Ben's Junk: The Archive HQ Bookshelf S00 E114

1

Donny Osmond - Soldier of Love (Michael Bay Salute)

2

National Anthem Conspiracy Theory

3

Everlasting Love

4

The Max Headroom Incident of 1987 (Commentary)

5

Sounds to Make You Shiver

6

TV Sign-Offs (Commentary)

7

Emergency Broadcast Salute (Commentary)

8

Freedom is a Hammer (Album Review)

9

American EXXXtasy (Commentary)

10

Greetings From the Stars (Sort Of)

11

Ask the Archive

12

Archive Riffs: Petaluma Chicken

13

Local TV Special (Commentary)

14

Archive Riffs: Greedy Humpty Dumpty

15

VHS Vault Vol. 1 (Amvest Video) (Commentary)

16

Archive Riffs: Say No to Strangers

17

National Anthem Conspiracy Theory (Redux)

18

Halloween Special 2012 (Commentary)

19

Hallmark Presents: Spooky Sounds

20

Archive Riffs: Dining Together

21

Christmas Special 2012 (A Fair Use Christmas) (Commentary)

22

Archive Riffs: A Christmas Fantasy

23

TV DX-ing

24

Archive Riffs: Live & Learn

25

Archive Riffs: Cigarette Commercials

26

Backwards Masking (Commentary)

27

A Nice Pair (of early, European VCR's)

28

Blooper Reel

29

VHS Vault Vol. 5 - Y2K (Commentary)

30

Archive Riffs: Atomic Alert (Elementary Edition)

31

Ben's Junk: Sony Super Betamax

32

Ben's Junk: VideoNow PVD Player

33

Format Wars 2 (COMMENTARY)

34

Ben's Junk: VHS Camcorder (RCA CC285)

35

The Great Archive Treasure Hunt (Commentary)

36

Ben's Junk: Tascam Cassette Portastudio

37

Halloween Special 2013 (Commentary)

38

Ben's Junk : 8-Track/Cassette "Adaptor"

39

Ben's Junk: Multi-System VHS VCR (Hitachi VT-M768EM)

40

Ben's Junk: JVC S-VHS VCR (S7600U)

41

Ben's Junk: LaserKaraoke/Laserdisc Player (Pioneer CLD-S304)

42

1-900 ARCHIVE Vol. 2 (Commentary)

43

The DuMont Network (Deleted Game Show Segment)

44

Ben's Junk: Handheld Electronic Games

45

Ben's Junk: B-Movies & cult Classics

46

Ben Tries Finnish Candy

47

Ben's Junk: WebTV Box

48

The Death of Analog TV (Commentary)

49

Ben's Junk: Super 8 Sound Projector (Sears Sound II - Model 9258)

50

Archive Riffs: Self-Conscious Guy

51

Oddity Archive: Episode 78.4 - VHS Vault Vol. 6 (How's Your Sex Life?) (COMMENTARY)

52

(Unofficial) Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I (model 220)

53

Ben's Junk: 8-Track (and related) Oddities

54

Ben's Junk: Sony DT-30 (External VCR Timer)

55

Ben Tries Bonomo's Turkish Taffy

56

Ben's Junk: Rejuvenique Revisited (plus Contest!)

57

Halloween Special 2014 (Archive Wares: Rejuvenique) (Commentary)

58

An Overly Nostalgic Halloween (or, For The Want of a Pail)

59

For The Want of a Pail (Conclusion)

60

Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Camcorder

61

Ben Tries (Thanksgiving Edition) (or, Ben tries Australian Stuff)

62

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

63

Archive Riffs: A Christmas Dream

64

Ben's CED Collection (Deleted Segment from CED Episode)

65

Ben's Junk: Guitars! Guitars!! Guitars!!!

66

Ben's Junk: Ben's Philips CD-I Collection

67

Ben's Junk: Philips CD-I Peacekeeper Revolver

68

Ben's Junk: Ben's (Incomplete) Comedy LP Collection

69

Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Movie Viewer

70

Ben's Junk: Commodore 64 (& Peripherals)

71

Ben's Junk: Sony TT-100 Tuner/Timer (for U-Matic)

72

Commodore 64 (Commentary)

73

Ben's Junk: VCR Co-Pilot

74

Archive Riffs: Fox Hour Promotional Reel

75

Record Ripoffs (Commentary)

76

Ben's Junk: Magnavox Odyssey 2 (Video Game Console)

77

Ben's Junk: Colecovision Video Game Console

78

Ben's Junk: (Some Of) Ben's Vinyl Collection

79

"The Voice" Module (for Magnavox Odyssey 2)

