Mini Retro Electronics from Japan

A look at the new range of Mini Showa Retro Consumer Electronic toys from T-ARTS in Japan
Available from Amazon.jp - Links below
Boombox
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Turntable
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TV
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You’ll also find some resellers on eBay (affliliated links)
Smart TV : ebay.to/2TsGukf
All Items : ebay.to/2Caw12t
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[@dan_]

The TV app taking advantage of the phone's accelerometer to allow tapping the top of the set to 'fix' the signal is an excellent and unexpected touch of genius.

[@sinformant]

I thought so as well. When it went fuzzy my first thought was to thump it. Sure made my day when he did and it cleared up.

[@gustavodotgoretkin]

Definitely! Though I will say seeing your comment before the video was a bit of a spoiler :)

[@moonshine3333]

gustavo.goretkin Um. Watch the videos first?

[@digiowl9599]

Well my first clue that it would be the outcome was when he mentioned the setup guide talking about a "sandstorm".

[@Colaholiker]

That one made me laugh...

[@MrFiver1111]

Use the mini TV whilst outputting its audio via the turntable and recording it to the boombox

[@CardboardSliver]

So basically how we got music from movies back in the 1980s

[@Evan420]

400 iq

[@Tactcat]

This HAS to happen or I will unsubscribe (sorry techmoan i still love you :(

[@LogiForce86]

​@@CardboardSliver I was about to say that someone was awake seeing that comment, but I guess the both of you are. Gotta love being an early music pirate like that... nowadays when you record/rip or otherwise copy any form of copyrighted material you immediately get a letter from the lawyer of the copyright holder. I loved the old era in which people would hear some new music when they were at a friends place for a proper visit with proper talking and drinking, rather then texting via smartphones, and you would go "god that sounds great! Who are that?" "That's X-artist from X-band. I still have a clean tape laying around I think, shall I make you a copy?". Then the whole process would be started of making a copy of the tape, and before high speed dubbing that would mean a copy and normal playing speed.

[@michaelbianchi22]

I mean, I've recorded directly from KZbin to a cassette before when my car had a cassette player in it.

[@GammaProtogolin]

I unironically like the tv one, it’s funny how they implemented the static for the older TVs and how to fix it.

[@sa_exploder]

Leave it to the Japanese to make high quality tat. Really cool.

[@blazewind]

Making a tiny scale living room with those would be fun.

[@sweethomeboston2720]

Finding a to-scale working lava lamp to put on top of the TV would be difficult though .

[@bengalnorr9624]

A KZbin channel known as Hanabira already did that :D

[@bengalnorr9624]

Just looked over the video again. Hanabira doesn't use these items in particular, but he does still use mini nostalgic items from Japan

[@nermket4849]

Aside from being a project, that's what I thought they would be for. I could see a kid using these with their toys

[@aliensinthecabinet9111]

Honey I shrunk the fucking house

[@DaPootisJedi]

This fits nicely into the "This is dumb... I'LL TAKE TWELVE!" category of electronics

[@Bojang_Bugami32]

😃🍷

[@lateral1385]

Murica

[@Remspamton]

Cool pfp

[@fitnesswithsteve]

The tv is awesome but the “now loading” screen should be analog static

[@dsandoval9396]

That would make it complete.

[@joshro2951]

You saved me from having to nitpick for myself, I'm perfectly content nitpicking vicariously...pshhhhhht ... and on todays news ... pssshht .... "little, yellow, different" ... pssssht... "... that not so fresh feeling?" "boy do I!!! Right now it feels like a jar of kim chi down there" ?..

[@asmodeusasteroth7137]

And also test screen you saw at sign off The American flag, anthem and then test screen Remember sign off? Man im old i think Passed out in the recliner spilled grape juice, potato chips in my lap and Wonder what happened as night gallery ended.

[@underlinedcg1574]

Stephen Mason that would be a nice touch

[@user-xg8yy7yl1d]

It should depend on era. For example the black and white 50s one would have the “Indian head” test pattern

[@prismstudios001]

These aren’t novelties, Japanese apartments are actually this small.

[@StAlchemyst]

Ba-dum, tishhhhhh.

[@sand0decker]

Can confirm lmao

[@lovemaurice]

lmfao

[@Inuyama_unagi]

That kind rude. At least double size of it ;). From Tokyo.

