Under Tech Tangents' microscope, LaserDisc video becomes visible

The microscope experiment shares the active catalog with Sony's 1982 computer and a troublesome IBM rebuild.

Channel: Tech Tangents Story of October 11, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Microscopes can See Video on a LaserDisc - Andonstar AD246S-P

A microscope and some random samples sent Tech Tangents toward an unexpected discovery: video that could be seen on a LaserDisc and CED. The description says that discovery prompted the purchase of a proper microscope to explore it further. Seven months after posting, "Microscopes can See Video on a LaserDisc - Andonstar AD246S-P" has passed roughly 755,000 views and remains the busiest video on the channel's active shelf.

There were no new uploads this week, but the catalog added about 133,000 views. Subscribers held steady, while the current daily viewing pace is more than twice the channel's usual level. That is a lively present for a channel spending so much time with technology's past.

The other active videos offer two very different encounters with old computers. "Sony's First Computer - The SMC-70 from 1982" moves through a demonstration, teardown, software and a genlocker, hardware used to synchronize video signals. "Rebuilding IBM's Most Obnoxious PC - PS/2 Model 70 Type 1" starts from a less affectionate relationship: the creator says the machine had been ignored for years because it was awkward to work on. Needing it for another video finally supplied a reason to tackle the rebuild.

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The videos drawing views on Tech Tangents right now

Sony's First Computer - The SMC-70 from 1982169,844 views Rebuilding IBM's Most Obnoxious PC - PS/2 Model 70 Type 1105,441 views

The numbers

Here is how Tech Tangents' week and active video catalog look in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Monitors Unboxed

893,963

Olight World

712,245

Byte Review

660,072

StezStix Fix?

340,558

PCMag

258,894

Adrian's Digital Basement

214,664

Action Retro

194,676

Tech Tangents

133,192

GNCA - GamersNexus Consum…

9,870

subscribers

241,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

33,540,290

views per day

37,752

typical day: 18,285

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

PCMag

263,000

Byte Review

262,000

GNCA - GamersNexus Consum…

256,000

Action Retro

254,000

Adrian's Digital Basement

250,000

Monitors Unboxed

250,000

Olight World

249,000

Tech Tangents

241,000

StezStix Fix?

238,000

As of October 11, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.