0:39 I GASPED, this design is so cool! I’m 35 but I didn’t see many portable TV sets around where I live, so this screen reveal sparked so much joy in me.
JVC made a radio/TV combination unit which also had a retractable screen, when the screen was folded down the unit looked like a pyramid, and the loudspeaker was on the front/top of the screen. Analogue television isn't used in many countries anymore, I think in the US it stopped being broadcast in around 2009 or 2010 or something. Here in Australia where I live, analogue TV stopped being used in 2013. This TV set is very uniquely designed, I really like how the clock is on the front of the unit when the screen is folded down.
Hey Juan, thanks for watching! Appreciate the advice, and yeah it was pretty easy to do once I'd done the research to figure out what adapters I needed.
Really good video! Anyway analog Rf tv signal has been deprecated in most countries in Europe (where i'm from) but i suppose it's safe to extend this assuption to all modern countries as well. Now tv signal needs to be decoded to work properly (and thus we can have HD tv etc.). A cool feature you could add is wireless transmission, which could be totally possible given it's what that was meant for. You would only have to connect the RF out from your HDMItoRF "modulator" to an antenna instead of a cable and take out the antenna from the small tv set. If the distance between the two antennas is not much the signal should be just as clear ; )
Thanks to everyone for watching! Really grateful for all the support and comments recently. Please like and subscribe to help the channel grow! It's been 1 month of being consistent with TH-cam -- while I've been exploring my love for video and this platform for a couple years now, I haven't adhered to a disciplined schedule until recently. Really excited to see where this goes! I wrote a companion piece to this video which you can read here: posttruth.substack.com/p/does-this-1982-tv-still-work
Dope video, loved the pacing editing and story telling! Might have to cop a raspberry so I can do the same for my HD CRT video. Keep uploading you’re gonna grow in no time! (Also make some shorts sharing this dope piece of retro tech)
Appreciate that! I'm uploading consistently now and seeing where it goes -- and you're definitely right, I've already got one short up and one coming out tomorrow on this
@@MangoTalksTech It's this repo: github.com/adafruit/pi_video_looper -- and make sure to image your SD card with Raspberry Pi OS Buster, not the newest OS, because it's not compatible with this repo yet.
Yeah CRTs get hot. You can add a little fan to it if you're concerned but they're pretty much meant to run that way. You will greatly extend the life of the CRT if you cool it. Basically they were made without logevity in mind and they cook the capacitors inside slowly. Shows you just how high quality old caps were though. They last 40 years and still are within spec! Also of concern if you want this thing to last: the CRT itself is a consumable resource. Don't leave it on a static screen for too long or the image will permanently burn in, much worse than LCDs / Plasmas can. As a consumable resource, the fewer hours you put on it, the bettter, but for a 4" little art piece, I say enjoy it!
Oh good to know, that makes sense! It's sort of by an AC unit so that might help, and I don't plan on leaving it on a permanent screen, so that should help. Also I'm guessing turning down the brightness will reduce overheating?
Cute project. Are you going to put the stuff inside the casing itself? You should be able to bypass the tuning circuitry and put in a composite signal (which the Raspberry Pi can output via the 3.5mm jack if you get the right cable,) if you're looking for an electronics project. As for the TV portion, all US broadcasts are now in digital ATSC, instead of the analog NTSC that this could use. You can get small TV tuners that can plug in via USB to your Pi, should you want to. As for the TV getting hot, that should be fine, as they do get a bit warm, being that it's a miniature particle accelerator that projects and controls an electron beam to hit phosphors on the display front to make the image you see.
Thanks for all the info, super cool to hear from someone with more experience!! Good to know about the heating issue -- and as for putting it inside the casing, I've been warned on some forums against opening up the case if I'm inexperienced. Don't wanna mess with the flyback transformer!
@@maximejkb Fair point. If you're not comfortable with opening it up, best to leave it. If you get adventurous, there are guides on repairing CRTs that should help.
@@TrevorV Most of these older TVs have schematics available, and the tuner will have a dedicated section (if not an entire board for itself) that you trace down to what should be a single signal going to the amplifier for the tube, and that's where you separate out the signal from the tuner and put in the Composite signal, good chance of it being labeled Composite or CVBS on the schematic. Getting the schematic can be a chore sometimes if there isn't an online community around the device, as not every manufacturer scanned in their archives. Someone recently had to order microfiche (an extremely small photographic negative) from SAMS to get the ones needed, then find a library with a scanner to get them into something usable. There should probably be guides for doing such (both the mod and getting the schematic), but I don't have any to hand. RGB modding a CRT TV should be easier to find info on to give a basic idea, and black and white should be easier than that.
