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** Happens in "[[https://youtu.be/ebkD6DzZDlA?t=33 LED Color Experiments 2019; Beyond the Sharpie]]":
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** Also used in repeatedly "What's the deal with the popcorn button?", where Alec strings together words beginning with "P", with popcorn always being one of them.
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** "Through the magic of buying two of them, I have one already disassembled!"
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** In the outro to [[https://youtu.be/zLFG068HtgM&t=580 the video about how toasters work]]:
-->'''Alec:''' And of course, I'd like to raise a toast...
-->'''Toaster:''' (pops toast up)
-->'''Alec:''' ...to the wonderful people on Patreon.
-->'''Alec:''' And of course, I'd like to raise a toast...
-->'''Toaster:''' (pops toast up)
-->'''Alec:''' ...to the wonderful people on Patreon.
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** "[[https://youtu.be/cvwuAKi1ZB4?t=1148 DVD: The Death Knell of LaserDisc]]" also switches aspect ratios to demonstrate how UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s achieved widescreen in a way superior to UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.[[labelnote:How?]][[VisualCompression By squishing a 16:9 frame into a 4:3 frame and unsquishing it for playback, similar to Anamorphic celluloid film]]. This means more pixels go to the movie frame, while fewer pixels are wasted in the {{Letterbox}}. Although DVD has a constant resolution of 720x480, which would be 3:2 with square pixels. It is squished for 4:3 and stretched to 16:9. [=LaserDisc used the the same 16:9 technique with Squeeze LD, but Squeeze LDs are rare and look squished on standard players and TVs=].[[/labelnote]]
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** "[[https://youtu.be/cvwuAKi1ZB4?t=1148 DVD: The Death Knell of LaserDisc]]" also switches aspect ratios to demonstrate how UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s MediaNotes/{{DVD}}s achieved widescreen in a way superior to UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.Platform/LaserDisc.[[labelnote:How?]][[VisualCompression By squishing a 16:9 frame into a 4:3 frame and unsquishing it for playback, similar to Anamorphic celluloid film]]. This means more pixels go to the movie frame, while fewer pixels are wasted in the {{Letterbox}}. Although DVD has a constant resolution of 720x480, which would be 3:2 with square pixels. It is squished for 4:3 and stretched to 16:9. [=LaserDisc used the the same 16:9 technique with Squeeze LD, but Squeeze LDs are rare and look squished on standard players and TVs=].[[/labelnote]]
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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1dDKvuFJ0c CED Part 4]], Alec describes some of RCA's inventions that came out of a wacky design process to make some sort of home video system work. Ultimately, the UsefulNotes/{{CED}} system proven to be the most practical, with competing magnetic tape systems proving even more practical in years to come.
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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1dDKvuFJ0c CED Part 4]], Alec describes some of RCA's inventions that came out of a wacky design process to make some sort of home video system work. Ultimately, the UsefulNotes/{{CED}} Platform/{{CED}} system proven to be the most practical, with competing magnetic tape systems proving even more practical in years to come.
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* BrickJoke: In [[https://youtu.be/P1dDKvuFJ0c?t=134 part 4]] of his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} retrospective, Alec mentions that the codename for the format was "[[UnfortunateNames [=DiscPix=]]]", emphasizing the "S" sound in case anyone mistook it for something else. Later in [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0?t=1091 part 5]], when talking about the [[TheRuleOfFirstAdopters lack of porn on the format]], he says "The only way we'd have gotten ''that'' kind of [=DiscPix=]..."
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* BrickJoke: In [[https://youtu.be/P1dDKvuFJ0c?t=134 part 4]] of his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} {{Platform/CED}} retrospective, Alec mentions that the codename for the format was "[[UnfortunateNames [=DiscPix=]]]", emphasizing the "S" sound in case anyone mistook it for something else. Later in [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0?t=1091 part 5]], when talking about the [[TheRuleOfFirstAdopters lack of porn on the format]], he says "The only way we'd have gotten ''that'' kind of [=DiscPix=]..."
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** In [[https://youtu.be/Eg8tK1LpLS8?t=46 LaserDisc Part 1]], Alec also says that when he was in fourth grade, he thought UsefulNotes/LaserDisc was "a weird and non-specific way to refer to a UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}" until he saw the 12 inch reflective optical disc.
