About Techmoan
Matthew "Mat" Taylor, known online as Techmoan, is a British YouTuber and blogger who focuses on consumer technology reviews and documentaries on historical technology. His content often involves testing and reviewing modern products as well as examining older technology, including disassembling and, when possible, repairing devices. In videos on retro technology, he frequently discusses the historical context and reception of products, drawing on contemporary sources such as Billboard magazine.
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Prison Tech
Intro
Start
How a forgotten 1949 Format War shaped the future of records
Shaving Compact Discs to improve the sound (?!)
The most expensive music format (in the world)
The ‘Repair’
A look inside
Mega Minidisc Unwrap (FULL VERSION) 73 mins of Junk
Summary
A few ways to not really clean a record
Introduction
Credits
Too many MDs?
First Demo
SOUND BURGER & the clones
Which Sony Walkman? Retro Buyers Guide.
The RECORD RUNNER
Patreon Credits
The Greeting Card that plays a vinyl record
Is it worth getting a budget headphone tube amp?
History
A Philips Boombox that’s ashamed of the cassette
Here it is
HiPac?
Polish Sound Postcards (Pocztówka Dźwiękowa)
Whatever happened to Handheld TVs?
At last it’s the first Reditune Background Music System
Audio demo
Wrap Up
The machine
Playing a Chocolate Record
Why?
New 2022 Sound Burger REVIEW
More Demo
Cylinder Records - New music on dead formats taken to the extreme
Line-out ≠ Headphone-out
Neat old Technics Turntable meets rubbish new speakers
Prices & History
What it did
VideoNow - the worst quality pre-recorded video format ever?
Portable Monitors. Any good?
What did it do?
Unboxing
Backstory
Disassembly
Mini Retro Electronics from Japan
Videophone '93 (Retrotech)
Sony's forgotten ‘80s Picture Phone
How did it work?
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