lol dang Google auto correct

It’s amazing how we went from a tv with a phone attached all the way to a hand held device that does all that and more. Great content!

@DavidMarvin

3 жыл бұрын

Video compression demonstration was the best I’ve ever seen! Brilliant, high tech and funny. Brilliantly done 📼📺📞

I'm always amused when Techmoan wears a wig. There's was that older clip where he had a wig with long bangs that covered part of his mouth.

@SagePatrynXX

4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Mr Green didn't show up the handset might knock him out

That was the literal coolest explanation I've ever seen in my entire life

@IngwiePhoenix

4 жыл бұрын

If I need to explain someone what video compression is...this is my goto video now.

@brokeboisentertainment8525

4 жыл бұрын

@@IngwiePhoenix 200%

I use to work for a logistics company that dealt exclusively with a Korean company that made video phones. When the company went bust, we were left with an amount of inventory. As the IT manager there I was "given" three brand new units. These work over IP and have a wealth of features. But go back about 10 plus years ago. If you'd like to PM me if happily send the 3 units to you for review 😁

@Milnoc

4 жыл бұрын

You should send one to him and another one to someone else so you could all test it out together! 😁

@Nathriel

4 жыл бұрын

I actually have a pair of old IP videophones. They connected to an included proprietary PCI card on a PC and you could converse with others through the internet. I think I came across it in the early 2000's while dumpster diving. I believe they are Picturetel's.

@MilesPrower1992

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nathriel My dad has an Intel video call ISA card, don't remember exactly what it was called, and the camera is missing

@fordshojoe8080

4 жыл бұрын

@@Milnoc lgr would be a good one

@LEGOpachinko

4 жыл бұрын

Send one to him and one to the 8-bit guy

I remember these things. We had them in South Africa especially in Pretoria and Johannesburg.

@weltschmerz88

3 жыл бұрын

How's things down there at the moment?

@pieterwillembotha6719

3 жыл бұрын

@@weltschmerz88 down where? Earth?

@weltschmerz88

3 жыл бұрын

@@pieterwillembotha6719 SA?

The Audio sync delay that you added to the "VHS" style video with the mustache, was absolutely perfect, i clapped in an empty room.

@EberKlaushartinger

4 жыл бұрын

Video8!

Glad you found that footage from '93. TV was so much better these days - they even had the brilliant idea explaining video compression! Days gone...

5:06 "But the built-in handset" (POUND! Handset falls down.)

@CattoRayTube

4 жыл бұрын

Loved this bit.

@diablo9442

4 жыл бұрын

Funny as hell

*sees thumbnail* “Wait, is that...” *pounds desk* “Show me your portal to the Pokémon world!”

@MichaelOKeefe2009

3 жыл бұрын

RING RING RING RING RING RING POKO POKO!

@MichaelOKeefe2009

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the SilphVision Phone SVP-1000 Video phone that Ash's mom once used.

I’m watching this on a modern smartphone capable of FaceTime, and yet I consider the Videophone to be a much cooler device based on its design alone.

@RiC_David

4 жыл бұрын

@Eduardo Mendez I think it's remarkable they assembled anything!

@MartinCaballero77

4 жыл бұрын

Apple designers are reading this and crying now.

@santocuban7086

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, the idea of it being able to send video's to coworkers and then having it played of a VHS Tape, Sounds like a amazing concept.

@jonc8074

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like a set dressing from Alien or Maniac or Stranger Things

@roytofilovski9530

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone has FaceTime or some similar thing. Owning this bad boy is another level altogether.......

I really hope you find more episodes of Tech 93

“Tech 93” brings back “Next Step” and “Beyond 2000” tv shows from Discovery Channel to my mind...

It’s amazing how far technology has come in twenty years. Now my phone in my pocket can can do video calls, and a business device as well as personal entertainment device. Hell I don’t even need a tv to play my Xbox on anymore cause I can now play it over my phone

Drinking Game: Take a shot every time the handset drops

@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14

4 жыл бұрын

*A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED*

@Ash-lt2ty

4 жыл бұрын

I now have liver failure

@Huvada

4 жыл бұрын

Yu Lei three shots when the keypad falls out.

@WiggysanWiggysan

4 жыл бұрын

I'm now fooking rat-arsed !!

@IngwiePhoenix

4 жыл бұрын

@@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14 Hooooo boy...wonder what the Monokuma file will read xD (In case that was not a Danganronpa reference; well...this is literally something Danganronpa does all the time. After someone is killed, a "Body Discovery Announcement" is heared where the quote-en-quote villain will say that "A body has been discovered!")

