HitClips - The truth behind the toy

HitClips - a fun toy? A terrible music format? A way to sell music to kids too young to venture into record stores? The answer is YES. This video sorts the facts from the fiction.

00:00 The Start
02:16 A closer look
04:18 Fixing the facts
10:43 The Yahoo Downloader
12:02 Bring the Noise
13:37 HitClips Discs
17:16 There’s no business like...
19:43 That’s a wrap
21:24 Credits (audio by HitClips)

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An earlier take on this idea was Pocket Rockers - here’s my video about that one    • Pocket Rockers  - 1980s endless loop ...  

UPDATED INFORMATION
It turns out the HitClips Disc player will play a cart if a blanking plate is removed from the device and the cart is slid in from the bottom (upside down to the orientation of the discs). Thanks to a couple of viewers who spotted this.

Here’s a website article about reverse engineering a HitClip https://ch00ftech.com/2013/12/31/reve...

Hitclips TV Commercials on youtube
   • Tiger Hit Clips™ Commercial (2000) (HQ)  
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   • Britney Spears McDonalds 'Hit Clips' ...  
   • Hit Clips Commercial  


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