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** In [[https://youtu.be/Eg8tK1LpLS8?t=46 LaserDisc Part 1]], Alec also says that when he was in fourth grade, he thought UsefulNotes/LaserDisc Platform/LaserDisc was "a weird and non-specific way to refer to a UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}" Platform/{{DVD}}" until he saw the 12 inch reflective optical disc.
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** He vehemently disagrees with [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} Betamax being "better" than VHS]], with [[https://youtu.be/_oJs8-I9WtA his experiment in comparing the quality of the two]] to be very difficult to notice even when squinting and has also gone on record saying [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY the VHS tape transport mechanism is way more clever and efficient than Beta's]].[[labelnote:technical details]]The myth of Beta having a better picture may have originated from the fact that Beta spreads a video field across a longer helical scan sweep, thus allowing more detail (measured in TVL lines) to be recorded. However, Beta 1 speed (which Alec didn't use) could only record one hour on a normal cassette, and thus was discontinued on new [=VCRs=] by 1980. Beta 2 and 3 speeds are slower to record more on one tape, nullifying Beta's supposed picture quality advantage.[[/labelnote]]
** As a small addendum to the above, he also avidly stands on the hill of TheRuleOfFirstAdopters in [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY?t=836 the VHS vs. Beta war]] being [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0?t=1091 a complete myth, as Sony had no control over what actually appeared on the format]]. Also saying that the porn industry's eventual preference to VHS was an effect of VHS's victory, not a cause.[[note]]Alec ''did'' however say that in the case of UsefulNotes/{{CED}}, RCA controlled what content that could be released on it, and therefore it had no porn. It only lasted about five years on the market (players sold 1981-84, discs sold 1981-86).[[/note]]
** As a small addendum to the above, he also avidly stands on the hill of TheRuleOfFirstAdopters in [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY?t=836 the VHS vs. Beta war]] being [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0?t=1091 a complete myth, as Sony had no control over what actually appeared on the format]]. Also saying that the porn industry's eventual preference to VHS was an effect of VHS's victory, not a cause.[[note]]Alec ''did'' however say that in the case of UsefulNotes/{{CED}}, RCA controlled what content that could be released on it, and therefore it had no porn. It only lasted about five years on the market (players sold 1981-84, discs sold 1981-86).[[/note]]
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** He vehemently disagrees with [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} [[Platform/{{VCR}} Betamax being "better" than VHS]], with [[https://youtu.be/_oJs8-I9WtA his experiment in comparing the quality of the two]] to be very difficult to notice even when squinting and has also gone on record saying [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY the VHS tape transport mechanism is way more clever and efficient than Beta's]].[[labelnote:technical details]]The myth of Beta having a better picture may have originated from the fact that Beta spreads a video field across a longer helical scan sweep, thus allowing more detail (measured in TVL lines) to be recorded. However, Beta 1 speed (which Alec didn't use) could only record one hour on a normal cassette, and thus was discontinued on new [=VCRs=] by 1980. Beta 2 and 3 speeds are slower to record more on one tape, nullifying Beta's supposed picture quality advantage.[[/labelnote]]
** As a small addendum to the above, he also avidly stands on the hill of TheRuleOfFirstAdopters in [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY?t=836 the VHS vs. Beta war]] being [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0?t=1091 a complete myth, as Sony had no control over what actually appeared on the format]]. Also saying that the porn industry's eventual preference to VHS was an effect of VHS's victory, not a cause.[[note]]Alec ''did'' however say that in the case ofUsefulNotes/{{CED}}, Platform/{{CED}}, RCA controlled what content that could be released on it, and therefore it had no porn. It only lasted about five years on the market (players sold 1981-84, discs sold 1981-86).[[/note]]
** As a small addendum to the above, he also avidly stands on the hill of TheRuleOfFirstAdopters in [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY?t=836 the VHS vs. Beta war]] being [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0?t=1091 a complete myth, as Sony had no control over what actually appeared on the format]]. Also saying that the porn industry's eventual preference to VHS was an effect of VHS's victory, not a cause.[[note]]Alec ''did'' however say that in the case of
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* ContinuityNod: The beginnings of many of these videos briefly mention or show what was in the previous video. UsefulNotes/{{CED}} [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0 Part 5]] mentions [[https://youtu.be/RSTNhvDGbYI rice cookers]], while [[https://youtu.be/e1mJv9pxm7M DVD+R vs DVD-R]] shows Alec putting away [[https://youtu.be/E9avjD9ugXc a coffee percolator]]. So far, the most blatant one is in "[[https://youtu.be/ebkD6DzZDlA LED color experiments 2019; Beyond the Sharpie]]", where he didn't bother to put away his VHS and Beta [=VCRs=] before making the video.
