A Double Header: Ben's Ugly A/V Rack & Betacam SP 1st test (Patreon)

Video #1: Ben's Ugly A/V Rack - http://youtu.be/SvekpI4bPiE

Video #2: Betacam SP (1st Test...From A Newbie's Perspective) - http://youtu.be/GGAxK5y7EQQ

Trying a little experiment of sorts this week.  As I type this, I've been working on the season finale (on the Quasar Great Time Machine/VX video format) for about a week now--turns out it's REALLY time-consuming.  Anyway, before I started on the Quasar project (and next week's video, for that matter), I needed to do some revisions to Archive HQ and test out a (cheap, possibly fixer-upper) Betacam SP deck to (hopefully) check on the stack of (standard) Betacam tapes I've got scattered throughout the place...and have had since the Beautiful Downtown Aurora days.  So, I figured I'd try and make quick, loose videos on both.  Tomorrow, the video on my installing a second A/V rack will go public and the Betacam SP test will go public on Monday--but, of course, you get to see both right away.

As it stands, there will be two videos on the Quasar--one being one of my little pseudo-documentaries and the other being a history lesson and a look at the material I've gathered.  If all goes according to plan, the documentary will drop on June 1 (May 31st on Patreon) and June 8 (June 7 on Patreon).  Having said that, if it backfires, I may have to delay it by a week.  Then, of course, it'll be the usual between season break...and, yes, Sergei will make an (audio-only) appearance.

Next week will be an uber-rare (U.S.) Memorial Day special.