u/Jman43195

Image 1 — The Internet... As viewed from a 2001 Handycam (see all pictures)
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The Internet... As viewed from a 2001 Handycam (see all pictures)

The DCR-IP7, along with a number of camcorders Sony released around this time (all called "Network Handycams"), had a built-in bluetooth adapter to connect to a bluetooth dial-up modem to get online (yes that's a thing, look up Bluetooth DUN for more info). It was intended to let you send photos or ultra-compressed ~5 second video clips from the memory stick as email attachments, or to upload them to Sony's long-defunct "ImageStation" platform (that's what the Album button is for).

But, because they already had to integrate a bluetooth adapter and a full network stack into the camcorder, they added a web browser as well! It is very lacking, even for 2001 standards, as it fails to properly render pages correctly that Netscape for Windows 3.1 can render properly.

To connect it today, I am using the "SecureTether BT" app on my old Galaxy S7 (didn't work correctly on my current phone), which can create a virtual DUN gateway that the camcorder sees as a real bluetooth modem and dial-up ISP. Then, I'm using the Protoweb proxy to give it sites that it can actually view, as almost no modern websites today are compatible (although VWestlife's AMstereo.org is actually still viewable, so the last picture shows it connected without any proxy).

u/Jman43195 — 4 days ago
▲ 31 r/ipod

Is the 7th gen not compatible with the Composite AV cable, or is my dock connector bad?

I'm currently trying to test the 7th gen I just got before I put it in its new shell permanently (especially making sure the dock connector is ok), but I cannot get it to do composite out with the cable. It works fine for audio and the video works on my 5th gen, so it's not the cable. Can anyone with a 7th gen and this cable let me know if it's supposed to work?

u/Jman43195 — 10 days ago