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* ContinuityNod: The beginnings of many of these videos briefly mention or show what was in the previous video. UsefulNotes/{{CED}} Platform/{{CED}} [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0 Part 5]] mentions [[https://youtu.be/RSTNhvDGbYI rice cookers]], while [[https://youtu.be/e1mJv9pxm7M DVD+R vs DVD-R]] shows Alec putting away [[https://youtu.be/E9avjD9ugXc a coffee percolator]]. So far, the most blatant one is in "[[https://youtu.be/ebkD6DzZDlA LED color experiments 2019; Beyond the Sharpie]]", where he didn't bother to put away his VHS and Beta [=VCRs=] before making the video.
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* DeliberateVHSQuality: Alec puts segments of his own videos on a real recordable[[note]]for obvious reasons, he does not do this with formats that can't record, such as UsefulNotes/{{CED}} and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc[[/note]] format (VHS, Betamax, [=Video8=], etc.) when demonstrating how these formats looked.
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* DeliberateVHSQuality: Alec puts segments of his own videos on a real recordable[[note]]for obvious reasons, he does not do this with formats that can't record, such as UsefulNotes/{{CED}} Platform/{{CED}} and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc[[/note]] Platform/LaserDisc[[/note]] format (VHS, Betamax, [=Video8=], etc.) when demonstrating how these formats looked.
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** In [[https://youtu.be/cvwuAKi1ZB4?t=1175 DVD: The Death Knell of LaserDisc]], Alec does this to show how little image quality comes through when {{Letterbox}}ing widescreen content to a 4:3 SD analog format like VHS or UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.
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** In [[https://youtu.be/cvwuAKi1ZB4?t=1175 DVD: The Death Knell of LaserDisc]], Alec does this to show how little image quality comes through when {{Letterbox}}ing widescreen content to a 4:3 SD analog format like VHS or UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.Platform/LaserDisc.
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** Happens again near the 22-and-a-half minute mark in [[https://youtu.be/hpwLDQSadE4?t=1343 CED part 3]]. It comes right after a SequelHook where Alec promises to finally talk about UsefulNotes/{{CED}}s after talking about the history of RCA (which he spent most of the video doing). This Fake-out Fade-out even has the names of Patreon supporters.
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** Happens again near the 22-and-a-half minute mark in [[https://youtu.be/hpwLDQSadE4?t=1343 CED part 3]]. It comes right after a SequelHook where Alec promises to finally talk about UsefulNotes/{{CED}}s Platform/{{CED}}s after talking about the history of RCA (which he spent most of the video doing). This Fake-out Fade-out even has the names of Patreon supporters.
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** Alec says that RCA put their "[=SelectaVision=]" brand on their first VHS UsefulNotes/{{VCR}}s, despite the facts that A) [=SelectaVision=] refers to what's now called home video, and B) [=VCRs=] were not marketed for home video at the time, only TV recording. However, the rise of pre-recorded cassettes and home video [[SubvertedTrope meant the SelectaVision name now fit the device]].
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** Alec says that RCA put their "[=SelectaVision=]" brand on their first VHS UsefulNotes/{{VCR}}s, Platform/{{VCR}}s, despite the facts that A) [=SelectaVision=] refers to what's now called home video, and B) [=VCRs=] were not marketed for home video at the time, only TV recording. However, the rise of pre-recorded cassettes and home video [[SubvertedTrope meant the SelectaVision name now fit the device]].
