Videonics DirectED Plus Home Video Editing System (1991)

In 1987, Silicon Valley start-up Videonics introduced their first product, DirectED - a computerized home video editing system that worked with ordinary consumer equipment and was controlled by an infrared remote and an on-screen menu system. It is one of the most unique pieces of vintage video equipment I've ever seen, and has remained largely undocumented throughout history. In this video, we look at and demonstrate the DirectED Plus, a slightly improved version. We explore what makes the system so unique compared to other types of computers and other video equipment, and we edit a YouTube video from start-to-finish using the unit. 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:12:16 - Reading the box 0:20:54 - Unboxing 0:26:34 - Physical overview 0:48:18 - Booting from videotape?? 0:54:57 - You can't digitize the tapes 1:05:37 - Tape DRM? 1:11:42 - Inside the Video Control Unit 1:19:26 - Demonstration setup 1:25:24 - Demo: Booting the VCU 1:31:18 - About library tapes 1:36:44 - Demo: Setting up the VCR 2:04:23 - Demo: Creating a dub 2:28:47 - Demo: Marking scenes 2:59:55 - Saving your progress (re-writing Library Tape 1) 3:02:53 - Corrupt Library Tape 1 issue 3:13:05 - Demo: Creating graphics 3:48:13 - Demo: Creating the final production 4:12:33 - Conclusion 4:22:20 - Outro Remote codes: https://gist.github.com/foone/9d111a2... ERRATA: I didn't really use the word 'implication' correctly. It's not really correct to say that videotape digitization replaces the original vertical blanking interval with a new one. In reality it simply gets rid of it - digital video does not use a vertical blanking interval. It's the conversion back to analog that generates a 'clean' vertical blanking interval (because otherwise one wouldn't be there at all) that is missing the needed data. *** Follow me on Mastodon: https://tech.lgbt/@themaritimegirl Watch my videos on PeerTube for an open-source, ad-free experience: https://www.makertube.net/@themaritim... My videos are made possible in part by support via Patreon:   / themaritimegirl