80

Flexplay Disposable DVD Update

81

Ben's Junk: Fisher-Price Star Station Sing-Along Machine

82

Fisher-Price PXL-2000 Camcorder (Commentary)

83

Ben's Junk: bob (Another Nanny Box)

84

Ben's Junk: DVD Recorder (Panasonic DMR-E55)

85

Ben's Junk: Gemmy Douglas Fir Talking Christmas Tree

86

Ben's Junk: Ben's Comic Book Collection

87

Ben's Junk: Learn To Solder Kit

88

Ben’s Junk: MD Walkman (Minidisc Addendum)

89

Ben's Junk: RCA Selectavision CED Player (SGT 250)

90

Ben's Junk: Ben's Audiophile Albums

91

Ben's Junk: Vtech Socrates Educational Video System

92

Ben's Junk: Videocipher II Plus/Manhattan Cable TV Box

93

Ben's Junk: go reader (Audiobook Device)

94

Archive Riffs: Dear Miss Gloria

95

DBX Noise Reduction System (Commentary)

96

Ben's Junk: Las Vegas Vacation (1997)

97

Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 1)

98

Ben's 10 Favorite Albums (Part 2)

99

Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Tape (Azimuth Alignment Cassette)

100

Ben's Junk: DBX Cassettes (DBX Addendum)

101

Ben's Junk: MFSL Geo-Disc (Turntable Cartridge Alignment Tool)

102

Ben’s Junk: (New) Speed Calibration Cassette

103

Ben's Junk: CVS One-Time-Use Video Camcorder

104

Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016) (Commentary)

105

Ben’s Junk: The World of Yesterday (Classic Hollywood Fanzines)

106

Ben's Junk: Realistic Phono Pre-Amp (Model 42-2109)

107

Ben's Junk: Vidicraft Vidimate Video Enhancer (Model VDM300S)

108

Ben's Junk: Star Shower Laser Light

109

Ben's Junk: Sankyo Dualux Dual8 Projector (Model 2000H)

110

Ben's Junk: Allsop 3 Orbitrac Record Cleaning System

111

Ben's Junk: JVC KD-A6 Cassette Deck

112

Ben's Junk: Discwasher Compact Disc Cleaner

113

Ben's Junk: Royal Disc Repair System

114

Ben's Junk: The Archive HQ Bookshelf

115

Ben’s Junk: MP32C64 Adapter (Commodore Datasette Substitute)

116

Archive Thrifting #1: Impromptu Investigations

117

Archive Thrifting #2: Arc of a (Dumpster) Diver

118

Ben's Junk: K-Tel Record Selector

119

Ben's Junk: Teac V-770 Cassette Deck

120

Discovision Dead Sides

121

Ben's Junk: ABC Talking Monday Night Football (Board Game)

122

Archive Riffs: Selling Your Home?

123

Archive Thrifting #3: Beautiful Downtown Aurora's Last Stand

124

Ben's Junk: Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit

125

Ben's Junk: Audio Technica AT-LP120 Turntable (Early Thoughts)

126

Ben's Junk: Ben's Makeshift Bedroom Stereo System

127

Ben's Junk: Ramsey FM Transmitter (Further Experiments)

128

Ask The Archive Live (9/14/2018)

129

Archive Thrifting #4: Elvis Sightings

130

Archive Thrifting #5: Low Money Hu$tla

131

Sounds of Terror! (Halloween Album Review)

132

Ben's Junk: Pac-Man Fever (Pac-Man Mini Arcades)

133

Archive Riffs: Thanksgiving Commercials

134

NES Classic Edition (The Last Word?)

135

Christmas LaserKaraoke (Deleted Segment)

136

Ben's Junk: Nagaoka MP-110H Phono Cartridge

137

Ben's Junk: Sega Pico ("Edutainment" Console)

138

Ben's Junk: SNES Classic Edition (Belated) First Impressions)

139

Ben’s Junk: Tyco VideoCam (Another Kiddie Camcorder)

140

Archive Riffs: Valentine’s Day Commercials (A Semi-Romantic Tale)

141

Archive Thrifting #6: Frostbite Falls

142

Ben's Junk: Ronco Mr. Microphone

143

Ben’s Junk: GAF 3100S Super 8 Film Projector

144

Ben's Junk: The Big Reel (Film Collector’s Magazine)

145

Discovision/Laserdisc Quirks (An Informal Discussion)

146

Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 2

147

Ben’s Junk: VGA Converters/Public Domain CD-ROMs

148

Ben’s Junk: Innovative Technologies ITNS-500 Slide “Scanner”