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*** "[[https://youtu.be/cvwuAKi1ZB4?t=1148 DVD: The Death Knell of LaserDisc]]" [[AspectRatioSwitch switches aspect ratios]] to demonstrate how UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s achieved widescreen in a way superior to UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.[[labelnote:How?]][[VisualCompression By squishing a 16:9 frame into a 4:3 frame and unsquishing it for playback, similar to Anamorphic celluloid film]]. This means more pixels go to the movie frame, while fewer pixels are wasted in the {{Letterbox}}. Although DVD has a constant resolution of 720x480, which would be 3:2 with square pixels. It is squished for 4:3 and stretched to 16:9. [=LaserDisc used the the same 16:9 technique with Squeeze LD, but Squeeze LDs are rare and look squished on standard players and TVs=].[[/labelnote]] Right after, he uses Deliberate VHS Quality to show how little image quality comes through when {{Letterbox}}ing widescreen content to a format following 4:3 SD analog standards like VHS or [=LaserDisc=].
*** In the first minute of [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4 CED Part 2]], repeating parts of the disc is shown and demonstrated to be a common problem with the {{UsefulNotes/CED}} system.
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*** "[[https://youtu.be/cvwuAKi1ZB4?t=1148 DVD: The Death Knell of LaserDisc]]" [[AspectRatioSwitch switches aspect ratios]] to demonstrate how UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s Platform/{{DVD}}s achieved widescreen in a way superior to UsefulNotes/LaserDisc.Platform/LaserDisc.[[labelnote:How?]][[VisualCompression By squishing a 16:9 frame into a 4:3 frame and unsquishing it for playback, similar to Anamorphic celluloid film]]. This means more pixels go to the movie frame, while fewer pixels are wasted in the {{Letterbox}}. Although DVD has a constant resolution of 720x480, which would be 3:2 with square pixels. It is squished for 4:3 and stretched to 16:9. [=LaserDisc used the the same 16:9 technique with Squeeze LD, but Squeeze LDs are rare and look squished on standard players and TVs=].[[/labelnote]] Right after, he uses Deliberate VHS Quality to show how little image quality comes through when {{Letterbox}}ing widescreen content to a format following 4:3 SD analog standards like VHS or [=LaserDisc=].
*** In the first minute of [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4 CED Part 2]], repeating parts of the disc is shown and demonstrated to be a common problem with the{{UsefulNotes/CED}} {{Platform/CED}} system.
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** In the first minute of [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4?t=49 CED Part 2]], Alec does this to fix a RepetitiveAudioGlitch on his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} machine.
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** In the first minute of [[https://youtu.be/mSFwyM2L5h4?t=49 CED Part 2]], Alec does this to fix a RepetitiveAudioGlitch on his {{UsefulNotes/CED}} {{Platform/CED}} machine.
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* TheRuleOfFirstAdopters: In [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0?t=1091 CED part 5]] and [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY?t=836 "The VHS cassette was more clever than Beta"]], he says porn was in fact available of Betamax as well as VHS, and that the belief that Beta lost due to banning porn is a myth. He also says that porn was banned on UsefulNotes/{{CED}} due to RCA controlling what content is distributed on it. CED players were only made from 1981-84, with discs being discontinued in 1986.
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* TheRuleOfFirstAdopters: In [[https://youtu.be/ASuo4DM6MT0?t=1091 CED part 5]] and [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY?t=836 "The VHS cassette was more clever than Beta"]], he says porn was in fact available of Betamax as well as VHS, and that the belief that Beta lost due to banning porn is a myth. He also says that porn was banned on UsefulNotes/{{CED}} Platform/{{CED}} due to RCA controlling what content is distributed on it. CED players were only made from 1981-84, with discs being discontinued in 1986.
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---> '''Alec:''' A number of things came together to make UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} spread like wildfire. Sell like hotcakes. Disseminate like the Borg. Resistance is futile.
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---> '''Alec:''' A number of things came together to make UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} Platform/{{DVD}} spread like wildfire. Sell like hotcakes. Disseminate like the Borg. Resistance is futile.
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* VideoInsideFilmOutside: [[ConversedTrope Conversed]] in [[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU?t=904 "Film: the reason some of the past was in HD"]]. Alec talks about how some shows, such as ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'' and ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', were shot on video when on sets and on film when on location. He also says this is because a [[UsefulNotes/FilmFormats 16mm film camera]] was far less bulky than video equipment for a few decades.
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* VideoInsideFilmOutside: [[ConversedTrope Conversed]] in [[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU?t=904 "Film: the reason some of the past was in HD"]]. Alec talks about how some shows, such as ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'' and ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', were shot on video when on sets and on film when on location. He also says this is because a [[UsefulNotes/FilmFormats [[MediaNotes/FilmFormats 16mm film camera]] was far less bulky than video equipment for a few decades.
