Kaga Green Screen Monitor from RMC Cave - full teardown and service Resurrection Retro 2022-04-01 | Today on the bench is a Kaga monochrome monitor. This came from the RMC cave is part of the trash to treasure series on the Apple 2 computer. We pull the monitor apart remove the CRT and do a full clean up and recap of the circuit board.
Unseen Helicopter and Pit footage of the 1996 British Grand Prix on Video8 Tape Resurrection Retro 2024-10-08 | A friend asked me to look through some Video8 tapes for any useful footage on some tapes. He gave me the Sony Video8 Camera and the tapes to i can get the footage then wipe the tapes and do whatever with them after. On one tape was behind the scenes footage of the 1996 British Grand Prix. I managed to get a clean copy using an EasyCap USB device and cleaned it up.Enjoy
Sony SLV-301UB VHS Video recorder repair and Resurrection Resurrection Retro 2024-10-04 | Today we take a look at a Sony SLV-301UB that came in from an Ebay Seller. The machine was sold not working and has all the usual issues a video recorder has due to age and storage.
Original Sega Megadrive found at the thrift store - inspection and test Resurrection Retro 2024-09-25 | Found this Megadrive at the thrift store for very little money. Lets check it out and see if it works..
1980s Quickshot Joystick fast service and repair Resurrection Retro 2024-09-25 | Today we take a look at a quickshot joystick that came in from an ebay seller.We perform an inspection and a quick service on the contacts within the joystick.
Toshiba 16RB05 16 inch CRT analysis and repair Resurrection Retro 2024-09-25 | Today we power up this left for dead CRT television and see what we get. I pretty much overlooked it on the junk pile but decided to take it home.From what I can tell this was made in 1986 and is an early SCART socket TV. Cosmetically challenged it surprised me when i opened it up.
Hitachi CWP 1471 CRT TV repair of bad jungle chip Resurrection Retro 2024-09-25 | This little Hitachi CWP 1471 CRT TV failed while playing ZX Spectrum games on it. I originally thought it was the tube however I manged to track down a jungle chip for it. This was a last ditched attempt to repair it before going to the e-waste. It had taken so much time and resources. Lets see if the jungle chip works.
Sony CRT Trinitron Resurrection and Repair Hyperlapse Resurrection Retro 2024-09-25 | Sometimes I don't want to go into the fine detail of a resurrection and just want to power along on the repairs and refurbishment.... Hyperlapse with some good tunes is a good way to bring you along for the ride. The TV is a Sony KV-1400UB pulled from a recycling pile. Enjoy
Sony KV-1430UB CRT TV repaired and resurrected from the junk pile Resurrection Retro 2024-09-20 | This little 40 year old Trinitron looks like a rough old dirt ball. It was last chance saloon for it and was about to go into the shredder.Lets see how far we can polish this junk heap up.
Akai VS5-EK VHS Video Head Replacement Resurrection Retro 2024-09-09 | Today we replace the worn video head on the Akai VS-5EK. The current video head comes from a scrapped Akai VS-1EK front loader and was quite work.
Cave makes a great music room Resurrection Retro 2024-09-09 | The sound proofing and acoustics of my man cave mean i can just crank it up and no one can hear me RIP Herbie Flowerstrack is from Sky 3 album called Westwind
Amstrad PC1512 Part 4 - XTIDE fun on PC1640 Resurrection Retro 2024-09-06 | While the PC1512 monitor is screwed I install the XTIDE into the PC1640 and setup the storage.
Sony Widescreen CRT TV keeps switching off! Resurrection Retro 2024-08-16 | Today we take a look at a Sony Widescreen Trinitron with a possible fault of switching off after 10 - 20 mins of use.There may be external environmental issues making this set switch off.
Screen voltage drop test Resurrection Retro 2024-08-06 | Today I put the little Hitachi TV on the right on test after replacing the Screen voltage resistor. The resistor kept on shorting while running and making the screen darken. We see in 2 minutes 50 minutes of runtime to see if the picture on the right darkens as the resistor goes open.Yes, The Trinitron on the left does look a little red. It need further adjustment after a month of running every day.
Amstrad PC1512 Part 3 - One Amstrad or two? Resurrection Retro 2024-08-02 | My Amstrad PC1512 was lonely in my lab. I buy it a new friend.
Smashed Sony KV 1612UB resurrection - Part 1 Resurrection Retro 2024-07-19 | Picked this Sony KV-1612 out of the junk pile. I turned it down a few days back but when i was back sifting thru the CRT junk pile for parts for another project I took pity on the poor thing. The front fascia had been smashed to the point the whole tv bent when the back cover was off. The entire lower half below the CRT was virtually disconnected from the top half. Only held by two bits of plastic. Picking up the tv from the fascia it bent like a banana. Today we see if this tv is worth the effort of restoring and fixing.
1987 Amstrad PC1512 Part 2 - Bytes or No Bytes? Resurrection Retro 2024-07-05 | The Amstrad PC1512 starts up and tries to boot.. So we see if we can get the 20MB hard drive up and runningWe also start the process of re-capping the monitor board with a minor disaster brewing.
