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What does 900-1300 Pounds Sterling buy in the Projection TV market? Press PLAY to find out what Matt thinks of his refurbished Anker Nebula Cosmos 4K Projection TV unit. Do automatic adjustment features work? How near or far can you go and still see something?
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'Elo, 'Elo, it's "Techmoan time" again. Press PLAY for a visual tour of Matt's "garden studio and electronics overflow space." As a bonus, find out about Techmoan's tussles with projection TV: A short throw 1080p (BenQ W1080ST) replaced by an LGBF1000U unit and why "old is better than new."!?;)
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Hey there Trekker/Trekkie, are you off to another convention? Do you want a Cosplay edge? Fear not, Matt has just the thing for the well-heeled/"Prosumer." Press PLAY to see if you can set this sizeable adult toy to do "Dr. McCoy things." May the, er, Live Long and Prosper.;)
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Matt has a vintage "squeaky clean" Toshiba personal stereo + dock + speakers. Press PLAY to find out if this "new in box" electronic marvel of miniaturization is "put in the batteries and play 'Radar Love" or not. Hint in the tag bar...
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"Hey there sport, I'm Stanley Pines and have I got something special for door-to-door presentations! This StanCo, er, Singer rube persuader has it all: pitch and music on compact cassette, and pictures of StanCo products that show up on the full color screen. Get one today and sell your way to prosperity the StanCo way!" Press PLAY to find out if Techmoan can get this 1970's tech to advance the film strip via "tones on tape." (StanCo is a faux company created by "Grunklestan Pines" of "Gravity Falls." No gnomes were hurt during Techmoan's take apart segment.;)
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It's a Saturday, and Matt has another piece of unknown/lesser-known tech. Press PLAY to find out the difference between the 1992 NT-1 and the far more interesting NT-2. Take a look at how small the tape cassette was compared to the Microcassetter!
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When "Techmoan" finished up with the B&O Beosystem 10, he got tinny/distorted sound as the volume level rose above half way. Press PLAY to find out what happens when B&O CX50 external speakers are plugged in. "Speaker wires? What are those?;)
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Is your old Card Radio a (light) paperweight? Do you wonder what's inside? Press PLAY to see Techmoan use tools of destruction on the "dead rechargeable battery Card Radio." Elon Musk could use that kind of glue on his cyber truck, eh?;)
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It's the late 1980's and you're hankering for a "sophisticated Boombox." 250 Pounds Sterling later, you have the Beosystem 10! Press PLAY to find out if "Techmoan's" years-later B&O Boombox works as well as it looks.;)
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Did you find your old Boombox while searching for something else? Do you have a ton of MP3s that you'd like to play, but your high tech devices are FUBAR? Fear not, "Techmoan" has a current tech solution! Press PLAY to find out how complicated a "mere MP3->Cassette adapter" can be.;)
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Hello again, tech archeologist "Techmoan" looks over the 3M Cantata 700 Background Music Player system. Press PLAY to find out if Matt gets this old dinosaur to play Muzak faithfully...;)
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Techmoan mentioned it in passing and the "so-so network" rose up and said: "You Are Wrong!" Press PLAY to find out more about this "tempest in a Compact Cassette case.";) -
It's early Saturday morning and it's time for another niche sound format, DTS 5.1. Press PLAY to find out about this failed surround sound format that can't be played on a standard CD player!;)
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Submitted for your approval, strange things to do with your oscilloscope!? "Techmoan" greets the return of a narrow slice of computer music from 8 years ago. Press PLAY to see what wonderment can fit on a 1.44MB floppy...;)
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Here's blast from the recent past (the early 2000s), the last Bose Acoustic Wave Music System for "Prosumers." (Techmoan quotes a $1200 price for the U.S. market!) Press PLAY to find out if this "does everything it can with music" unit lives up to the Hype.;)
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Do you have several/many audio sources but struggle to find tech that supports phono, optical, Bluetooth, and USB ? "Techmoan" braved the Atlantic pond and Amazon to import a U.S.-only package. Press PLAY if you want to try Crutchfield or Amazon to get this "center soundbar" for your AV system.;)
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Hey Y2K Hipsters, did you hear about that Sony DVD Walkman? No? Press PLAY to see what "Techmoan" has to say about this "staring at a tiny screen while walking" video variant.;)
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Have you ever heard of "Philco-Ford"? How about "Hip Pocket records"? Press PLAY to find out what "Techmoan" did/does with his Hip Pocket records and player.;)
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Have you heard of "Madman Muntz"? No? How about 4- and 8-Track tape cartridges? Press PLAY to hear "Techmoan" trace the rise and fall of 4-Track tape cartridge systems with a repair sequence for 51 minutes of Sunrise Saturday high jinks!;)
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Do you hanker for the look/feel/smell of the video game arcade? Do you fancy a game of "Pong"? Press PLAY to revisit those "Got a spare quarter?" days at the video game arcade!;)
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Did Amar Bose get it right after all? Press PLAY to find out what Matt thinks of the Bose Smart speaker vs, the Apple HomePod.;)
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Back at the turn of the century, VHS tapes that were rented had to be returned once they were viewed. Press PLAY to find out what this "solution in search of a problem" left you with where you started out with, say, the "Coyote Ugly" movie and ended up with a blank tape!?
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Hey there, Smart Phone users, here's another product that needs: an App, an account, proprietary hardware to display your photos in mild 3D. "Techmoan" presents Kick Starter tech for people who "do portrait" photos. Press PLAY to find out more troubling details about this "solution in search of a problem." So, if you have a spare 200 Pounds Sterling lying around and don't mind subscribing for $10/month or $100/year, this is your Cool Hipster thing of the moment.;)
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Submitted for the handyman, a vintage boombox in need of repairs. Press PLAY to peer over Matt's shoulder to see what it takes to repair a boombox "in need of a few repairs...";)
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According to news reports, Bose stores disappeared in 2020. "Techmoan" went to find his neighborhood Bose store, only to find...nothing. But eBay has everything, so Matt bought a Bose Wave from a refurb dealer. Press PLAY to find out if he got a good deal, or was the "no highs, no lows, must be Bose" saw true?