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* AbortedArc: In [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=technology+connections+closed+captions "Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know",]] Alec said he would do a video on Teletext in the future. Four years later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiXg6H_FycI&pp=ygUmdGVjaG5vbG9neSBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyBjbG9zZWQgY2FwdGlvbnM%3D in a No-Effort November video on the TV Guardian]] and its use of closed captioning to mute profanity, Alec admitted he couldn't get motivated to do a video on Teletext since it was never implemented in the United States and he had no personal connection to it.
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* LeftHanging: In [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=technology+connections+closed+captions "Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know",]] Alec said he would do a video on Teletext in the future. Four years later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiXg6H_FycI&pp=ygUmdGVjaG5vbG9neSBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyBjbG9zZWQgY2FwdGlvbnM%3D in a No-Effort November video on the TV Guardian]] and its use of closed captioning to mute profanity, Alec admitted he couldn't get motivated to do a video on Teletext since it was never implemented in the United States and he had no personal connection to it.
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--->'''Alec:''' But the number one sign of something shot on tape is...it looks like it was shot on tape. [[LampshadeHanging Okay, this isn't helpful, I know]]. But honestly, you sorta get a feel for this after a while. Analog video is just kinda smooth and soft and fuzzy, and film just isn't.
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--->'''Alec:''' But the number one sign of something shot on tape is...it looks like it was shot on tape. [[LampshadeHanging Okay, this isn't helpful, I know]]. But honestly, you sorta get a feel for this after a while. Analog video is just kinda smooth and soft and fuzzy, and film just just...isn't.
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** Alec eventually gets to this in [[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU&t=1053 "Film: The reason some of the past was in HD"]] when describing differences between video originally recorded on film, and video originally recorded on analog videotape:
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** Alec eventually gets to this in [[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU&t=1053 be/rVpABCxiDaU&t=953 "Film: The reason some of the past was in HD"]] when describing differences between video originally recorded on film, and video originally recorded on analog videotape:
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** Alec eventually gets to this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVpABCxiDaU?t=953 "Film: The reason some of the past was in HD"]] when describing differences between video originally recorded on film, and video originally recorded on analog videotape:
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** Alec eventually gets to this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVpABCxiDaU?t=953 [[https://youtu.be/rVpABCxiDaU&t=1053 "Film: The reason some of the past was in HD"]] when describing differences between video originally recorded on film, and video originally recorded on analog videotape:
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* He also does this in his video about retroreflectors. After he describes a retroreflector, he says it is like the eyes of a cat. When he says he's going to take a look at one, he brings out his cat, per CaptainObvious.
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* BaitAndSwitch: happens in [[https://youtu.be/PnpX8d8zRIA?t=189 CED Part 1]]
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** Alec does this in [[https://youtu.be/PnpX8d8zRIA?t=189 CED Part 1]]
** Alec does this in [[https://youtu.be/PnpX8d8zRIA?t=189 CED Part 1]]
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* CallBack: In his video on the [=GeoSafari=], he compliments the device for not having blue [=LEDs=] in a reference to his rant on them in his humidifiers video.
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** In his video on the [=GeoSafari=], he compliments the device for not having blue [=LEDs=] in a reference to his rant on them in his humidifiersvideo.video.
** In [[https://youtu.be/TBPVJtGBf8Y&t=335 his video on The Clapper,]] Alec notes that the receptacles in The Clapper are the first receptables he's ever seen that actually grab onto the holes drilled into American electrical plugs, a feature he noted as woefully underused in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udNXMAflbU8 his video on plugs.]]
** In his video on the [=GeoSafari=], he compliments the device for not having blue [=LEDs=] in a reference to his rant on them in his humidifiers
** In [[https://youtu.be/TBPVJtGBf8Y&t=335 his video on The Clapper,]] Alec notes that the receptacles in The Clapper are the first receptables he's ever seen that actually grab onto the holes drilled into American electrical plugs, a feature he noted as woefully underused in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udNXMAflbU8 his video on plugs.]]
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* VisualPun: In [[https://youtu.be/bis_4MT5SSo&t=335 the reverse alarm episode,]] Alec mentions that the circuitry of a reverse alarm is potted in resin, so it's difficult to get through. He then goes through trying to "de-pot" one with a Dremel tool, and pulls it out a flower pot.