Yeah uh... they basically just got rid of analog video broadcast in your lifetime. Not surprising you don't remember as they made very little fanfare out of it. People who did use over the air TV were all probably using flat screens with ATSC digital video signals at that point. That's what you're seeing when you tune in stations on that thing.
i hope to do this with my Emerson mini CRT. and from what i know the only place where the might still be radio tv in north America is in Quebec, but that is from when my mom had one in the 90's
this sounds a lot like my project hodgepodge. real similar, actually. only difference is mines portable. the tv im using is 1986 bently black and white portable tv. a raspberry pi, an rf modulator, and a battery pack to run the pi and modulator. im having issue getting picture, though. also, thats a japanese electronic! they run on 100, not us 120! your cooking it! get a power converter!
Oh that's a good idea -- you mean CLI as in command line output? That would be really cool --- I was actually thinking of using the NYC MTA API to print out the time to the next train at my nearest station to CLI.
@@bide7603 So sick! The cool thing about this HDMI -> RF modulator -> coaxial setup is that it'll work for pretty much anything you wanna stick on the HDMI and old-school monitor ends! So any CRT of any size, including vintage TVs from pre-80s to 90s tube monitors, will work.
when i saw this guy had 499 subs i imediately subscribed! gongrats for 500 subs Maxime!
Let's gooooo!!! Absolute legend!
0:39 I GASPED, this design is so cool! I’m 35 but I didn’t see many portable TV sets around where I live, so this screen reveal sparked so much joy in me.
You’re very right about the non invasive-ness of earlier tech.
There's something about a single purpose device that I really like! Thanks for watching!!
Good luck in this adventure. Looking forward for more content and hopeful for that «spirited» collaboration!
Appreciate that!!
JVC made a radio/TV combination unit which also had a retractable screen, when the screen was folded down the unit looked like a pyramid, and the loudspeaker was on the front/top of the screen. Analogue television isn't used in many countries anymore, I think in the US it stopped being broadcast in around 2009 or 2010 or something. Here in Australia where I live, analogue TV stopped being used in 2013. This TV set is very uniquely designed, I really like how the clock is on the front of the unit when the screen is folded down.
OH wow is it this one: www.ebay.com/itm/304927411772 ? If so that's super cool. Thanks for being here!
Love to see old tech put back into use, nice job Dude, well done.
Me too! Hoping to do more little projects like this -- thanks for watching!
I love how you made it work with your favorite movies on a loop! This is a unique and special way to personalize your living space
Thanks so much!! Part of the inspiration was Casey Neistat, who has a dedicated monitor in his studio to loop The Godfather.
This is awesome dude!!!
Thanks so much!
Pretty sick, didn’t realize connecting to analogue was so easy.
Also those old tvs are for sure supposed to get hot. They also experience burn in.
Hey Juan, thanks for watching! Appreciate the advice, and yeah it was pretty easy to do once I'd done the research to figure out what adapters I needed.
This thing is so awesome, and the video is just as awesome!!
Ahh thanks so much! Appreciate ya!
That design is amazing 😮
It's so sick! Thanks for watching, appreciate you!
freaking cool; cute design :)
Thanks so much and thanks for watching!!
Popped up in my recommendations. Right up my alley as far as content goes, subscribed immediately. Looking forward to your further work!
Appreciate that Obi! Thanks for watching, I've got more cool stuff coming out soon!
Really good video! Anyway analog Rf tv signal has been deprecated in most countries in Europe (where i'm from) but i suppose it's safe to extend this assuption to all modern countries as well. Now tv signal needs to be decoded to work properly (and thus we can have HD tv etc.). A cool feature you could add is wireless transmission, which could be totally possible given it's what that was meant for. You would only have to connect the RF out from your HDMItoRF "modulator" to an antenna instead of a cable and take out the antenna from the small tv set. If the distance between the two antennas is not much the signal should be just as clear ; )
Thanks for this advice -- actually I do have an external antenna, so I could probably try this! That's really good to know, I'll try it later today.
I tried the ext antenna thing! Made a Short on it: th-cam.com/users/shortsb8kJIQhiGKg
Thanks to everyone for watching! Really grateful for all the support and comments recently. Please like and subscribe to help the channel grow! It's been 1 month of being consistent with TH-cam -- while I've been exploring my love for video and this platform for a couple years now, I haven't adhered to a disciplined schedule until recently. Really excited to see where this goes! I wrote a companion piece to this video which you can read here: posttruth.substack.com/p/does-this-1982-tv-still-work
I don't no if I can resist the urge to buy an old CRT anymore...
This is super cool!!
Hahaha I was in the same spot! Thanks for watching!
NGL the Raspberry Pi playing movies on loop is an amazing nostalgia bomb idea
Thanks! I love this little thing -- right now I have Akira, Nausicaa, The Godfather, and Casablanca on it.
Dope video, loved the pacing editing and story telling! Might have to cop a raspberry so I can do the same for my HD CRT video. Keep uploading you’re gonna grow in no time! (Also make some shorts sharing this dope piece of retro tech)
Appreciate that! I'm uploading consistently now and seeing where it goes -- and you're definitely right, I've already got one short up and one coming out tomorrow on this
Btw, what guide/GitHub’s did you use for the raspberry pi video looper?
