Summary of I Thought My Childhood was LOST

00:00:00 - 00:20:00

The author of the YouTube video discusses how to improve the quality of your old childhood photos by de-interlacing them and then upscaling them. He also recommends using software to improve the quality even further.

• 00:00:00 The author discusses how he used to back up his childhood memories on VHS tapes, and how technology has changed over the years. He explains that in order to preserve the tapes, he needs to digitize them. He also recommends getting a VCR with a TBC and an external TBC.
• 00:05:00 The author discusses how the availability of professional grade VHS players and tapes has decreased over the years, and how some knowledge about these devices may be lost due to the lack of documentation. He also mentions that there are other equipment requirements for high quality captures, and that heat may damage tapes. He provides an example of a tape that he is more worried about, and explains that it is rewound and has left side erased. He then demonstrates how the player works by playing back a tape that he had no idea was real.
• 00:10:00 The video is of a person's childhood, captured on VHS and later transferred to Plex and Netflix. The person discusses how they used to watch TV, and how things have changed since the 1990s. They mention that they still have the VHS, and that if someone wants it they can pick it up.
• 00:15:00 The video is of a 17-year-old self-proclaimed "barney" who is embarrassed and mortified after a video of him from childhood is exposed. He explains that he was a kids camp counselor and that the counselors were not supposed to speak English to him because most of them actually spoke perfectly good English. He revisits the video and can barely understand what is happening.
• 00:20:00 The author of the YouTube video discusses how to improve the quality of your old childhood photos by de-interlacing them and then upscaling them. He also recommends using software to improve the quality even further.