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*** And Alec took it even further in [[https://youtu.be/bis_4MT5SSo&t=328 "Back-up beepers: Obnoxious, but getting better - and spreading"]] when he noted that reverse alarms were usually potted in resin to protect the circuitry, so the circuitry was difficult to get through. "Through the magic of buying two of them (and some patience with a Dremel tool)", he did open one up, and found it full of sand...with the circuitry still buried in resin. He then pulled out a [[{{Pun}} backup]] alarm that just happened to have its circuitry just loose in the sand.
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* LeftHanging: In [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=technology+connections+closed+captions "Closed Captioning: More Ingenious Than You Know",]] Alec said he would do a video on Teletext in the future. Four years later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiXg6H_FycI&pp=ygUmdGVjaG5vbG9neSBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyBjbG9zZWQgY2FwdGlvbnM%3D in a No-Effort November video on the TV Guardian]] and its use of closed captioning to mute profanity, Alec admitted he couldn't get motivated to do a video on Teletext since it was never implemented in the United States and he had no personal connection to it.
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*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adD5oC2asXI Klaxons; What makes them sound like that?]]" Has him lampshade buying two of certain things, as he shows a second klaxon he acquired, and took apart.
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*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adD5oC2asXI "[[https://youtu.be/adD5oC2asXI?si=7PAJrugdQWcvhquR&t=250 Klaxons; What makes them sound like that?]]" Has him lampshade buying two of certain things, as he shows a second klaxon he acquired, and took apart.
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* LOL69: When he talks about his Keyboard in [[https://youtu.be/JXYMdxwTf8s?t=335 this video]], he has the keyboard go to 69 BPM and makes it say the number, to which he replies [[MemeticMutation "Nice"]]
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** When he talks about his Keyboard in [[https://youtu.be/JXYMdxwTf8s?t=335 this video]], he has the keyboard go to 69 BPM and makes it say the number, to which he replies [[MemeticMutation"Nice"]]"Nice"]]
** In [[https://youtu.be/ue-1JoJQaEg?si=ZYQeaaWv1CUbVm3O&t=656 "Old pinball machines are amazingly complex"]], Alec has the score display of an old mechanical pinball machine displaying 420690 as its score readout while beginning to exhibit some oddities of how it works.
** When he talks about his Keyboard in [[https://youtu.be/JXYMdxwTf8s?t=335 this video]], he has the keyboard go to 69 BPM and makes it say the number, to which he replies [[MemeticMutation
** In [[https://youtu.be/ue-1JoJQaEg?si=ZYQeaaWv1CUbVm3O&t=656 "Old pinball machines are amazingly complex"]], Alec has the score display of an old mechanical pinball machine displaying 420690 as its score readout while beginning to exhibit some oddities of how it works.
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* ColorWash: In his discussion on high pressure sodium light bulbs, Alec talks about how the orange-peachy glow from the lamp makes everything look off with the colors [[https://youtu.be/U1dMlVwUsrA?t=547 as he demonstrates with some random objects of various colors]]. When the bulb is warming up, the colors are washed out to the point that you can't tell what color is what. Even when the bulb is fully warmed up, the colors still look off, such as a jar of red pasta sauce looking more like a puke brown.
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** In [[https://youtu.be/dhRgw0HfrYU?t=917 the E-Ink Exploration video]], Alec throws some shade towards laptop manufacturers by saying that said manufacturers are perfect for adding an e-ink display on a Laptop because make "funky stuff noone asked for".
* TakeThatAudience: In particular, whenever he foresees snarky but uninformed comments about to be made, you can expect he will make ''some'' joke at those commenters' expense, such as when [[https://youtu.be/jMmUoZh3Hq4?t=853 he brings up Ohm's Law to the inevitable Europeans who argue 220V is "safer" than 120]], or just about the entirety of [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY his comparison of VHS and Beta's cassette designs]] where he constantly makes jokes at Beta purists' expense.
* TakeThatAudience: In particular, whenever he foresees snarky but uninformed comments about to be made, you can expect he will make ''some'' joke at those commenters' expense, such as when [[https://youtu.be/jMmUoZh3Hq4?t=853 he brings up Ohm's Law to the inevitable Europeans who argue 220V is "safer" than 120]], or just about the entirety of [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY his comparison of VHS and Beta's cassette designs]] where he constantly makes jokes at Beta purists' expense.