149

Archive Riffs: Clutch Cargo (Big “X”, Pts. 4 & 5)

150

Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm (Commentary)

151

Archive Thrifting #7: Wii, Wii, All The Way Home

152

Record Ripoffs Commercial Parodies (Vols. 1–9)

153

Ben's Junk: Video Action Magazine (Issue #1: December, 1980)

154

Bennytronics Guitar Noise Experiment (Analog, Circa 1980-style) (COMPLETE SEGMENT)

155

Ben's Junk: Ben's Laserdisc Collection (2019 Edition)

156

Fostex X-14/Ben's Music "Career": The Gear

157

Ben's Junk: Whippany Rhythm Master (Circa 1972 Drum Machine)

158

Ben's Junk: Burns Theremin

159

Archive Thrifting #8: Break IT You Pay For IT

160

Haunted House (Halloween SFX Album Review)

161

Telesound 13 (Moog/Realistic Concertmate MG-1)

162

Ben's Junk: Realistic Concertmate (Moog) MG-1 Synthesizer

163

Ben's Junk: Sony DCR-TRV320 Digital8 Handycam (Video8 Addendum)

164

Ben's Junk: Archer Video Processor/Stabilizer (Model 15-1272A)

165

Algorithmic Audio Mastering (CloudBounce Review)

166

Archive Thrifting #9: Christmas Confidential

167

Archive Riffs: Boxing Day Commercials (er, Adverts)

168

MovieCD

169

Ben's Junk: Cult VHS (& A Few DVD's) (2020 Edition)

170

Ben's Junk: Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD Audio Interface

171

Ben's Junk: Behringer neutron (analog, Monophonic) Synthesizer

172

F.D.G. (Oddity Archive Sign-Off Muzak)

173

Ben's Junk: Industrial Laserdiscs/ Anderic (Reproduction) Service Remote

174

Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 4.5: Greetings From Elderbush Gulch Multitracks (An Addendum)

175

Enhanced CD's (& other multimedia CD's) (an informal chat)

176

Ben's Junk: The OA (semi-)Supercomputer/OA Recording Studio Redux

177

Ben's Junk: Sony SLO-325 Industrial Betamax

178

Ben's Junk: 1953 & 1956 Hoffman Television Catalogs

179

Ben's Junk: Tiger Quiz Wiz

180

Ben Minnotte - Switched-On Pavanned (Moog Instrumental)

181

Ben Minnotte - The Happy Moog (Gets Stuck In Rush Hour) ("Moog" Instrumental)

182

Ben's Junk: First Alert FTR-960R Time-Lapse VCR (+ Time-Lapse Tape)

183

Archive Riffs: Moving Up To Amateur Radio

184

Archive Thrifting #10: Before We Were SO Rudely Interrupted

185

Ben's Junk: Sony U-Matic & Industrial Betamax Wired Remotes

186

The Battle At Elderbush Gulch (2020 Redux)

187

Archive Thrifting #11: This Can Not Be The Right Price Deal

188

Ben's Junk: Pioneer RH-65 8-Track Deck

189

Ben's Junk: Denon UD-M30 CD Receiver

190

Pavanned (Documentary Style) (Vaporwave?)

191

In Your Hands (Violin & "Mellotron" Thing)

192

Ep. 200 Rebuttal & Deleted Scenes

193

Nitrogené (Synth Instrumental)

194

Ben's Junk: JVC HR-S7600U S-VHS ET VCR (REVISITED)

195

Ben's Junk: Buster Keaton Video Collection

196

Archive Thrifting #12: (Not-So) Scary Deals

197

Ben's Junk: (New) Polaroid 600 Film (& old camera(s))

198

Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's Audiocassette Collection

199

Ben's Junk: (New) Dubreq Stylophone

200

Archive Thrifting #13: Deck The Hauls

201

Ben's Junk: (some of) Ben's Vinyl Collection Vol. 2

202

Ben's Junk: Sega Genesis Mini (Miniature Game Console)

203

Home Video Recording, 1972-Style (or, Ben's Complete U-Matic Rig)

204

Ben's Junk: Toshiba 20AF43 CRT TV

205

Archive Thrifting #14: (Non-)Luck of the (Non-)Irish

206

Phonies (Answering Machine Greetings)

207

Archive Riffs: A Taxing Set of Commercials (Tax Day Special)

208

Ben's Junk: GPX Digital TV Tuner + Recorder

209

A Geeky Evening With Benny-Boy

210

Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance Box Pro (Video Capture Device)

211

Ben's Junk: JVC HM-DH30000U & Mitsubishi HD-HS2000u D-VHS VCR's

212

Episode 200 (Behind The Box) (Commentary)

213

Archive Thrifting #15: Out Of This World Deals

214

Ben's Junk: Akai GX-220 Reel-To-Reel Audiotape Deck

215

History of VHS (COMPLETE SERIES)

216

Ben's Casino Travelogue (Deleted Segment From How I Spent My Summer VIII)

217

Archive Thrifting #16: La Cage Aux Thrifting

218

VCR Cleaning (A Public Service Video)

219

Channel Update (9/2021) (Sony AV-3600 Update, Sencore VA62, etc.)

