Retro Tech 2025
Fabulous Finlandia; 1982 Granada C22XZ5
Tales of woe after the storms. (2007)
Live Aerial Mast
Total collapse
What Not To Do
1983 Philips 26CS3890/05R Teletext & Printer
MRG Systems ATP600 Databridge
Teletext Editing Terminal
Microvitec Monitor 1451MS4
BBC Microcomputer TELETEXT Project
Viewdata, Prestel, Philips
Philips Model Identification
1976/77 Rank Arena AC6333 – Worlds First Teletext Receiver
PYE 1980s Brochure
Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50
Philips 1980s KT3 – K30 Range Brochure
Zanussi Television Brochure 1982
Ferguson Videostar Review
She soon put that down
1983 Sanyo Brochure
Wireless World Teletext Decoder
Unitra Brochure
Rediffusion CITAC (MK4A)
Thorn TRUMPS 2
Grundig Brochure 1984
The Obscure and missing Continental
G11 Television 1978 – 1980
Reditune
Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player
Thorn 3D01 – VHD VideoDisc Player
Granada Television Brochure, 1970s
Long Gone UK TV Shops
Memories of a Derwent Field Service Engineer
PYE Australia Circa 1971
Radios-TV VRAT
Fabulous Fablon
Thorn TX10 Chassis
Crusty-TV Museum, Analogue TV Network
Philips N1500 Warning!
Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
Want to tell us a story?
Video Circuits V15 – Tripler Tester
Thorn Chassis Guide
Remove Teletext Lines & VCR Problems
Suggestions
Website Refresh
Retro Tech 2025
Fabulous Finlandia; 1982 Granada C22XZ5
Tales of woe after the storms. (2007)
Live Aerial Mast
Total collapse
What Not To Do
1983 Philips 26CS3890/05R Teletext & Printer
MRG Systems ATP600 Databridge
Teletext Editing Terminal
Microvitec Monitor 1451MS4
BBC Microcomputer TELETEXT Project
Viewdata, Prestel, Philips
Philips Model Identification
1976/77 Rank Arena AC6333 – Worlds First Teletext Receiver
PYE 1980s Brochure
Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50
Philips 1980s KT3 – K30 Range Brochure
Zanussi Television Brochure 1982
Ferguson Videostar Review
She soon put that down
1983 Sanyo Brochure
Wireless World Teletext Decoder
Unitra Brochure
Rediffusion CITAC (MK4A)
Thorn TRUMPS 2
Grundig Brochure 1984
The Obscure and missing Continental
G11 Television 1978 – 1980
Reditune
Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player
Thorn 3D01 – VHD VideoDisc Player
Granada Television Brochure, 1970s
Long Gone UK TV Shops
Memories of a Derwent Field Service Engineer
PYE Australia Circa 1971
Radios-TV VRAT
Fabulous Fablon
Thorn TX10 Chassis
Crusty-TV Museum, Analogue TV Network
Philips N1500 Warning!
Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
Want to tell us a story?
Video Circuits V15 – Tripler Tester
Thorn Chassis Guide
Remove Teletext Lines & VCR Problems
Suggestions
Website Refresh
Youtube Video The Secret Life Of The Television (Featuring Gerry Wells).
The much vaunted television series "The Secret Life Of Machines " Made for Channel 4 by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod is now available on YouTube via Tim Hunkin's own channel.
Here's The Secret Life Of The Television.
In another episode, Tim and Rex also delve into video recorders - If I can find that too, I'll post a link here.
Secret Life Of The Video Recorder, though not via Tim Hunkin's own channel.
I remember very well watching this series.... The shows were excellent!
The theme tune always stuck in my head and I found the series by searching for the tune.
I thought the theme tune was "Take Five" (as you would, if you heard Dave Brubeck). It's actually called "The Russians Are Coming" by Val Bennett. Took me yonks to find it!
It was nice to see the extra bit at the end, with the added insights.
Good find 🙂
Standards are like toothbrushes. Everybody needs them, but nobody want to use yours!
I really liked the Secret Life series.
Only occasionally I caught them on TV, but I remember seeing the car one at TV, & one of my friends had almost all of them on video.
A few years ago it was possible to download them from a semi-official site but the picture quality wasn't very good.
Posted by: @boingyThe theme tune always stuck in my head and I found the series by searching for the tune.
I thought the theme tune was "Take Five" (as you would, if you heard Dave Brubeck). It's actually called "The Russians Are Coming" by Val Bennett.
I think Val Bennett could justifiably be sued for plagiarism - that is the SAME TUNE!!
Don't know if you remember the Men At Work hit "Land Down under"?
MAW were sued for copying the flute solo in that from the children's song "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree" - cost them most of their not insignificant royalties.
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