Haha, one of your best, Mat! 😂😂 Btw, the Tandberg 6000 was the defacto standard for most tele presence setups all the way until around 2004-2005. Then computerised Cisco systems became better over the growing TCP/IP protocol (or Internet in general if you will). We’re proud of Erik Tandberg in Norway, he’s one of the pioneers in tele- and computing systems. And he is still an avid space program enthusiast. :)

@BertGrink

4 жыл бұрын

Before Tandberg switched to tele/computing, they made some great home audio- and TV equipment too; i remember when i was a kid in the late 50s ~ early 60s my Aunt and Uncle had a Tandberg reel to reel tape recorder and it was just rock solid. Greetings from your neighbour to the south :D

@nkt1

4 жыл бұрын

My secondary school had a language lab equipped with Tandberg TCR-522 machines. I can't say I enjoyed using them much but I did like the utilitarian styling and weird tape transport symbols.

@BertGrink

4 жыл бұрын

@@nkt1 Back in 1970 i too attended a language lab, but this lab had reel to reel machines also from Tandberg, which looked very much like this one: 3.bp.blogspot.com/-U2qsWTckyEE/UA2tGya-A4I/AAAAAAAAJ30/xHskP0HXbzs/s1600/reel-to-reel-tape-recorder.jpg I think those machines had a great design.

@povilasstaniulis9484

4 жыл бұрын

This particular unit was also made in Norway. I wonder who the OEM is.

@stiannobelisto573

4 жыл бұрын

I remember playing with something like that device in the modern/future technology parts of museums in the 90s

First that bang and the receiver dropping was an immediate like. Second, the tomorrows world style video was bang on, including the cuts/edits. Perfect!

5:06 broke me haha. Great video as always, what a unique device!

"I think he went to prison."

@AfferbeckBeats

4 жыл бұрын

For crimes against hairmanity

@TechBaffle

4 жыл бұрын

For smuggling BT Videophones with a goatee

@cee8029

4 жыл бұрын

War crimes

@TimNevins

4 жыл бұрын

@@AfferbeckBeats zing!

@nslouka90

4 жыл бұрын

Nope he’s still around just reviewing junk from pound land on his sofa

1:30 Wow! That the most advanced muppet yet.

For a moment there...I genuinely believed that the Tech 93 video was legit. Nice one Techmoan, always love seeing novelty or interesting retro tech like this, you never sees to amaze me with what you find!

"IT'S A SERIES OF TUBES!"

@DOSdaze

4 жыл бұрын

People in 93 just didnt understand the internet isnt a big truck.

@cookieneko6398

4 жыл бұрын

ASOT

I had more fun watching that darn handset falling off far more than I should have! 🤣

@chanceyclark9616

4 жыл бұрын

Abdolutely

Fun fact: if you have 2 of those you can connect them on the X21 interface (the DATA plug on the back) directly.

@TronicJohn

4 жыл бұрын

Cue Technology Connections "Through the magic of buying two of them"

@cptcrogge

4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see that in action

@TronicJohn

4 жыл бұрын

@@Time4Technology It's the cue for Technology Connections and one of his catch phrases.

@AntoineFleuryGobert

4 жыл бұрын

But first you need to switch the network type to "X21 Leased line". Also, in X.21 mode, it should theoretically be possible to connect to a PC with a dual RS422 interface per X.21 link. But then, I have no idea about which software could be used to decode/encode the communication.

@mingerone

4 жыл бұрын

@@Time4Technology kzread.info/dron/y0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q.html

“Everything falls off when you use it.” Are you sure It wasn’t made by General Motors ? 🙂

@davidjgomm

4 жыл бұрын

British Leyland here.

@Davidmoore-xy6wu

3 жыл бұрын

2nd gen ram dashboard has entered the chat

"think he went to prison" lol. Love the cardboard tube analogy.

I'm crying. That was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen on this channel.

whoa techmoan looks really young in this one. Cant believe its 27 years ago.

"Space 1999" had one of the coolest intro themes in TV history! 😊

"Back in the 90's people say i use to look like that chap." "I wonder what happened to him in the end?" "He probably went to Prison."

@YellowLineInc

4 жыл бұрын

That was my favorite quip 😄

@brettvv7475

4 жыл бұрын

Got a genuine chuckle out of me. His humor delivery is excellent.

@fordshojoe8080

4 жыл бұрын

@@brettvv7475 I know right just so realistic lol

@spiritofthetime

4 жыл бұрын

Every celebrity in the 90s ended up disgraced or in prison. Except Chris Morris, strangely.