[@faszikellemeszene]

😂

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

That smart phone telly is awesome! :O

[@nickplj12]

W H A T H O W

[@armron94]

I still have a black and white TV set. I got a digital television in 2015. I still have my black white TV set still Now use it for camping.

[@lambdaboy9999]

We too

[@FunkSkunkOfficial]

The tv?

[@armron94]

@@FunkSkunkOfficial yes

[@finlayl2505]

How do we know you don't just have really big hands

[@l.a.i2571]

true

[@saltysoysauce954]

You make a very good point.

[@MrSpasticdancer]

the amount of cute and quirky novelties that come out of japan is astronomical

[@shoveyourmaskupyourass959]

The people that formed those novelties depend on its stupidity.

[@lateral1385]

@@shoveyourmaskupyourass959 wot

[@mjh5437]

90% of them are infantile junk like Tiltok

[@stefan6347]

Finally, some great props for my Barbie roleplay.

[@diarykeeper]

Don't you mean "slightly iversized dollhouse" ?

[@dwyaneingente2899]

Yeh

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

The "Now Loading..." ruins the effect of changing channels. Should just have random static or something.

[@irishjoe2941]

Parker's NBA History that would honestly make it Perfect Nostalgia

[@Timeward76]

@@irishjoe2941 perfect nostalgia would create a black hole, you must create imperfection in some way. see that percussive maintenance feature? YOU GOTTA COMPROMISE

[@halfsine]

i was gonna say that

[@buksteebi]

Nothing an OTA update can't fix! Those old TVs can get OTA updates, right?

[@justinpipes85]

That little plastic t.v. is the coolest of the bunch. I lost it when you slapper the t.v.. I do not miss the days of percussive maintenance.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

@@tarstarkusz Thanks for putting into words what I was too lazy to say...except to add that the 50s + 60s so-called behavior (sorry UK; 'behaviour') was more like what you would expect the original owners to leave on the curb for Large Appliance Spring Pickup Day...

[@Christopher-N]

I thought _Sandstorm_ was a Darude reference. (Thanks to Clint Basinger of *LGR* for inspiring that joke in The Organ Trail.)

[@ComblessMan]

We may have lost the thrill of giving the set a slap and tickle but, we still have the warm up period. Plus the rabbit ears are back. See, the more things change the more they remain the same.

[@ModMINI]

@@Christopher-NJapanese call the picture noise / static 砂嵐 "suna arashi" which literally means "sand storm".

[@justinpipes85]

@@ComblessMan tis true.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

A cardboard back for your fake TV to represent the cardboard back from real TVs? Brilliant! That Percussive Maintenance feature actually got a solid laugh out of me too.

[@devianb]

Little details are everything.

[@ber2996]

@@devianb You got that "little" quite literally, eh?

[@driprubies2464]

Ok the mini tv brings back memories omg, the love tap needed to fix is a great touch

[@asmodeusasteroth7137]

Vib those tubes

[@tommy3408]

May I ask you something, what’s your sky link?

[@SpiritedSpy]

Techmoan, 8-bit guy, lgr, technology connections, the four horseman of technology And my favorite channels

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

I thought the four horsemen marked the end of the world, lol

[@youtunes9824]

Same!

[@youtunes9824]

@El BanditoYeah!

[@dumvi3176]

I like dank pods a bit

[@scratchpad7954]

I am unironically subscribed to all four! Techmoan, The 8-Bit Guy, LGR, and Technology Connections are also four of my favorite technology channels here on KZbin. In recent months, especially during COVID-19, I have really come to like The 8-Bit Guy because he has done several videos on the various aspects of what it is like to own an electric car.

[@JunafaniFIN]

Why dosen't my local television stations broadcast Techmoan, 8-bit guy, LGR and Technology Connections? :(

[@tk421dr]

fear of all the fan mail, have you seen how much stuff 8-bit guy gets every month!?

[@Tom5TomEntertainment]

They only transmit over VHF.

[@danielt.8573]

That's why television is suffering a slow painful death. A cake of mostly repetitive, unisteresting programs sprinkled with biased news.

[@rich_edwards79]

Because they think people would rather watch Z-listers dancing, baking, singing or shouting at one another ad nauseum. Or exploitative crap about people who are fat or on benefits, interspersed with pro-Govt, pro-austerity propaganda. I'm very into what used to be called 'current affairs' but I can't remember the last time I watched broadcast TV, and I'm 40 - despite laughable attempts to woo millennials, it's a medium for old fogeys now and (like tabloid newspapers) once they're all gone, it will be too.

