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Matthew Julius Taylor (born: January 18, 1971), better known online as Techmoan, is an English YouTuber. Videos on that channel are about various technologies, often retro technology. Topics include physical recording formats and equipment that plays them, sound systems, cameras of various sorts, and cooking equipment.
Mat says that his site and making videos about this gives him a reason to buy gadgets. He demonstrates revivals of previously discontinued tech such as the Nixie Tube and variants, while other videos show him repairing old, rare devices.
Techmoan also said in a video about a 8 Track Game that he does not repair other people's devices as it risks dissatisfied customers. However, these videos can function as repair tutorials.
There are also seventy-two comedy videos starring The Moans. A younger man and his wife live together with his parents. It is implied in one of the videos that his mother works outside the home. He also has a Sister In Law. Mr. Moan has a YouTube Channel named "Youtube Pedant" which is featured in the videos. Sometimes they appear in other videos. In 2024, Mr. Moan, Sr. cameoed in Sony's 360º cassette player from 1982 also.
Timeline[]
- First video with first intro: "Budget Car Bluetooth Integration with the Belkin Caraudio Connect AUX" Note: He composed the music from the intros.
- Final video with first intro: "REVIEW - Sony AKA-LU1 Action Camera LCD Handycam Handheld Grip Camcorder Attachment for HDR-AS15"
- First video with second intro and matching outro: "Blackvue DR500GW-HD Car Dashcam Camera Review & Demo"
- Final video with second intro and matching outro: "The best £35 Action Camera - TCL SVC200"
- First video with third intro and matching outro: "Vico TF2+ Dash Cam DVR REVIEW (With amazing HDR Low Light footage)"
- Final video with third intro and matching outro: "How to remove a 3M Adhesive Pad Dash-Cam or Helmet-Cam Mount"
- First video with fourth intro and third outro: "DOD LS430W GPS Car Dash Cam REVIEW - aka Nextbase 420G"
- Final video with fourth intro and third outro: "Simplify travel charging with the Anker 5 Port USB Charger"
- First video where a "Subscribe! It's free!" message is added to the outro. Otherwise, it remains unchanged. Consider it the fourth outro: "The AT200 Budget WiFi Action Camera Review"
- Final video with the fourth intro, the third outro, and the fourth outro arrangement: ""Cassettes - better than you don't remember"
- A Patreon logo is added to The "Subscribe! It's free!" outro. It can be considered the fifth outro: ""Retro HiFi - The Missing Link"
- Final outro containing music from the intro: ""Retro Tech: The Wire Recorder"
- The outro now contains "Over Time – Vibe Tracks (No Copyright Music)". It can be considered the sixth outro: "HiFi Update - New Amp: Cambridge Azur 851A""
- Final video with the arrangement of Fourth Intro, Third Outro, And Sixth Outro: "Car Stereo Tape Adapters - 8-Track to Cassette to MP3"
- First video with Patreon Subscribers. This is the only video with this particular arrangement. It scrolls upwards usually in pairs, solid black screen, and no music. Consider this addition to the outro as the seventh outro: "Fully Assembled Nixie Clock Shootout"
- First video with Patreon Subscribers arranged in Isomorphic View in gold text. One row per person. Consider it the eighth outro: "Fascinating Vintage 20 Cassette Carousel from 1972 : Panasonic RS-296US"
- Final video with the fourth intro, and with one Patreon per row: "LaserDisc Wall Art"
- First video with the fifth intro, and Patreons paired up again: "The Master Tape: Beans, Bond & Beatles"
- Final video with the third outro, the fifth outro, and the eighth outro: "Audio Craft Cassette Cartridge: More music per pocket."
- First video with the ninth outro, which is the fourth version of Patreon. It contains a montage of videos with the Patreons, still paired, are now scrolling upwards in white text, and has "Over Time – Vibe Tracks (No Copyright Music)" from the third, fourth, and fifth outros. Also the first video with the tenth outro, which is matched with the fifth intro: "Polaroid Snap Touch Instant Camera REVIEW"
- Final video with the fifth intro: "A few ways to not really clean a record"
- First video with the sixth intro: "Mini Retro Electronics from Japan"
- Final video with the ninth outro, which is also the fourth version of Patreon:"How not to dink a record - A masterclass in bad dinking"
- First video with the eleventh outro, which is also the fifth version of Patreon. They are now in slides and five columns: "How do I bid on Japanese auctions? What are the costs?"
- Final video with the eleventh outro, which is also the fifth version of Patreon: "RECORDABLE ‘Laserdisc’ - Sony CRVdisc"
- First and only video with the twelfth outro, which is also the sixth version of Patreon. It has the music from the intro and has red bricks also. There are slides with five columns. Also, the tenth outro is omitted: "TV Audio to Headphones Transmitter lag test (QUICK-VID)"
- First video with the thirteenth outro, which is also the seventh version of Patreon. It has the same slides and same columns. Now there is a montage again. "Over Time – Vibe Tracks (No Copyright Music)" is included. Also, the tenth outro is restored: "Kenwood - The masters of desirable yet attainable Hi-Fi"
- Final video with the thirteenth outro, which is also the seventh version of Patreon: "REVIEW: Majority Fitzwilliam HiFi Tuner (FM/DAB/Internet) & Music Streamer. Cheap at 1/2 the price"
- First video with the fourteenth outro, which is also the eighth version of Patreon. Four columns: "Videophone '93 (Retrotech)"
Trivia[]
- His most-viewed video isn't even on his main channel, but it's on one of his burner channels. The video is called "New York City in 1993 in HD - DTheater DVHS Demo Tape" and at the time of writing has 6.4 million views.[1]
- In fact the most-viewed video on his main channel, "The Nixie Watch", is also the oldest video on the channel.
- He has type 1 diabetes and lost his sense of smell and taste. [2][3]