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I like cities, the people in them, and things that go click, clack, and boop. Collector of pinball machines, arcade games, and weird old stuff. US -> Germany immigrant, currently living in Köln.
I'm sure it's unobtainium now but apparently there was a SECAM transcoder add on available. For if you wanted to watch programs from the DDR, say.
May 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm sure it's unobtainium now but apparently there was a SECAM transcoder add on available. For if you wanted to watch programs from the DDR, say.
Also discovered this has been a color set all along. I thought it was too old but whoever had it before me had just set chroma all the way down, and since it's something you can only adjust with the remote I hadn't noticed yet.
May 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Also discovered this has been a color set all along. I thought it was too old but whoever had it before me had just set chroma all the way down, and since it's something you can only adjust with the remote I hadn't noticed yet.
2010s wood-framed detached house we lived in back in the US had double-pane windows. Got hot as hell in the summer. Caught all kinds of noise from the commercial street a block over, and the freight rail line 3/4 a mile removed. Felt traffic from both of those, too.
April 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
2010s wood-framed detached house we lived in back in the US had double-pane windows. Got hot as hell in the summer. Caught all kinds of noise from the commercial street a block over, and the freight rail line 3/4 a mile removed. Felt traffic from both of those, too.
Can confirm. Currently enjoying triple-glazed windows in a 2020s German building, pre-cast concrete construction. With the place buttoned up you hear nothing despite being able to see a major rail corridor outside. Thermal performance is great too. Roller shutters as standard are another advantage.
April 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Can confirm. Currently enjoying triple-glazed windows in a 2020s German building, pre-cast concrete construction. With the place buttoned up you hear nothing despite being able to see a major rail corridor outside. Thermal performance is great too. Roller shutters as standard are another advantage.
There are definitely people doing refurb and reselling, and the stuff does move. Internet hype and the price inflation that comes with it just doesn't seem to have hit a lot of the brands here like it did for similar tier American gear.
April 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There are definitely people doing refurb and reselling, and the stuff does move. Internet hype and the price inflation that comes with it just doesn't seem to have hit a lot of the brands here like it did for similar tier American gear.
It's kind of a rare release, if it had been salvageable I'd have kept it :P
April 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's kind of a rare release, if it had been salvageable I'd have kept it :P
Year printed on the label was 1991.
April 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Year printed on the label was 1991.
Loved the article! This is the example that I always remember... 'NO FOOD OR DRINK' signs on Brunswick AS-80 and AS-90 bowling scoring consoles from the 1970s/1980s. Not sure if the signs were a factory thing or just a common addition (they also cover a paper printout slot that was rarely enabled).
April 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Loved the article! This is the example that I always remember... 'NO FOOD OR DRINK' signs on Brunswick AS-80 and AS-90 bowling scoring consoles from the 1970s/1980s. Not sure if the signs were a factory thing or just a common addition (they also cover a paper printout slot that was rarely enabled).
Kann auch für ähnliche Ästhetik Neon Chrome empfehlen.
April 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Kann auch für ähnliche Ästhetik Neon Chrome empfehlen.