VideoGuide (+2 other early Interactive Program Guides)

January 5, 2017

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Oddity Archive - S5 - E14

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Looking at the Interactive Program Guide’s especially awkward adolescence.

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Oddity Archive: Season 5 - 24 Episode s

5x1 - How I Spent My Summer III (Super Betamax/Software-Defined Radio/ Talking House Transmitter)
July 7, 2016
A little success, a little failure, a little intrigue, a little frustration. In other words, your standard between-season break for Ben.
5x2 - Record Ripoffs Vol. 6 (98% 70's-free!)
July 21, 2016
…dragging the Record Ripoff concept kicking and screaming out of the 70’s. What the hell was I thinking?!?
5x3 - Home Shopping Channels
August 4, 2016
Have your credit cards handy because we're about to launch our own Home-Shopping-type channel! What could possibly go wrong?
5x4 - LaserKaraoke Vol. 4 (+ VHS Karaoke Vol. 1)
August 18, 2016
Crank it up and sing along! The madness will naturally follow.
5x5 - Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul
September 1, 2016
Oddity Archive®: Now in ULTRA lo-fi!
5x6 - Talking House Transmitter Redux (or, Part 15 Microbroadcasting: The Final Chapter?)
September 15, 2016
Oddity Archive: Your home for absurd, costly and borderline-useless “broadcast” experiments since 2015!
5x7 - The Official Oddity Archive Guide To Retro A/V
September 29, 2016
…because I haven’t REALLY opened myself up to mass criticism for a long time now.
5x8 - Betamax
October 13, 2016
The Archive takes it to the max--the Betamax, that is.
5x9 - Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016)
October 27, 2016
This is your Civil Defense announcer speaking (er, typing) with a VERY important message. But first, this nearly 27-minute Oddity Archive episode. NOTE: Yes, I’m well aware that the LP’s discussed in the video have nothing to do with the Conelrad broadcasting stuff—just humor me, will ya?
5x10 - VHS Vault Vol. 10 (Learning With The Stars)
November 10, 2016
…because as we all know, learning is most fun with famous people.
5x11 - Top 10 Gaming Turkeys (of the 80's & 90's)
November 24, 2016
Another Thanksgiving episode? Must be time to unload some more proverbial turkeys (now more cynically than ever)!
5x12 - The Official Oddity Archive® Idiot’s Guide To A/V Transfer
December 8, 2016
The second (and hopefully final) installment in the Archive’s “Idiot’s Guide” how-to series.
5x13 - Christmas Special 2016 (A Musical Masochist's Christmas)
December 22, 2016
The most deep-hurtingest Christmas ever!
5x14 - VideoGuide (+2 other early Interactive Program Guides)
January 5, 2017
Looking at the Interactive Program Guide’s especially awkward adolescence.
5x15 - Local TV Vol. 5 (More Local Commercials)
January 19, 2017
Bargain Bennie is having his all-time biggest sale on local (and regional) TV commercials! Get ‘em before they’re gone!
5x16 - VHS Vault Vol. 11(D-I-V-O-R-C-E)
February 2, 2017
‘Tis the season for love—and love gone down the garbage disposer.
5x17 - Random Kiddie Records
February 16, 2017
Crank up the Fisher-Price turntable!
5x18 - Minidisc
March 2, 2017
It’s (100% showtune-free) Musical March (read: Audio Geek March, “Musical March” is just a lot catchier) in Archiveland! Let’s kick it off with a little reevaluation of a format that I’ve bashed in the past.
5x19 - Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel
March 16, 2017
Oddity Archive®: Now with new Superlife® coating!
5x20 - DBX Noise Reduction System
March 30, 2017
And welcome to the Oddity Archive…the show that rapidly contracts and expands—but clearly not rapidly enough.
5x21 - Ben's Random Reel-To-Reel Haul
April 13, 2017
A mere 5 years in the making! You’d never know it though…
5x22 - Useless VHS Tapes
April 27, 2017
No, this isn’t about those 100 million (or more) copies of “Titanic” and “Jerry Maguire”—useless as they are.
5x23 - Going (Proto-)Mobile! (Sony Data Discman & Apple Newton)
May 11, 2017
With all this talk of so-called “mobile devices” these days, it seemed worth taking a look into.
5x24 - Video Magazines (or, Oddity Archive: Issue #126)
May 25, 2017
And welcome to the Oddity Ar-ar-ar-ar-ar-arc-arch-(SLAP)-Archive!

5x1 - How I Spent My Summer III (Super Betamax/Software-Defined Radio/ Talking House Transmitter)

5x2 - Record Ripoffs Vol. 6 (98% 70's-free!)

5x3 - Home Shopping Channels

5x4 - LaserKaraoke Vol. 4 (+ VHS Karaoke Vol. 1)

5x5 - Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul

5x6 - Talking House Transmitter Redux (or, Part 15 Microbroadcasting: The Final Chapter?)

5x7 - The Official Oddity Archive Guide To Retro A/V

5x8 - Betamax

5x9 - Conelrad (Halloween Special 2016)

5x10 - VHS Vault Vol. 10 (Learning With The Stars)

5x11 - Top 10 Gaming Turkeys (of the 80's & 90's)

5x12 - The Official Oddity Archive® Idiot’s Guide To A/V Transfer

5x13 - Christmas Special 2016 (A Musical Masochist's Christmas)

5x14 - VideoGuide (+2 other early Interactive Program Guides)

5x15 - Local TV Vol. 5 (More Local Commercials)

5x16 - VHS Vault Vol. 11(D-I-V-O-R-C-E)

5x17 - Random Kiddie Records

5x18 - Minidisc

5x19 - Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel

5x20 - DBX Noise Reduction System

5x21 - Ben's Random Reel-To-Reel Haul

5x22 - Useless VHS Tapes

5x23 - Going (Proto-)Mobile! (Sony Data Discman & Apple Newton)

5x24 - Video Magazines (or, Oddity Archive: Issue #126)

S0: Specials

S1: Season 1

S2: Season 2

S3: Season 3

S4: Season 4

S5: Season 5

S6: Season 6

S7: Season 7

S8: Season 8

S9: Season 9

S10: Season 10

S11: Season 11

S12: Season 12

S13: Season 13