[@vgamesx1]

What are you insane? You mean to tell me that you want new, interesting and creative content and not 28 hours of the one single show being rerun over and over again with 40% of that time being filled up with advertisements?

[@uss_04]

I really miss those days. Where japan had all the really cool, tiny, plastic electronics stuff in Akihabara and the rest of us felt like we were missing out. It was the future man, the future! Like Back to the Future II

[@ModMINI]

Have you been to Akihabara lately? There are still shops selling electronic components but it's mostly just phone cases and charging cables nowadays, not much that you can't find elsewhere.

[@uss_04]

Mod MINI Yeah, its all accessories and commodities now. Now that online ordering is mainstream, you can order any weird thing you want. Not like back in the days where you’d peruse the back of magazines and see cool weird things. Its all a software game now, but all those crazy media formats that Techmoan covers, that was the heyday.

[@uss_04]

KRAFTWERK2K6 App fatigue is real. I want less apps now, not more. I still remember my first phone, downloading GPS satellite apps, table level apps, magnetic field apps. Calibrating the magnetic antenna by swinging the whole device in wide arcs so the reading got more accurate. The slate form factor/single pane of glass is boring now. Showa style retro stuff is so cool.

[@JadeyJ4d3y]

Oh hey, I've just been there last year! In December

[@peggyfranzen6159]

US Forget the beer.Panasonic was a made great, after , the Korean conflict The US, sent great engineers, and scientists- to South Korea.

[@rupey8625]

I thought the TV was going to be lame at, but it's actually pretty cool.

[@pdamon78]

I want that stuff. Smacking the little tv is so funny. Haha I looked and the tv costs more than my old smart tv is worth 😂

[@notgray88]

Yeah I have spent way too much on random toys from Japan... mostly takara tomy masterpiece transformers.

[@dwyaneingente2899]

Lol

[@morfadave1947]

All the TV needs now is a scratch N sniff patch on that cardboard back to give the wonderful smell of a hot CRT cooking the dust inside the cabinet. Ah! those were the days.

[@mfbfreak]

And perhaps that 15KHz high voltage whine.

[@Angultra]

Put a Note 7 in there, give 'er a few slaps and you might just get that nostalgic cooking smell.

[@nathanmead140]

@@Angultra *but then it could blow up*

[@EzeePosseTV]

Ahhhh! .... Nothing like the smell of hot CRT in the morning!

[@xaenon]

Ah, you just reminded me of a day about 25 years ago. My older brother came home with a 1950s-vintage television that probably hadn't been plugged in for two decades. That smell you described was very potent when he turned it on.... Astonishingly, the TV actually worked, and quite well in fact. They really don't make 'em today like they used to.

[@juweinert]

6:23 That's actually the most accurate detail of them all. The TV-backing was actually some cardboardy kind of impregnated papery stuff.

[@platenoise256]

Same with the bottom back part of some fridges

[@madiserket2]

the paper was pregnant???

[@aliensinthecabinet9111]

BigCities MUSIC when ur impregnated with paper😍

[@juweinert]

@@madiserket2 😂 Didn't even realise

[@bloodypommelstudios7144]

For absolute peak nostalgia I think they should pack something like that CRT with the next mini console along with a talking mum plushy which randomly shouts at you to do your homework.

[@heathwellsNZ]

As a New Zealander it was pretty neat having Crowded House's "Weather With You" being on your Boom Box radio!

[@mcdazz2011]

As an Australian, I was also pleasantly surprised.

[@JackMcSomeone]

I'm Aussie too 😊

[@pyrodiscoflash6115]

Never Dream it's Over

[@stupidfanboyph]

The ultimate crossover we wanted. techmoan x LGR x Technology Conn. x 8 Bit Guy haha Edit. I only mentioned who's on the video. But VWestlife, Databits and Nostalgia Nerd will complete the circle imo

[@juanbrits3002]

Only Nostalgia Nerd is still needed

[@kurtg5405]

I love all of those channels!

[@MysteryMii]

We still need VWestlife, tho.

[@fireaza]

My crossover involves more oil though.

[@afloyd4976]

Except I saw this on japanesestuffchannel first.

[@colinstu]

That moment where you're already subscribed to all of the channels mentioned.

[@guerrillaradio9953]

XDXDXD same....