220

VCR Rabbit Revisited

221

Ben's Junk: Video Store Regulars (& Memories)

222

Ben’s Junk: Wolverine Moviemaker Pro 8mm & Super8 Film Scanner

223

Archive Thrifting #17: Spooktacular Savings

224

Thereminiature/Pavanned (Version 6.66)

225

Ben's Junk: Sony Digital Mavica (Model MVC-FD73) (Floppy Disk Digital Camera from 1999)

226

Ben's Junk: Coolmusic Ring Modulator (& other FX) ("Max Headroom" Hijacker Voice)

227

Ben's Junk: Christmas TV VHS & DVD's

228

Archive Thrifting #18: Shortwave Santa

229

Ben’s Music “Career” (The Complete Saga)

230

Ben's Junk: Keyfax Update/Pioneer GGF1381 Laserdisc Service Remote/Discovision Dead Sides Vol. 3

231

The Wire (via Sony PCM-701ES, Betamax)

232

Ben's Junk: VuPoint Digital Video Converter (or, the circa 2010 YouTube video device)

233

Ben's Junk: The Clapper

234

Laserdisc Laser Rot

235

Ben's Junk: Magnus Chord Organ

236

Ben's Junk: Blonder-Tongue BTX-111 "Ultraverter" (& ONTV Box Update)

237

Ben's Junk: Prog & Metal VHS, Beta & Laserdiscs

238

Ben's Junk: Newtek Calibar (A Pen-Sized Test Pattern Generator)

239

A BENefit for a new computer…or a loose Ask The Archive

240

Ben's Junk: Hotronic AP41 (Frame Synchronizer & Time Base Corrector)

241

The “Can I Remember It?” stream (or, a smaller BENefit)

242

CD Frustrations & Easter Eggs

243

A Tour of the New OA Computer Rig (OA Computer Tour 2022)

244

Ben's Junk: Sony CVM-51UW and Panasonic WV-BM990 CRT Monitors

245

The Eraser Laserdisc Experiment

246

Archive Thrifting #19: Radios, Radios

247

Archive Riffs: Hey, Stop That!

248

Ben's Junk: Midland WR400 NOAA Weather Radio (& other Radio Ramblings)

249

Ben's Junk: Sony SRF-A100 AM/AM Stereo/FM Portable Radio

250

Archive Thrifting #20: Fair(mont) (St.) Clouds over Mankato

251

Ben Repairs: Radio Shack Executive Stress Eliminator

252

Sony Videocorders Update (CV-2100 & AV-3600) (8/2022)

253

Ben's Junk: Tyler Portable TV (model TTV701-7)

254

Ben's Junk: Sears Whisper-Matic IV (& Victorian-Era Theater Slides)

255

Ben's Junk: Ben's Blackhawk Films Collection (minus the videotapes)

256

Ben's Junk: Sony Trinitron PVM-1343MD (Professional Video Monitor)

257

Archive Thrifting #21: We Already Have Halloween At Home

258

Benny M.'s TV Party (Commentary)

259

Halloween Special 2022 Blooper Reel

260

Ben's Junk: Telemeter Pay TV Box (Circa 1960)

261

Ben's Junk: Favorite (and/or Notable) Christmas Albums

262

Archive Thrifting #22: Christmas In Elbonia

263

Archive Thrifting #23: Holiday Hangover

264

Magna-Guard (or, Copy-Protection, Vol. 3)

265

Ben's Junk: RCA BW003 (1978 Home Video Camera)

266

Ben's Junk: Forbidden KLAK (via the Archer Multiple Video Distribution System)

267

Ben's Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) FM Wireless Lavalier Microphone System (Circa 1988)

268

Ben's Junk: (Some of) Ben's TV-on-DVD Collection

269

Ben's Junk: Hitachi Visionbook Pro 7560 Laptop (or, My 1st, failed attempt at a Windows 98 Rig)

270

Ben's Junk: Ben's Mad Magazine Stash

271

Noelle's Mystery Tapes (& Channel Update - 4/2023)

272

Ben's Junk: 80's Music Videos (on Laserdisc)

