cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28709921

> Alex Leanse (MotorTrend associate editor) sports a Casio Royale with a custom forest green NATO strap. He has the good taste to walk us through a comprehensive tour of the imminently customizable by design Slate EV Truck. All the while, the 6'10" host flexes his Casio Royale to emphasize his style and DIY props. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWq3jhxOWUI

Alex Leanse (MotorTrend associate editor) sports a Casio Royale with a custom forest green NATO strap. He has the good taste to walk us through a comprehensive tour of the imminently customizable by design Slate EV Truck. All the while, the 6'10" host flexes his Casio Royale to emphasize his style and DIY props.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWq3jhxOWUI

The collection started off innocently enough when I found the Casio W-201 on the ground outside a bar back in the late 1990's. The strap was broken and sticky. I asked around to see if it belonged to anyone to no avail. So I stowed it away after removing the broken strap. The W-201 stayed quietly in my watch box for over 25 years.

Amazon had a Xmas sale back in 2021 and I picked up the Casio W800H-1AV for $13 as a stocking stuffer for me and my kids.

Recently my kids went on school trips to DC and were prohibited from taking any internet-connected devices. So we dug up our old point-and-shoot cameras and sent them with their digital timepieces for alarms and whatnot.

Round about the time of the most recent class trip, I dug out the old Casio W-201 and was shocked to see that the battery was still working. Even more shocking: the time was still right! That inspired me to take to the Casio subreddit where I found plenty of strap watch band replacement suggestions and tips. I found a replacement strap on AliExpress for $1. It's as good as new now!

The Casio AE1200WH (aka "The Casio Royale") I purchased with a gift card on sale a couple weeks ago after perhaps too much time perusing of the addictive Casio subreddit. The watch is a treasure for $20 though. It's packed with features. It looks great on the wrist. And there's quite an appetite for mods out there for this model as well. I really love it.

The subreddit is also where I found out about the Casio W800H mod that adds the countdown timer and 5 alarms. My son and I did that mod together. Very fun stuff!

I got the G-Shock DW-5600UE over the weekend. I never had a G-Shock and decided to use up the rest of my gift card on one.

The subreddit is a wonderful place to escape the dreadful news of the day. I decided to try and muster up a similar community here on the Fediverse with Lemmy. Hope there are plenty of other Casio enthusiasts out there.

How will you be watching the Dallas Mavericks this season? 🏀 📺

We dusted off our old TiVo unit that's still connected to our attic antenna to be able to watch the Mavs' games this season. Having YouTube TV for almost 7 years now we had gotten used to not watching Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, and Dallas Stars regular season games. This new OTA ("Over-the-Air") broadcasting deal closely matches the deal that the Phoenix Suns and Mercury came to with a Phoenix-area affiliate.

That was all well and good until we realized that the new "KFAA" on Channel 29 would not likely be available on YouTube TV. So I switched the source to "TiVo" and mercifully it is still working! (I suppose if it hadn't worked, we would've looked into getting a Tablo DVR or somesuch to replace it and have another way to record live OTA TV.)