[@xxhalfemptyxx7713]

same

[@mr.cantillasz1912]

...and he'd owned it

[@FrostC3424]

true :D

[@frustro4323]

Just shows you how the metrics and analytics of youtube and the new SEO model is working very well.

[@scottcol23]

I surely remember when TVs were huge console behemoths. The one we had as a kid was a zenith and had a "Space Command" remote control. It also had a little electric "eye" that would dim the screen at night. LOL

[@erinmalone2669]

I think this would be really fun for kids that were playing with her dolls and the Dallas can have their own accessories that work

[@weaksaucep4539]

I love japan for pointless super detailed stuff like this

[@mgabrysSF]

The 50's TV mode nearly caused my tea to eject out of my nose. The hitting bit was particularly hilarious. Wish you would have shown the 80s mode tho. I'd like to imagine it showed nothing but KZbin streams of the A-Team, Knight Rider, Dynasty and Miami Vice re-runs.

[@TDGalea]

Someone seriously needs to develop an app that can play custom files instead of KZbin videos. Then you can freaking bet I'd have a phone dedicated to being a retro TV.

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

the 80's mode was the default one he started on.

[@mrkitty777]

Miami Spice

[@jayqueue6784]

@@TeraunceFoaloke That was terrestrial

[@Angultra]

You can download the app to try without the TV, somehow it's in Japanese but with his video not hard to figure out. '80s TV looks normal but with the random static, 50s and 60s is damn near unwatchable lol.

[@Soulintent95]

I love the tv one. Kinda want to get it for my grandparents, it would make em laugh but also bring back some memories.

[@DAVEfromNY]

You all missed one thing. It needs the image being reduced momentarily to a white dot in the center of the screen when you turn it off! Love your vids, ☮️ DfNY

[@freeculture]

And the dot burned forever on the screen...

[@nickb2208]

I remember watching so close I could feel the static on my face and eye's. I'm shocked I don't need glasses now. We had the wood version, that sat on the floor with the cardboard back. In our kitchen with a n64 hooked to it.

[@coolfrost6]

the tv would be a good way to use the older smartphones most have laying around at home, and make them in to fun showpiece/decorations

[@TheRealColBosch]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@H.EL-Othemany]

Great idea

[@prismstudios001]

imark7777777 Yep, I have an iPad 2, and was missing out on a few things.... I broke down and got an iPad 6 last week....Target.com has the 32gb version for $245.00. Not bad,

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Marvel: "Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover..." Techmoan: "Hold my beer."

[@CardboardSliver]

Mind my pint!

[@rexsexson5349]

Attend to my spirits

[@Kuraio]

You mean "Hold my tea"

[@Grenade80]

"thy shall holdeth my cup o tea"

[@1Thunderfire]

@@Kuraio Hold me brew!

[@Hound87]

I’m impressed with your channel selections on the TV... I’m a subscriber to all of those, all excellent channels (as is this). Very interesting how people who have certain interests all end up in the same place! Keep the videos coming, I really enjoy them!

[@bigginsd1]

When I was in Japan I remember seeing a whole range of electronic product made to look like older versions of themselves: Digital SLR cameras made to look like cameras from the 60s, MP3 players made to look like first generation Sony Walkmans. They were very faithful and at first site indistinguishable from a vintage product, in fact the retro camera even had a panel that could be removed to show a large screen for a more modern smartphone way of taking pictures for those who had never used an old camera.

[@movienerd202]

The Japanese are operating on a whole different level. This is cool.

[@RealSnarb]

I'm glad Technology Connections is getting more attention. Great channel.

[@deathscreton]

Agreed. His channel is always so informative. His VHS/VCR videos were nostalgic af.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

deathscreton And the jacket looks like a stereotypical DDR TV presenter.

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

.

[@shoveyourmaskupyourass959]

The Japanese cartoon helps him portray his loathing 🤣

[@elainejsta]

Japan is best country on account of miniature electronics

[@ymotechnopopfan]

I agree!

[@RCAvhstape]

At first I thought this would be pointless. By the time you got to the retro TV I had a big grin on my face, and when you tapped it to straighten out the signal I was hooked. Oh, Japan, how we've come to love you! I now desire all three devices.

[@SnowBunneh]

*The 8 Bit Guy* "Thanks for having me" *LGR* "Greetings from inside a plastic phone case" *Technology Connections* "I wish this was a real crt" *VWestlife* **Scream in New Jersey Noises** (Actually said) "This smartphone TV works much better than the cardboard one I reviewed".