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** In [[https://youtu.be/dhRgw0HfrYU?t=917 the E-Ink Exploration video]], Alec throws some shade towards laptop manufacturers by saying that said manufacturers are perfect for adding an e-ink display on a Laptop because make "funky stuff noone no one asked for".
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** In particular, whenever he foresees snarky but uninformed comments about to be made, you can expect he will make ''some'' joke at those commenters' expense, such as when [[https://youtu.be/jMmUoZh3Hq4?t=853 he brings up Ohm's Law to the inevitable Europeans who argue 220V is "safer" than 120]], or just about the entirety of [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY his comparison of VHS and Beta's cassette designs]] where he constantly makes jokes at Beta purists'expense.expense.
** In his video where he talks about how laptops can also make a good desktop via docks, he points out that Macbooks and Linux computers could also work with docks, but says not to ask him for advice on either since he has zero experience with them. He takes a jab at Linux users by saying that if they want to figure out how to use a dock on it. they'll just have to [[https://youtu.be/Pc31L3zJiaU?t=284 "figure it yourself like you do with everything else on your computer."]]
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** In particular, whenever he foresees snarky but uninformed comments about to be made, you can expect he will make ''some'' joke at those commenters' expense, such as when [[https://youtu.be/jMmUoZh3Hq4?t=853 he brings up Ohm's Law to the inevitable Europeans who argue 220V is "safer" than 120]], or just about the entirety of [[https://youtu.be/hWl9Wux7iVY his comparison of VHS and Beta's cassette designs]] where he constantly makes jokes at Beta purists'
** In his video where he talks about how laptops can also make a good desktop via docks, he points out that Macbooks and Linux computers could also work with docks, but says not to ask him for advice on either since he has zero experience with them. He takes a jab at Linux users by saying that if they want to figure out how to use a dock on it. they'll just have to [[https://youtu.be/Pc31L3zJiaU?t=284 "figure it yourself like you do with everything else on your computer."]]
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** During his episode on the klaxon, he notes that while it could be silly and fun to install one in your car as a horn replacement, you would very likely destroy the car's horn circuits and even if you got it to work, all you would do is give everyone in the area a scare due to how loud a klaxon horn sounds.
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---> It was a bright sunny day in the 99 hectare forest, and [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh Freddy the Feces]] was all riled up to go...
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* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: In the video "[[https://youtu.be/wh4aWZRtTwU?t=12m6s Brown; color is weird]]" Alec reveals he can speak Mandarin Chinese.
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** People who still say Betamax was better than VHS. It's something of a recurring topic, showing up in videos about Betamax istelf, the CED, and Betacam. In the last, he points out the whole thing has been pointless for years, and is largely based in misconceptions.
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* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Subverted in "[[https://youtu.be/0j0IC0bu3dg Filming [=CRTs=]: It's pretty easy, actually]]", he says that the shutter speed should be set to 1/30th or 1/60th of a second to make [=CRTs=] look normal in-camera. A FakeOutFadeOut occurs, making it seem like he is ignoring 50hz systems and their regions. After that, he elaborates with more detail, including the differences when using the aforementioned 50hz systems.
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** Of course, some times these can be [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly lame]], like [[https://youtu.be/Bi_Tp1H9CDs?t=843 at the end of Alec's "cat's eye" demonstration]] in the retroreflector video:
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** Of course, some times these Sometimes he will [[LamePunReaction acknowledge how bad his own puns can be [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly lame]], be]], like [[https://youtu.be/Bi_Tp1H9CDs?t=843 at the end of Alec's his "cat's eye" demonstration]] in the retroreflector video:
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** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGAhWgkKlHI Chest Freezers; What they tell us about designing for X]]", Alec points out they don't have shelves, so you get food stacked on top of other food; although this gets them endorsed by the [[Recap/MontyPythonsFlyingCircusS2E5 Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things]].
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* StopTrick: Several times in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU Brown; color is weird]]" video, Alec cuts to Robert Dunn from ''Aging Wheels'' saying the word "Brown", with Robert sitting in the same place as Alec, and wearing the same brown jacket.
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** It also comes up in videos relating to sound-making devices, such as [[https://youtu.be/adD5oC2asXI?t=145 when describing how different car horns sound]].