USB Cassette Player Review. Is it good or bad? Resurrection Retro 2024-06-30 | Today we try out a cheap USB cassette deck solution for recording computer programs onto from vintage computers. Things didnt go to plan.
Atari 600 RAM Upgrade Resurrection Retro 2024-06-21 | Today we upgrade the RAM opn the little Atari 600XL. I bought this amazingly cheap in a junk store and rebuilt it in another video. The games this could play were limited by the 16k of RAM and I wanted to use this as my "Daily-Driver" Atari 8 bit computer..
Trio of basket-case Trinitrons fixed. Resurrection Retro 2024-06-16 | The left and middle Sony Trinitrons were literally pulled from a waterlogged mound of e-waste tvs on friday. The Sony pvm on the shelf was a hot mess for months. Finally finished colour balancing the guns on all three. The middle one has vertical linearity issues but is fixable. Not bad for a weekends work
Made a big chuffing mistake with this Philips TV Resurrection Retro 2024-06-16 | I'm a sausage fingered muppet. Pure and simple
Little Prandoni TV tours Europe and comes home.. Resurrection Retro 2024-06-07 | The little Prandoni 269 TV was shipped out to southern italy to Francesco but the Italian customs had other ideas about reuniting Francesco with the TV of his childhood. We open up the battered box and see if we have scrambled Tortelloni or we have a working TVThe reason I voted to remain Europe has been totally validated by this postal saga.
1989 Compaq Mono VGA server monitor Resurrection Retro 2024-06-07 | Today we put a little Compaq mono VGA monitor on the bench. This was bought from the We Love CRT guys in Liverpool and we power it up. Work out what is going on with it and start the process or bring it back to lifeSo what would this monitor be used for? Back in 1989 this monitor would have been dedicated for use on the Compaw Proliant range of 286 and 386 servers probably running Novell Netware operating systems. Its a rare monitor as may were junked once the server ended useful life.
1987 Amstrad PC1512 Part 1 - Dead or No Dead? Resurrection Retro 2024-05-31 | Today we look at an Amstrad PC1512 HD20 XT class computer with its PC-MM non CGA monitor. I've always have a soft spot for these 8086 based low power XT machines as they gave me my entry into PC ownership in the late 1980s. We try to get this working and see if the built in hard drive works.
Sony KV 1400UB Resurrection and Repair Resurrection Retro 2024-05-24 | Today we get one of the TVs from my collection and see if it works and what it needs to get it working. This Sony KV-1400UB has not been switch on for 6 years and has been in multiple house moves. I refurbished it back in 2005 with all new capacitors plus a few other components then put it boxed up in my collection.
Mitsubishi CT-2117 CRT TV analysis and partial restoration Resurrection Retro 2024-05-17 | This TV was given to me by David from WeLoveCRTs as he saw it in his travels and knew i like this look of tv. The TV had been left out in the rain and was water damaged with the particle board cabinet so wet it was nearly on the edge of falling apart fully.
1970 Prandoni 269 CRT TV resurrection Resurrection Retro 2024-05-10 | Today we take a look at this unusual little black and white italian TV from 1970. When I saw it I knew it was going to be interesting. Prandoni is not a name used on TVs in the UK. Originally I thought it was Russian or eastern european however iafter some outside assistance in tracking it down its was made in Italy from the lat 1960s to the very early 1970s. Today we try to resurrect it and find out that is the fate of this cute little TV.
Junk shop Matsui video recorder resurrection Resurrection Retro 2024-05-03 | I found this old Matsui branded early 2000s video recorder with £10 and not working sticker in a Junk shop. Just could resist the challenge of finding out what is wrong and seeing if I could fix it.
Philips VR2021 Analysis and Resurrection Resurrection Retro 2024-04-26 | Today we take a look at a Philips VR2021 Video 2000 video recorder from 1980.I drove from Manchester to Telford and back to get this video recorder and I had barely made a cup of tea after getting home with it and i was in front of a camera trying to power it up.
More CRTs to come..... Resurrection Retro 2024-04-19 | This is the haul of CRTs that i got from WeLoveCRts in Liverpool. Most are not mine i'm fixing for them. Watch out for future videos.
1990s Philips G90AE Television Resurrection Attempt Resurrection Retro 2024-04-12 | Today I try to resurrect a battered 1990s Philips televison
National Panasonic TC 681GR TV Analysis Resurrection Retro 2024-03-29 | Today we take a look at the National Panasonic television that I got from the ebay seller WeLoveCRTs
Sold video to ebayer and ended up with scrambled video recorder back Resurrection Retro 2024-03-20 | This video recorder was part of my collection and sold on ebay ebay.co.uk/itm/305432358135Put up loads of photos and a video of the VCR working quite happily. all functions etc.. Decent vintage video recorder. Then it ends back at my door with a blown fuse and smashed. I REALLY hate selling stuff on Ebay.
Mitsubishi CT-1505 TV Recap and clean Resurrection Retro 2024-03-15 | The Mitsubishi tv set i got from WeLoveCRTs needed a thorogh going over and in this video I check all the boards, repalce the capacitors and hopefully not blow this sweet little tv up.
