1980s-1990s Pocket Televisions working in 2018

Hi, this video shows old analogue Pocket Televisions working on modern HDMI equipment such as Blu-ray players, PCs and Xbox One X.
The video is long so I have done timestamps below so you can go straight to the part that interests you.
0:35 - The Televisions.
3:01 - The Set Up.
8:08 - Tuning them in.
11:17 - Nintendo Switch - Fifa 18.
13:35 - Xbox One X - Forza 7.
16:17 - PS4 Pro - Fortnite.
18:05 - PC - Cuphead.
21:21 - Blu-ray Wallace & Gromit.
23:15 - Range Test.
Many thanks Vince

[@Sirdiggar]

Takes me back.. was born in 85, had the watchman used to watch in awe at a whopping 4 channels while laying in bed. Good times.

[@thealterlion7163]

Who needs twitch? Just get a giant antenna and a bunch of adaptors

[@exonerative]

By far one of the best KZbinrs out there now. Keep up the good work, mate!

[@buckrogers5331]

Thanks! As a TV engineer in the early 90s with Thomson, I really enjoy this trip back down the memory lane. Ah yes, the VCR RF Out comes out at a particular frequency. Caught the '94 World Cup and French Open on a Casio pocket TV but most times see the players running but not the ball (screen too tiny). At least there was audio. What a great companion especially when working overtime in the lab!!! Another complaint is the unit (color version) burns up batteries real quick. Btw small tube TVs have better resolution because the RGB grid in the screen has tinier holes. Much better than tiny LCD as scaling to size has a limit.

[@bairfamilyfarm1336]

I'll have to watch the rest later, but you understanding how this all works and the regulations amazes me. Alot of people blindly put these together not knowing the FCC (US) has regulations on that. I guess I could do this with an amplifier and be mostly legal. I have a ham radio license, it will allow me to do analog broadcast on the TV band (In the US, there are certain cable channels that ham radio operators are allowed to broadcast on. You just need to unplug the cable and plug in an antenna) The wattage is limited though, I could legally transmit a tv signal, as long as I'm not broadcasting copyrighted content to people, which is why I'm mostly legal. But your exact setup would be legal in the U.S. as it falls below the requirements for needing a license, the output power is low enough.

[@babiboib7]

+My Mate VINCE Ahhh the days of rabbit ears..so many memories of slapping the tv for it to clear up the channel😂😂😂

[@obieewon]

Still have my watchman the kids bought me for Father's day in 87

[@alec4672]

In the US it's a maximum of 200ft as long as that 200ft radius is all to yourself. That's how the rule works. So a car fm transmitter usual only reaches 4 or 5 feet cause legally you need to keep it within the confines of your car. If you have a large property 200ft is perfectly fine. Unofficially they seem to let you get away with even more if you have the property to contain it. My buddy has a fm transmitter that rebroadcast a satellite radio station nearly a 1/4 mile on his hunting land. Never had an issue.

[@DoodiePunk]

When will our smartphones be actually smart by receiving all digital radio and TV broadcasts? It has to be standard already!

[@GeoNeilUK]

It's a shame you didn't have a Sinclair flat TV! Would have been interested how well Sir CLive would have kept the British end up against those Wily Japanese (and those colonials from Tandy)

[@meetoo594]

I used to have a little rf video sender box that took composite input and output rf via a long telescopic antenna. I soon discovered that opening it up and twiddling with one of the pots on the board you could whack the transmit power right up. It threw a signal about 500 ft+ and messed up any tv reception nearby. I then discovered another pot that altered the transmit frequency. Had great fun broadcasting vhs porn on commercial frequencies as it would sort of override nearby tvs with portable antennas resulting in ghostly shagging being superimposed on whatever they were watching. It really was like having a localized pirate tv station and when tuned to an empty channel the picture and sound quality was pretty good.

[@TheKing-jt4bg]

when you were playing fifa 18 it looked like the 1978 soccer world cup that was played in Argentina, which was broadcast in black and white. greetings from Argentina

[@SigGuy320]

This is a blast from the past. My dad and I bought that same Radio Shack boombox TV for my mom for Christmas one year.

[@Cosmozic]

Yep thats why you deserve much more than a million subscribers you helped me very much now i can play my xbox while on the go.

[@ivansotelo4622]

i've got to thank you for this video, there is really not much information on how to this if you look on the internet, just a few low quality videos trying to explain the process and materials, but yours make it easier <3!!

[@Exploited89]

Great job as always Vince! Glad to have found your channel...

[@GadgetUK164]

Love it!!!! =D Really cool! And spot on with the warnings on transmission and legalities there! Many would not have thought of that. My old electronics tutor used to be one of a couple of people in the UK with a license to transmit video and audio (on a totally different bandwidth that didnt interfere with RF).

[@myleshoward9844]

I love this I actually want to do this myself just for fun and nostalgia.

[@gr8t1bobo]

I remember having the old TV watch. That was the coolest thing to me. I would love to see some of those again.

[@ivansotelo4622]

omg dude!, you probably got the best entertainment setup ever <3!!!, so many tv;s to choose from for every content you got <3!!, this has one of broadcasting has one of the biggest cakes <3!!