273

Ben's Ugly A/V Rack

274

Betacam SP (1st Test...From A Newbie's Perspective)

275

Christmas Morning on a June Evening (or, Mail Day From Tyrone)

276

Archive Thrifting #24: The Delicate Sound of Thrifting

277

Ben's Junk: X-10 Videosender (another VCR Rabbit-esque device)

278

Revenge of the Sony AV-3600 Videocorder (1st Test)

279

Archive Thrifting #25: 3M (Moderate Minnesota Madness)

280

Fix It or Forget It? (NEC S-VHS Deck)

281

Ben's Junk: 1966 (partial) Zenith Phonevision Pay TV Box

282

Ben's Junk: SelecTV Pay TV Box

283

Ben's Junk: ClonerAlliance ViewLite AV (Video Capture Device)

284

Ben's Junk: Sears Du-All Eight (8mm Viewer/Editor)

285

Archive Thrifting #26: Indian Summer

286

Ben's Junk: Sharp VL-E47 "Viewcam" (Video8 Camcorder, circa 1995)

287

Archive Thrifting #28: Scandalous Santa

288

Archive Thrifting #29 (Christmas Leftovers)

289

Ben's Junk: Ben's Rifftrax DVD & Blu-Ray Collection

290

Ben's Junk: Denon RCD-N10 CD Receiver

291

Ben's Junk: Magnavox H2160MW9 (or, Exploring Someone's Old Personal DVR)

292

Ben's Junk: Wometco Home Theatre (WHT) Pay TV Decoder Box

293

Ben’s Junk: ClearClick Video2USB/ A Tour of Ben’s Livestream Setup

294

How To Unstretch Video (via HandBrake)

295

Ben's Junk: Laser Video File Laserdisc Catalog (Mid-1992)

296

Ben's Junk: Some More of Ben's Audiocassette Collection (Mystery Box!)

297

Magnavox H2160MW9 Personal DVR/DVD Recorder UPDATE (A Failure)

298

Ben's Junk: Videolok (VCR Anti-Theft Device)

299

Ben's Junk: Rhoades Teledapter (TV Stereo Simulator)

300

Windows 98 Laptop Update (4/2024)

301

CD Rot Rant

302

Ben A.'s Mystery Tapes (A Not-So-Livestream)

303

Windows 98 Laptop Update (5/2024) (She Lives!)

304

Ben's Junk: Whole House FM Transmitter 3.0

305

Ben Vs. The Cursed U-Matic Tape

306

Archive Thrifting #30: Wet Fireworks

307

Ben's Junk: A Tower of Vidicraft

308

Quasar Great Time Machine (Round 2?)

309

Ben's Junk: My First DVD's

310

Ben's Junk: JamC@m Digital Camera

311

Archive Thrifting #31: Summer's End

312

More Fun With Moldy U-Matic Tapes

313

Ben's Junk: :CueCat Barcode Scanner

314

Ben's Junk: Sencore "Little Huey" Test Pattern Generator

315

Ben's Junk: Casio CMD-10 watch

316

Ben's Junk: Laserviews Laserdisc Magazines

317

Archive Thrifting #32: Halloween Hootenanny

318

Halloween Special 2023 (Season of the Wince) (Commentary)

319

Ben's Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) Astronaut 8 Radio

320

Ben's Junk: Down Beat Magazine (10/23/1975)

321

Ben’s Junk: Thanksgiving Traditions (and not-so-traditions)

322

Ben’s Junk: VHS is Life Mold Cleaning Rig REDUX

323

Archive Thrifting #33: Christmas Clutter

324

Ben’s Junk: Epiphone ED-100NS Acoustic Guitar

325

Ben’s (Failed) Gimmick CD (A Rant)

326

Ben’s Junk: NuReality Vivid 3D (Mock Surround Sound Processor)

327

Ben's Junk: Optoma PK320 Pico Pocket Projector

328

Albums I Love (That I’m Supposed To Hate)

329

Monkeeing Around

330

Ben’s Junk: Sony eMarker (SoundHound before SoundHound)

331

DiscoVision Dead Sides Vol. 5

332

Ben’s Junk: RCA RC5230Z DIVX/DVD Player (More “Deadware”)

333

25 Pounds of Laserdiscs (Mail Day From Paul C.)

334

Ben's Junk: Half A Halloween Movie Collection

335

Ben’s Junk: APF TV Fun (“Sportsarama” Model)

336

Pre-Recorded SuperBeta (and some minor mythbusting)

337

Ben’s Junk: Sears Tele-Games Pinball Breakaway (Atari Video Pinball)