Flea market find Atari 2600 - Repair and Restoration - Part 1

Описание: Welcome to part 1 of the repair and clean-up/restoration of this Atari 2600. This is a a very sad looking machine that I picked up on the cheap at a flea market and wanted to try making a video, originally about just testing and clean-up/restoration but it also turned into a repair video.

Part 1 covers testing, recapping and repairing the console.

The video is partly an experiment as much as it as about cleaning up/fixing the Atari - I love channels like Odd Tinkering/TysyTube restorations and wanted to emulate a bit of that style (using the equipment I have, at least). The video itself ended up being part 'restoration' style video and part 'recapping guide'. I felt the length was already too much with just the repair/testing, so I split it into two parts and re-edited for, what I hope, is better pacing.

I also wanted to go with the more silent except for working on/cleaning noises as with those types of videos referenced, but the environment had a bit too much random other noises captured (camera mic instead of directional mic, mostly picked up my breathing). There's definitely some things I learned and would do differently / changed later in the video (e.g., setting a higher depth of field coupled with manual/fixed focus).

Hope you enjoy the video! Part 2 will hopefully follow soon - that video will have more of the cleaning and touch up work (a lot of that filming has been done.)

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