{"id":11739,"date":"2015-01-08T19:39:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T19:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11739"},"modified":"2015-01-08T19:39:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T19:39:19","slug":"1981-portable-vcr-raspberry-pi-media-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11739","title":{"rendered":"1981 portable VCR Raspberry Pi media centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.instructables.com\/FJU\/GNB7\/I4IXKMC3\/FJUGNB7I4IXKMC3.MEDIUM.jpg?resize=560%2C401\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MisterM has taken a 1981 Sharp VC-2300H portable VCR unit, refurbished it, stripped it out and fitted a Raspberry Pi inside to use it as a media centre. He&#8217;s retro-fitted an old VHS cassette tape with a USB hub which is revealed when pressing the &#8216;eject&#8217; button. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/1981-Portable-VCR-Raspberry-PI-Media-Centre\/?ALLSTEPS\" target=\"_blank\">Read how he did it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MisterM has taken a 1981 Sharp VC-2300H portable VCR unit, refurbished it, stripped it out and fitted a Raspberry Pi inside to use it as a media centre. 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