Rhys is creating
The Preservation of Australian TV History
Saving off air recordings, one Betamax tape at a time.
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$56
Milestone Goals
Pays for tapes
I know someone with an almost constant supply of Betamax tapes, they can send me 12 for $40, and I could get new stuff every month.
About
Passionate about preserving old commercials and TV.
Location
Australia
Top PatronsSee all 19
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Who Am I?
I'm Rhys. In 2010 I got a capture card and began capturing stuff from old VHS tapes I had. I then uploaded these finds to YouTube and have garnered a lot of praise, comments, and requests to find ads that people either remember, or were a part of. Every time a person finds an ad on my channel with them in it from 20 years ago, I'm really happy I could find it for them. Since then I expanded out into Betamax and U-matic, both long dead formats with a lot of more interesting and older content. I have assisted BTQ-7 in finding a colour recording of Seven Eyewitness News from 1975 that they did not have in their archives. My work has been appreciated by Jamie Dunn (Agro), Tim Ferguson (Doug Anthony All Stars), Tony Martin (The Late Show, Get This), George Donikian (News Host), Les Murray (Soccer Commentator), Peter Doherty (Channel Seven Brisbane News reporter) and many other people from the Television industry. The above video is one of my commercial compilations, an example of what I do, and currently the OLDEST commercial content I've found.Here's some more examples of things I've found.
Why a Patreon?
I don't expect to live off patreon donations, but it would be nice to recoup some of the money I spend in this effort to preserve Australian Television history, because this hobby of mine isn't cheap. Upkeep of video equipment is costly. I can easially buy another VHS VCR, but Betamax and U-matic equipment is hard to come by, especially for a price I can afford. I also have to pay for old videotapes off Gumtree, Ebay, and locally. It also takes a lot of time to go through Videotapes, capture them, edit them for YouTube, and upload them.
So what do I get if I support you?
All videos will remain free to the public, but if you support me for as little as a dollar a month, you can see my videos 3 days early, every monday to friday (everyone else gets them every Wednesday to Sunday). If you grew up with Australian Television from the 70s, 80s, or 90s I can garuntee you'll be hit with nostalgia.
I'm Rhys. In 2010 I got a capture card and began capturing stuff from old VHS tapes I had. I then uploaded these finds to YouTube and have garnered a lot of praise, comments, and requests to find ads that people either remember, or were a part of. Every time a person finds an ad on my channel with them in it from 20 years ago, I'm really happy I could find it for them. Since then I expanded out into Betamax and U-matic, both long dead formats with a lot of more interesting and older content. I have assisted BTQ-7 in finding a colour recording of Seven Eyewitness News from 1975 that they did not have in their archives. My work has been appreciated by Jamie Dunn (Agro), Tim Ferguson (Doug Anthony All Stars), Tony Martin (The Late Show, Get This), George Donikian (News Host), Les Murray (Soccer Commentator), Peter Doherty (Channel Seven Brisbane News reporter) and many other people from the Television industry. The above video is one of my commercial compilations, an example of what I do, and currently the OLDEST commercial content I've found.Here's some more examples of things I've found.
Why a Patreon?
I don't expect to live off patreon donations, but it would be nice to recoup some of the money I spend in this effort to preserve Australian Television history, because this hobby of mine isn't cheap. Upkeep of video equipment is costly. I can easially buy another VHS VCR, but Betamax and U-matic equipment is hard to come by, especially for a price I can afford. I also have to pay for old videotapes off Gumtree, Ebay, and locally. It also takes a lot of time to go through Videotapes, capture them, edit them for YouTube, and upload them.
So what do I get if I support you?
All videos will remain free to the public, but if you support me for as little as a dollar a month, you can see my videos 3 days early, every monday to friday (everyone else gets them every Wednesday to Sunday). If you grew up with Australian Television from the 70s, 80s, or 90s I can garuntee you'll be hit with nostalgia.