@@MangoTalksTech It's this repo: github.com/adafruit/pi_video_looper -- and make sure to image your SD card with Raspberry Pi OS Buster, not the newest OS, because it's not compatible with this repo yet.
Yeah CRTs get hot. You can add a little fan to it if you're concerned but they're pretty much meant to run that way. You will greatly extend the life of the CRT if you cool it. Basically they were made without logevity in mind and they cook the capacitors inside slowly. Shows you just how high quality old caps were though. They last 40 years and still are within spec!
Also of concern if you want this thing to last: the CRT itself is a consumable resource. Don't leave it on a static screen for too long or the image will permanently burn in, much worse than LCDs / Plasmas can.
As a consumable resource, the fewer hours you put on it, the bettter, but for a 4" little art piece, I say enjoy it!
Oh good to know, that makes sense! It's sort of by an AC unit so that might help, and I don't plan on leaving it on a permanent screen, so that should help. Also I'm guessing turning down the brightness will reduce overheating?
Very nice video, bro! I subscribed in a beat! More videos to come!
Really appreciate the support! Cooking up some cool videos that will be out soon!
Cute project. Are you going to put the stuff inside the casing itself? You should be able to bypass the tuning circuitry and put in a composite signal (which the Raspberry Pi can output via the 3.5mm jack if you get the right cable,) if you're looking for an electronics project. As for the TV portion, all US broadcasts are now in digital ATSC, instead of the analog NTSC that this could use. You can get small TV tuners that can plug in via USB to your Pi, should you want to. As for the TV getting hot, that should be fine, as they do get a bit warm, being that it's a miniature particle accelerator that projects and controls an electron beam to hit phosphors on the display front to make the image you see.
Thanks for all the info, super cool to hear from someone with more experience!! Good to know about the heating issue -- and as for putting it inside the casing, I've been warned on some forums against opening up the case if I'm inexperienced. Don't wanna mess with the flyback transformer!
How would you even begin to try and bypass the "tuning circuitry?
@@maximejkb Fair point. If you're not comfortable with opening it up, best to leave it. If you get adventurous, there are guides on repairing CRTs that should help.
@@TrevorV Most of these older TVs have schematics available, and the tuner will have a dedicated section (if not an entire board for itself) that you trace down to what should be a single signal going to the amplifier for the tube, and that's where you separate out the signal from the tuner and put in the Composite signal, good chance of it being labeled Composite or CVBS on the schematic. Getting the schematic can be a chore sometimes if there isn't an online community around the device, as not every manufacturer scanned in their archives. Someone recently had to order microfiche (an extremely small photographic negative) from SAMS to get the ones needed, then find a library with a scanner to get them into something usable. There should probably be guides for doing such (both the mod and getting the schematic), but I don't have any to hand. RGB modding a CRT TV should be easier to find info on to give a basic idea, and black and white should be easier than that.
Yeah uh... they basically just got rid of analog video broadcast in your lifetime. Not surprising you don't remember as they made very little fanfare out of it. People who did use over the air TV were all probably using flat screens with ATSC digital video signals at that point. That's what you're seeing when you tune in stations on that thing.
Ahhh good to know!
This would make such a cool cyberdeck unit, should see if i can find one in Australia
Oh that would be sick! Hope you find one on eBay - thanks for watching!
i hope to do this with my Emerson mini CRT.
and from what i know the only place where the might still be radio tv in north America is in Quebec, but that is from when my mom had one in the 90's
Oh that's a super cool model! Look forward to seeing it!
this sounds a lot like my project hodgepodge. real similar, actually. only difference is mines portable. the tv im using is 1986 bently black and white portable tv. a raspberry pi, an rf modulator, and a battery pack to run the pi and modulator. im having issue getting picture, though. also, thats a japanese electronic! they run on 100, not us 120! your cooking it! get a power converter!
Oh wow that's such a cool model! And thanks for letting me know about the power converter, I'll look into it!
I want to copy you and put cli output on it
Oh that's a good idea -- you mean CLI as in command line output? That would be really cool --- I was actually thinking of using the NYC MTA API to print out the time to the next train at my nearest station to CLI.
Yeah, that’s a cool idea I was thinking of running my home servers system monitor output using the gotop command
@@bide7603 So sick! The cool thing about this HDMI -> RF modulator -> coaxial setup is that it'll work for pretty much anything you wanna stick on the HDMI and old-school monitor ends! So any CRT of any size, including vintage TVs from pre-80s to 90s tube monitors, will work.
They broadcast still but with a digital signal. Your tv is analog. You need a Digital Antenna.
There is no such thing as a digital antenna. Any antenna will work, but he will need a digital tuner.
Considering all analog television has been switched off you won't receive a signal without a converter box of some sort
Ahh good to know, thanks for being here and commenting!
get digital to analog converter box
2nd
Did you say $80 or $8, cause it is only worth $8.