[@anonUK]

LGR- it's got to have a woodgrain surface and run on DOS or failing that, Windows 3.1.

[@namewarvergeben]

Technology Connections: "These....ARE pixels!"

[@anonUK]

@@namewarvergeben 8 Bit Guy- If it's not a Commodore or an Apple II, or if it doesn't have a square wave generator sound chip, he won't review it.

[@deathscreton]

Read all of those in their respective voices.

[@SnowBunneh]

@@vwestlife Omg it is actually you?! Thank you x3 I am fangirling so hard right now. Sorry if my humor is a bit out there. I mean well. >

[@OxKing]

That was real fun. These were made with more soul then i had thought they would. I really just expected something like a toy from the kids club menu of mc donalds.

[@user-qm4qr9bw7f]

its made in japan not china...

[@systemBuilder]

The TV device is the greatest! Loved it !! I want one !!! I started watching TV in 1968 !!!!

[@kaoruhonjou]

9:41 OMG that made me laugh so hard. XD

[@DrDandan]

I remember the days of percussive maintenance.

[@thatonegayfurry4177]

but there not over i fixed a $900.000 cnc mill by kicking it (was a mazak INTEGREX e-670H if anyone was wondering)

[@twicethemegapower3995]

I had a Panasonic widescreen 1080p HD crt bought new in 2005, around 2010 the coaxial tv input started "sandstorming" and I'd have to whack it on the side like the good old days to straighten the picture out. It only did this with the coaxial input, thought. HDMI, Component and Composite never gave me trouble. I ran the unit until 2014

[@ame9418]

i'm actually slap the side of my laptop screen when it starts to look like spectrum's loading screen

[@rich_edwards79]

"If in doubt, give it a clout."

[@FiddlerSteve]

@@chrisa2735-h3z When I was a young boy there was still DIY repair, where you could pull the tubes, take them to the local hardware store, test them, buy replacements and install them yourself! Of course we only got 5 channels, in black and white...

[@catlord9]

9:34 I instinctively reached out to smack the top of my monitor. A muscle memory that I haven't used in decades. hah!

[@andrewfaraday8918]

It's a bizarre kind of nostalgia which misses having only 5 channels and one of them is just an out-and-out advert.

[@SuperSpaceGirlHDTV]

The TV is the ultimate win for I want that for my birthday, so I can watch PBS, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network from the '90s.

[@pek5117]

I got wood glue all thru the mini record player trying to clean it and it needed a good pressure wash but I got it running

[@sweethomeboston2720]

Brilliant!!-- Great response and reference to TM's previous video this week (A Few Ways to Not Really Clean a Record--March 6, 2019)!! This whole issue of cleaning vinyl records with wood glue or other gooey stuff is seriously trending right now.

[@fkthewhat]

a true fan knows this reference ;)

[@jsnsk101]

We had one of those huge cabinet tvs in the early 70's and thats exactly how i remeber my dad fixing the picture

[@ModMINI]

Unsure if Matt knows, but "Takara Tomy" is a famous brand in Japan for miniature models and functional toys. They always have lots of fun products. These fit perfectly in their market segment.

[@BleepingRelics]

I am sure he knows. Takara made the Transformers toys.

[@McRocket]

I LOVE that little tv. Such a kick. Thanks for this.

[@titaniumwo1f390]

You missed an opportunity to use those toys with Muppets.

[@buddyclem7328]

Tiny sock muppets.

[@ravenclanx]

That retro tv is that ever cool specially the way you can set the era up and you have to smack the tv to get it clear. That there brings back old memories.

[@pauliboo2]

I love that tv!! I can see me setting that up at work next to my monitors and watching something on my break!

[@BalearicBeatnik]

my dad had the red Sanyo boombox this seems to be based on in the 1980's!!!

[@steelscooter]

All the TV needs is a tiny cat sitting on top for warmth and overheating it. At which point a tiny van arrives with a tiny man inside to repair it. Brilliant video! 😄

[@RuneTheFirst]

The "boombox" is amazing. I did not expect it to do recording. It reminded me of those horrid little mini boomboxes from Hong Kong and China in the 90s. Almost nothing inside them and they got very little off the air, AM or FM. There was also one made to look like a home stereo and a faux computer with speakers and keyboard. Again junk. But the Japanese were more serious when they made such things. The TV actually reminds me of a real Japanese color TV we had in 1966-71. (Toshiba)

[@houstoner]

I about lost it when you had to tap the TV 🤣 I had a couple hand me down TVs like that growing up.

