A key element of why Laserdisc (and before that 8-Track) was so good for Karaoke was the fact you could pick a song at will.
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Replying to @ShortFormErnie
That's why VHS and cassette tapes were never really all that popular as karaoke formats.
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Replying to @ShortFormErnie
“The oral history of random access” across different domains would be a great book IMO.
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Replying to @mwichary
Like you have to compare vinyl to hard drives to 8-tracks to optical media to the cloud, and then make one story from it.
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Replying to @ShortFormErnie
Yeah! I'm sort of fascinated with this idea in general. Want to write a history of (string) escaping issues book. :·)
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Do you watch
@Techmoan videos on YouTube? He digs deep into obscure and forgotten physical audio and video formats.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Yeah, I watch his videos and 8-Bit Guy's pretty religiously.
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Replying to @ShortFormErnie
Yeah! Although 8-bit Guy I find much less charming. :·/
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Replying to @mwichary
I find him plenty charming. His voice is just less sing-songy than Techmoan's :)
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Replying to @ShortFormErnie
He annoys me a lot. I concede it might be just me! I just wish it wasn't the case. Lots of good stuff there.
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But also: TechMoan actually makes an effort to incorporate humour in his videos.
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