Vintage Video Basement

23/04/2026

This 1976 Sony Trinitron KP-4000 is an early piece of home theater history and one of the rare examples of a Trinitron projection TV.

09/04/2026

Hanging out in the basement and watching some cartoons!

05/04/2026

New YouTube video about my most asked about TV is now available!

The Most Bizarre 1982 RCA Colortrak 2000

What exactly is going on with this 1982 RCA Colortrak 2000? It is potentially the rarest TV in my collection, and I am constantly on the hunt for more inform...

01/03/2026

Drove up to Virginia to pick up this 1983 Sony CVM-1900 and had to get a photo of it in front of the dilapidated UFO Video, because that old sign is just too cool!

07/02/2026

I made a quick trip down to Huntsville, Alabama for this original Sony Trinitron dealer display. It’s from the early days of the Trinitron and would have graced the showroom floor while man still walked on the moon. Of course, while I was in the Rocket City, I had to swing by the U.S. Space and Rocket Center for a photo shoot.

26/01/2026

New video posted to YouTube in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of VHS and the original VHS VCR!

2026 is the 50th Anniversary of VHS! Let's take a look at the world's first VHS VCR - the JVC HR-3300, and compare it to a Betamax from the same time period....

19/11/2025

The Sony Betamax SL-8200 from 1978 was the introduction of the X2 (BII) speed. It doubled the recording time per Beta tape from 1-hr to 2-hrs but could still not compete with the recording capacity of VHS.

30/10/2025

Trick or treat!

I hope you all have a Happy Halloween!

28/10/2025

Halloween will be here soon! Be sure to watch those scary movies on a CRT.

28/07/2025

Finally added an Advent VideoBeam 1000A to the collection! The VideoBeam was one of the first color CRT projectors released to the general public. With an original price of $2500 in the early ‘70s, Advent lost hundreds of dollars on each unit sold due to the immense cost of designing and producing the projector. It projected onto a 7-foot (measured diagonally) curved screen, which was enormous compared to direct-view tube TVs of the day. I do have the screen as well. I still need to assess this unit before I attempt to power it on.

16/06/2025

I don’t show off this area at the bottom of the basement stairs enough.