[@ZERO_O7X]

I adore that TV phone holder. That's so stupid and creatively brilliant and fun all at once. 😂

[@lifechooser]

I'm sure I owned the full size version of that - a Sharp QT27

[@WaynesElectrical]

Hiya! I have a few of the Sharp QT-27 'boxes. They are also....... .......Differently coloured too! :D Do you want to see them? Here's how: (1) Head on over to my channel. (2) BAAAANG the subscribe button (3) Dive into the BoomBoxes Playlist (4) Play one or more boombox vids (5) Slap it on widescreen (6) Pull out your favourite snack, (7) Sit back (8) Enjoy!!! :D -Wayne's Electrical. _8th March 2019, 22.25_

[@Clay3613]

I wish America had these kitschy retro products. Woo, Technology Connection shoutout!

[@sonofatwitch82]

All items featured remind me of my childhood and I'm 36

[@DavidG2P]

These lovely things are well thought out and made with much care to detail

[@ShapeyFiend]

Tomy make brilliant toys. I imported their trainset for my son which they don't seem to sell over here anymore cos cheaper alternatives took over.

[@kushith]

“Retro Japanese Novelties” is a cool band name

[@stepawayful]

As I was waiting to watch this video, I had to sit through an ad for... Yup. These mini - electronic toys.

[@gorgeluis]

Imagine using that mini boombox as a gift with a personal message on side A of the cassette and a special song for a special person on side B. It would make a cute gift

[@DominicGo]

I wasn’t expecting your iPhone to fit in that small tv 😂

[@prismstudios001]

And in the case too! Part of me not wanting play with my iPhone X is the refusal I have to pulling it from its case...Cool to see you don’t always have to.

[@sweethomeboston2720]

It's just going to get worse since the iPhone XIII will probably be the size of an iPad Mini. Need more screen space; need more cowbell !!!

[@Sharklops]

I also spent an inordinate amount of time back behind our console television

[@ModMINI]

I went back there to peek through the little holes in the cardboard/wood/whatever it was and get a look at the glowing tubes inside. It was like magic going on.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Mod MINI I ended up having it open with a multimeter on the input of the HV transformer to debug a heat sensitive bad connection near one of the power transistors. That was the 1980s model.

[@fordtechchris]

My antenna input Jack needed a good jiggling every now and then to get the picture back in focus, it was set away from the wall just for that reason.

[@IDJMK]

I really respect that you didn’t only plug your channel, but put some others on as well. Quite nice to see such unselfish plug.

[@Mikej1592]

lol that TV was really cool, when you smacked the set and it fixed the picture I laughed, so many memories of calibrated smacking and foil covered rabbit ears, man good old days. lol.

[@vintageyamahasquid]

Where's my puppets?! I'm getting itchy...come on man, you know I'm good for it. Just a little puppets to hold me over.

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

Bruh youre scaring me ;-;

[@PazzoScansafatiche]

Now all they need to do. Is create a full sized analog TV replica. That won't weigh as much as the original models. That will have a built in display panel. And an internal docking station for the smartphone. The dock will allow the signal to output onto the display. Both audio and video. On the top will be a replica of a VHS player. Mounted on to the top of the set. That will provide lights and sounds. But will have a fully functional SD card slot. To watch recorded videos on. A bluetooth remote will allow you to activate the VHS replica. Allowing you to fast forward and rewind the video stored on the SD CARD. However all the virtualization. Would be controlled by the software running from the Smartphone. If not by smartphone. A Raspberry PI I'm sure could power the lights and sounds of the VHS & the 21"in. display panel. That would provide the perfect simulation of watching movies the way they were viewed in that era. I realize that the Raspberry Pi wouldn't have enough voltage. So an additional power source would be required to power on the display panel and internal speakers on the cabinet case.

[@bansho7076]

I wonder how difficult it would be to have a replica VHS tape that the SD card was put into, that would then connect it with the rest of the set when you inserted it into the replica VHS player.