@alexriesenbeck

4 жыл бұрын

Team Babylon 3370 Techmoan = just amazing

It might be possible to call modern videophones from this device by connecting it to an ISDN BRI PCI card and configuring Asterisk to serve as an ISDN-to-SIP bridge.

@bsadewitz

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is what I was thinking. I am pretty sure it can be done.

1:33 about time you and Stuart Ashen did a tech crossover.

@stardefiance8477

4 жыл бұрын

Weird how he dyed his hair and goatee blonde/ginger. Very odd choice, sir Ashens

@Muzer0

4 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean Simon Pegg?

@SierraX8

4 жыл бұрын

@@Muzer0 Shh, you'll blow Stuart's cover!

@Ektalon

4 жыл бұрын

This is the comment I came looking for . . .

Superlative work! I had to go back and rewatch the Tech '93 segment because the first time, I couldn't hear it at all over my shrieks of laughter! XD

That transition at 1:22 was fantastic. One of those little touches that in my mind, I associate with this channel. Great video, as always. I... really wasn't expective what followed.

The AT&T Unit was used in the Cyberpunk film with Keanu Reeves "Johnny Mnemonic" by the Yakuza Villain calling Dolph Lundgren.

@digiowl9599

4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the cyberpreacher!

@ct92404

4 жыл бұрын

That movie was so lame...

@nasanodia736

4 жыл бұрын

@@ct92404 Nobody said it was good, only pointed out where it was used in "Futuristic" Fiction Film. Thanks for YOUR contribution in any case.

@ct92404

4 жыл бұрын

@@nasanodia736 You pointed out that it was used in a movie. I pointed out that movie sucked. That's all. Calm down.

@nasanodia736

4 жыл бұрын

@@ct92404 Apologies, I'm just tired of seeing so many trolls attacking people with their negativity... I mistakenly took your comment out of context-Sorry.

12:08 quick, somebody send this to Technology Connections, we might get another three parter!

@JamisCasusa

4 жыл бұрын

I still want CED part 6

@Christopher-N

4 жыл бұрын

RCA - Mostly Harmless: The fifth video in the increasingly inaccurately named _CED Trilogy._

@Tardisntimbits

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha!

@scotthannan8669

4 жыл бұрын

buddyDurden only if it makes toast also

@lightningdemolition1964

4 жыл бұрын

Plus two.

Great video. I love the "Tomorrow's World" segment.

God I love your sense of humor mate haha and it's always fascinating to see this kind of old tech and how far we've come these days. Thanks for another great video Mat. Cheers.

7:42 typical IT room stuff, nothing to see here. "We're just waiting for the Code to finish compiling!"

I went to a BT future technology showcase in 92 or 93 in Birmingham, and they had one of these being demoed. Absolutely blew my mind as a kid.

it's so cool to see a Videophone released in 1993. 3 years after the release of Total Recall when it predicted that video communication would be available in the future yet this technology would be available 3 years after the movie release. That's goes to show you how technology can rapidly advance with only a couple years.

"The reason I called is because I don't want to see you."

@RiC_David

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was dead wrong about cameras on phones being a pointless gimmick that wouldn't catch on but for the most part I was right about video calling not being something people would actually want to use, and certainly not replacing voice calls. It has its applications but usually the only time I make video calls is when I've accidentally phoned a friend via whatsapp (or worse, someone I barely know).

i lived in Philadelphia PA when I was a kid in the 90s. we took a field trip to the franklin institute in school and one of the only things I remember was a room demoing these phones. I still remember the choppy feed and pixely display

@sexycavetroll2788

4 жыл бұрын

@Grime Fork so they weren't all bad

"WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS MAN? HOW IS HE SO WELL INFORMED? WHO STYLES HIS MUSTACHE??"

Video production is very good! Clever to dress up like an 80s businessman in a tweef woold suit and tupee haha. Great tech info on an obscue piece of business tech.

It's the evolution of the Executel "smartphone"! This is a super cool device, awesome video Techmoan. You always show the most interesting devices of the past. I am always amazed at how advanced technology was even back in the 70s.

The design of the handset cradle is unforgivable. I recall dual 128k ISDN lines. This is a great time capsule, and useful as a rowboat anchor today.

Techmoan uploads, day gets so much better!

well done on the recreation of a 1990s tech program it was exactly like this also the presenter type was just like this the presenter would always be the type of guy you would avoid in the pub because he would talk about his new canon camera nonstop and how great his vacation was with his non-existing wife or girlfriend. great job!

