cd player video

(add &fmt=18 to end of URL for stereo sound) Some interesting analog signals found inside all CD players.

(Servo feedback is a wonderful invention that allows us to pay money for complex electromechanical devices built to horrible tolerances out of cheap junk and have them almost work right for all of six months before ending up in some landfill)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• cd
• player
• oscilloscope
• analog
• digital
• dualdisc
• laser
• rot

[jedw]

What is the song at 5:16 on the memorex disc?

(analog synths!!)

[pdmillar]

"Big Mess" from "Oh No, It's DEVO". One of my favorite synth records.

[Beshrewed]

I have this urge to go pull apart my cd player now...

[TranquilVision]

That was cool, wish I could find good equipment like that in the trash!

[guthrieisawesome]

I love how you blow up some caps at the end of the video.

[fruitbatrepublic]

I hear dan deacon.

[wombattim]

Interesting video, and great random ending :D

I can't help but think that that memorex signal looks happy. It's jumping and dancing.

[vwestlife]

I have a Realistic CD player (yay, Radio Shack quality!) from 1987 and it is very fussy about playing CD-R discs. Some with play with a lot of glitching, some will read the track info but not play, and some won't read at all. I'll try opening it up and see if it has those gain pots.

[blueduck577]

i was pleasantly surprised by the talking heads. great videos, keep it up

[Nanodemon]

I disagree completely with tgies. This is neat, as are the other things I've seen from the poster. And he lives less than 100 miles from me, thats always cool.