[@PazzoScansafatiche]

@@bansho7076 actually it wouldn't be. Reason why is because no VHS tape was necessary. The sounds the VHS made was a simulation. The VHS unit would contain an SD card reader. A small compartment door would open. Then you would insert the memory card. And close the door. The VHS replica would be tethered via USB 3.0 or 3.1 directly to the Raspberry Pi. The display panel would draw power from a completely separate power supply. With specific software created for the R-Pi. It would allow the video to playback & rewind & forward video simulating the VHS visual distortion effect of a 2-head or 4-head VHS. The video would output at 360p, 480p, 720p. On the display panel. Various video services would work as well. Such as TubiTv, Crackle, PlutoTv, HBO'Go, Hulu+, Netflix & many others. Even streaming torrent sites.

[@nathanmead140]

@@PazzoScansafatiche *no torent those sites are bad for any pc*

[@gerardcollins1767]

@@nathanmead140 just use the, real stuff,loads tapes at boot sales ,have one of last crt sitting in front of me,vhs under table

[@astertm99]

As always, thanks million Techmoan for the wonderful videos!!!

[@Toast-vs6ix]

So I just received my second tape player. (My first one had worn out... R.I.P) I love it. I waited all week for it, thinking about it at school, then I was disappointed when my brother's packages kept coming. Then today it came and I was a teenager jumping around like a 4 year old on their birthday... Can't wait to tell my future kids.

[@DungeonStudio]

I too was amazed how clever that little TV turned out to be with it's app and all. Surprised it doesn't put up a test pattern when the video finish's. LOL

[@buddyclem7328]

1kHz tone /\/\/\/\/\/\...

[@Tom5TomEntertainment]

By this logic, Godzilla is regular sized and the Japanese are miniature.

[@Zhixalom]

The Japanese just have their own special brand of crazy... gotta love 'em :D

[@alphabeets]

All of these items made me smile.

[@gato38]

HaHa Love the percussive Maintenance on the TV, brilliant!

[@srfrg9707]

wow Techmoan has his own broadcast TV channel now! Congrats...

[@Narayan_1996]

Tapping on the television was the funniest part of the video, and even though I was only 22, I still remember having to tap the TV so the picture would not close almost completely (It was a Black and White TV) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@strangulator42]

My family had a big wooden console TV when I was a kid in the 80's... I was always going behind it because you would have to adjust the picture pretty often, and the only way to do it was to put something like a butter knife in those little holes in the back to turn the recessed dials!

[@Recordology]

I love your reaction upon seeing yourself on the mini TV. I laughed out loud. Great show mate!

[@mfbfreak]

The 'smack the TV to get the picture back' function is AMAZING.

[@neoasura]

Maybe I'm in the minority. But I love the idea of recording live FM radio to digital storage. I used to record FM to tapes all the time as a kid.

[@ruialexandre6197]

The tapping feature on the TV to fix the image made my day. And it's almost midnight here.

[@craigbeas6111]

If they put a micro SD in the tape could record a lot amazing though already. !!!!!!

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Craig Beas I was hoping for those tiny actual cassettes shown in an earlier video. For the record player I expected the mechanism of 1980s toy players that used an actual sound groove at LoFi quality.

[@DuncWilson]

I think I missed how/where the tape actually does record... any idea?

[@craigbeas6111]

@@DuncWilson I think it records to a chip inside the machine

[@FelixO]

7:47 those are exactly the channels whose videos I look forward to most :D

[@isaacbailey3681]

I might actually have a use for that mini television, since I'm one of those who falls asleep to KZbin, and thus could have an instant selection of videos that I watch regularly, along with something that could be used like a stand for regular viewing.

[@rhomis]

One of my favorite things is an VERY authentic looking antique radio (wooden Crosley), which is actually an mp3, CD, bluetooth, USB, player. Oh, and it is a radio too.

[@armron94]

9:43 I got my first television in 2000 I was five I remember you had your dances all to get some channels. And turn the knobs. All my local stations were high numbers NBC channel 16 CBS channel 22 Fox channel 28 PBS channel 34 ABC channel 57 Every Saturday morning slide down my lighter for bed Turn on my television. Mess with the antenna a little bit. Then focus the TV with the knobs and watch cartoons on Saturday morning.

[@garyallsebrook3493]

That was fun! I laughed my way through the entire episode!!!😂😂😂

[@st333n]

Every channel on that TV I'd watch hands down

[@calebginsberg5224]

You make the most simplest items seem so complex, bravo

[@TDGalea]

Great channel choices. I actually kinda really like that little TV box!

[@jargon113]

The 2 minutes of scrolling text at the end was my favorite.

[@markcullimore1]

I love that he doesn't take himself too seriously

[@yumikumooo]

This is the kind of stuff we'd all want as kids for our figures