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Did you ever have a Pocket TV?
I had this one in the 90s.
And still seems to work just but not for much longer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFieyPE-oPU Its a Casio Pocket TV Model TV-770D. Funny how now you can get better quality pictures from a mobile phone if signal is good. And now have bigger screens. I hope they get more popular again when the digital signals are stronger. |
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I had this one in the 90s.
And still seems to work just but not for much longer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFieyPE-oPU Its a Casio Pocket TV Model TV-770D. Funny how now you can get better quality pictures from a mobile phone if signal is good. And now have bigger screens. I hope they get more popular again when the digital signals are stronger. They won't work where I live any more as analogue was turned off back in late 2009. |
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"Pocket" TVs already look like something from the stone age of technology.
So in twenty years the iPad will look quaint and dated. In fifty years what on earth will be available? |
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I can remember someone at school having one of those in the early 1990s. They brought it in to show off after their birthday!
They won't work where I live any more as analogue was turned off back in late 2009. http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/436736.xml |
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It would if you used something like this
http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/436736.xml |
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Kinda defeats the purpose as it's mains powered and you'd need to feed it with a Freeview STB.
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My friend from school had a Casio pocket tv. Used to watch telly on the train, but you needed a loan just to buy the batteries!
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I had one of those old Casio tvs as well - i've got one of these now (lovely picture and features, Ł20 cheaper when i bought it), http://www.maplin.co.uk/3.5-touchscr...cording-453918
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Well if the analogue's been switched off, what's the alternative?
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I had one. Fantastic picture, but you needed a good signal, otherwise, having such a small screen, you couldn't see a thing. I've had a lot of Casio kit and it's all been good.
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I had one of those old Casio tvs as well - i've got one of these now (lovely picture and features, Ł20 cheaper when i bought it), http://www.maplin.co.uk/3.5-touchscr...cording-453918
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This one looks even better
http://www.amazon.co.uk/August-DG400.../dp/B003OXO6MI seems to have a really big screen to. |
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Tried to see the football results on saturday on mine,impossible!!but did some serious DXing,got to places high up you could not go with a normal TV,on top of the Malvern Hills,picked up HTV,Anglia,Central,TVS,TSW,not bad eh?
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My friend still has a Game Gear with TV add on. I managed to get a picture when I fired it up at Christmas, but no sound
Only a few months left of analogue now- DTT isn't very well suited to mobile reception, by comparison analogue generally gave you something, even if it was black and white and fuzzy. |
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This one looks even better
http://www.amazon.co.uk/August-DG400.../dp/B003OXO6MI seems to have a really big screen to. Have found another one here http://www.aptv.co.uk/da100c-freevie...5e47c9358130e0 Its 10 inch and takes 6 AA batteries.Some how I cannot see them lasting very long. |
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I might even get one seems to have so much on and can record TV as well.
Have found another one here http://www.aptv.co.uk/da100c-freevie...5e47c9358130e0 Its 10 inch and takes 6 AA batteries.Some how I cannot see them lasting very long. And it's still going to struggle in many places without a decent aerial. The yanks are developing a special type of ATSC for mobile viewing, but I think the UK is more likely to go the 3G/4G mobile route. |
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I have one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/***SONY-WATCHM...e43044fffeb418 It still works as far as I can remember - I have not used it for some time. |
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I have one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/***SONY-WATCHM...e43044fffeb418 It still works as far as I can remember - I have not used it for some time. |
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It’s an early attempt by Sony to do a pocket TV after the success of its “Walkman”.
It works off AA batteries and uses a small b&w CRT. The reception is quite good off its whip aerial. To save battery power the TV can be run with sound only. |
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I've still got one, still works but obviously won't be of much use after September though...
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Yes !
I got the sinclair flat screen TV in 1985 made hear in Dundee! also was given a cassio colour tv in the 90s which I used to watch the total eclipse in 1999 as it was totaly clouded out the little tv meant I could see it I have just recently got a 7inch LCD from maplin which can even record on to a SD card ! to replace the above now we have digital switch over |
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was given one of THESE as a 'business' gift
zero signal off the telescopic aerial, got a picture when connected to house aerial, but broke up badly even then So not so portable, in fact almost in chocolate teapot territory |
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The Japanese have certainly sold some interesting kit over the years.
This seems to have been the first one - a portable with a 9" (23cm) screen, made by Sharp and sold in France in 1961. http://www.retro-forum.com/viewtopic...arp+801#p55594 although it wouldn't fit in your pocket, but still works 50 years later. |
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i had the classic Casio 2.5in colour pocket tv, which needed 6 AAA's all at once. To be honest it didnt work very well here, but when we took it out and up on to the nearby hills the reception was fantastic on it, even with the aerial pushed down.
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and takes 6 AA batteries.