I facilitated a video teleconference over ISDN at 256kbps (4 x 64kb lines bonded together) about 18 months ago. The experience was surprisingly good. There are still a small number of ISDN-based Tandbergs lurking around the US Department of Defense. We only just decommissioned our ISDN lines in December.

That first bang on the table really cracked me up

You’re getting really good at this. Production values are outstanding! Well done!

A couple of years later I could do this at home. There was a video meeting room at work and I had an isdn dual channel modem at home that I connected to my PC with a parallel port. The modem worked also as a small phone station (by utilising what ISDN offered) and didn't need a computer to work as such. It was a marvel how well it worked.

Man, i love your humor and knowledge and overall humbleness + authenticity you represent! Thats exactly why i love your channel. You would be a guy i would love to hang out with, just super nice !! Peace and bigups from germany, dj skeli

Techmoan, I truly love you. After a hard day of work, there's nothing like a new techmoan video.

"I think he went to prison." Yeah, that beard was a crime. =P

@moagnor

4 жыл бұрын

He was telecoms answer to DeLorean.

@ohmbug10

4 жыл бұрын

@@moagnor There's a guy that has a DeLorean and he occasionally drives it around town near where I live. The young people I know don't know what they are. Even the car enthusiasts. Back in the day, although they weren't common, everyone recognized them.

@762rk95tp

4 жыл бұрын

Beard is smallest of Sam Hyde's crimes.

All jokes aside, that's a pretty good way to explain video compression to a layman!

Love watching all these videos you do thank you . You are the fred dibnah of the electronic world , with such a passion for gadget history 😁😁😁

2:37 This was really well done.

WAIT WHAT! A VIDEO 8 TV! JUST A MOMENT WHILE I HYPERVENTILATE!

This may be the video I enjoyed the most on this channel. It could be the handset falling after your thump, but I think it was acknowledging my thought halfway through 'We can easily do this now, but we don't seem to want to'...

Sooo, this is interesting! I've been working with installing and doing services on VideoConferencing units since 2009, and I've actually seen this model a few times, still working, here in Sweden. The Tandberg company had a few really cool VC-equipment that was way ahead of it's time back in the days. My favourite is the MXP 150 and successors. We actually flew all over the world in the early 2010s installing their immersive TelePresence-rooms T3. Just google it! It was around this time Cisco bought them and we had to put Cisco-stickers above all Tandberg logos on these really expensive equipment, haha.

Hilarious video in the beginning! The fake commercial had me literally LOL.

I wanted one of these when I was a kid after seeing Ash use it on Pokémon

@GenOner

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! a techmoan video is the last place i would expect a Pokemon reference but yes , in Episode like 2 of the original Pokemon series they show him call his mom on one of those phones and also he calls Prof Oak

@corncobjohnsonreal

4 жыл бұрын

@@GenOner why wouldn't you expect a Pokemon reference? Why would you have the expectation of never seeing anyone mention Pokemon? Don't actually answer, I turn replies off. I just want you to self reflect, this is a time for you to think about yourself

@mattm7220

4 жыл бұрын

I had come searching in the comments to see if anyone would mention this - I thought of that episode the second I saw the thumbnail. Never knew Pokémon actually based it on a real piece of tech.

Brilliant video - thanks. It makes me feel old. Back in early 90s, I remember having to write a technical paper on this new fangled ISDN for a uni course. Not sure about the BT videophone but ISDN connections are still in use within some organisations today! Although expensive and low in bandwidth by today's standard, the big advantage is they are permanently available and have constant guaranteed bandwidth - unlike many of today's broadband Internet connections.

I've been listening to jazz and pop music from the 1920s - 1930s, where there are references in the music to television and video phones. Looking into it some more, I was astonished how early this video phone, television, telephone goes back.

If I'd ever got one of these back in the days I would buy a piece of Velcro for the handset. Thanks for the tip!

@BertGrink

4 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same

Percussion Activated Handset Quick Eject sounds like a useful feature 😂

@chanceyclark9616

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

That was quite entertaining. Loved the part while reading the description of the unit handset then banging the table. Gave me a nice chuckle.

Between the 93 promotional and the whole handset banging thing, this is one of the funniest ever. Thanks for the laugh! 😀

_"The built in handset..."_ Tap. Fall.

A brilliant presentation. You had me on the floor laughing a few times!

ha ha ha ha, i was thinking it was a real old introduction. very well done.

putting street fighter in the thumbnail was a masterful bait move. totally got me.