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.

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.

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

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

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. Then, a few years later, my parents bought me a Casio pocket TV that was very similar to the one in this video. On Saturday nights, I used to put fresh batteries in it, get under the covers, and watch reruns of Tales From The Crypt.

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).

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

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.

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

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. without you as a youtuber no one would ever know of this trick and some people (like me) didnt know that those tv's even existed. keep up the good work. #RoadToOneMillion

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

Amazing video... Please do some more like this!!!

omg!!!! i didn't knew that boomboxes existed with tv's integrated!!! look at that little analogue baby

This video gave me ideas for an outdoor projector setup. Thank you for this.

Awesome video...I love these tech flashback and reboots...they are so fun to watch!

omg dude!, you probably got the best entertainment setup ever

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

I just LOVE these lil old TV's. I guess it takes me back to a time when I saw them in stores but couldn't afford to buy them. Pick them up whenever I find them.

My mate Vince you videos are cool:D

Not gonna lie Vince, but you seem to be reading my mind. Every time I want to do anything, BOOM! Your video is there! Thank you for doing what your doing! I’m enjoying learning with you in the process 😁

Thank you so much Vince, that was very helpfull (and entertaining!). Take care, Mike Hughes, MKH Engineering

12:05 I played Nintendo in a very similar to that one (a GPX). I was hidden from my parents at nights. 😅😅😅 I connected the Nintendo through the antenna's input behind. Despite that, the quality was incredible amazing in B/W, basically without pixels. Amazing experiment!!! 😎👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Found a few of these in the attic a few years ago. Pretty cool

This was just awesome such a trip back in time. I had one for a few months until I dropped it and I was heart broken. I love old tech.

I love the one with CRT screen, it's more interesting to see how electron gun draws image.

I thought I was the only one that did this kind of thing!! Thanks for sharing this with us!!

I was born in 01 and never got to experience analog tv but still really love watching videos like this, I did however watch a ton of VHS movies on big huge CRT screens and play nick jr games on our dinosaur windows xp pc. There’s something beautiful about the high pitch fly back wine (still being able to hear it after leaving the room lol) or the static electricity when turning the screens on. Man I miss the early 2000’s, Great times

It’s so crazy as I watch this, I realize I’m watching this through my phone…. Mindblown🤯

this is so ridiculous. and immensely entertaining!

Speaking of converting HDMI devices to old CRT T.V.s, I have an HDMI to AV converter that I accidentally bought on Amazon when I wanted a AV to HDMI converter. (Which I also have.)

wtf this is so cool! You for sure gained my sub

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

loved this video mate

your always amazing! cool stuff!

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

i got so many ideas to try thanks bro, during childhood sometimes one could find someone playing game or vcr or vcp on your tv cause they have splitters one with input from rf antenna another from device and they accidently start brodcast

Vince I'm a lurker but man I've been here from way back when. You deserve even more subscribers.

Oh man, I want that boombox!

These videos are so god damn cool

I have a little Citizen LCD pocket TV. It has A/V inputs so I used it as a colour monitor with camcorders back in the early 1990s. It still works but the backlight is a bit on the dim side now.

Great video as usual. I had several of these when I was young. Still have a couple of them. I have a Sony FD-285 2.7" B&W Watchman from 1992 complete in box, and also a Casio TV-100 from 1993 with a 1.6" LCD similar to the one you have that came in plastic clam shell retail packaging that was discarded long ago. I'd have to agree the Casio had a very poor quality LCD, but most were in those days especially the smaller size panels. I'd have to say the Casio is on par with the Game Gear, and the Atari Lynx (both of which I also have). What made the Casio worse was the size of the screen compared to that of the Game Gear and Lynx. The Sony on the other hand was black and white, but offered a much better viewing experience.

I think I had the casio in the mid 90s. Purchased at kmart. I remember watching sports on long road trips...while we were in signal range.

You have made me start up a new hobby.

This is AMAZING!!!!

_I picked up Casio 890b at a thrift store for $3.50!!! It was completely new had never been used. It came with the leather-like carrying case, AC adapter and big stereo ear buds (although they were brand new the foam on the earbuds was dry rotted) and they work. Even the stickers and peel off screen protector was still there in the bubble wrap. I don't know when this model came out_

Dude that's so cool! This is one of those videos I didn't think I'd need to watch but I'm glad i did. Also, *_CRT>EVERYTHING_*

God Bless You. This has inspired me to re activate my old analogue friends & the unused WB 14 Ariel above the chimney...if the neighbours complain , I won’t blame you 😁😇🏴❤️Wilverley Enclosure Witches

Love this video

I have an old RCA pocket tv from 1997. Works great. Antenna is in perfect shape.

Fascinating video. i tried this idea years ago with a VHF video sender, but the main problem was avoiding interference with the local DTV signals, which cover most Band 3 channels here. If attempted again, I would really need to use UHF here, as most of that area is clear of local signals. Also, as you said, the coverage needs to be limited to avoid illegal broadcasting. The other possible way for me is going through a VCR using Band 1 output, where we also currently don't use for any local DTV broadcasts here in Australia.

Awesome thank you so much

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.

Nice vid vince

I had no idea you could actually broadcast a TV signal using receiver antenna; although it makes a lot of sense.

That is a good thing to Repair old b/W Televisions from the 60 70s or so :) And use them :)

You should try and find yourself a Seiko T102/Epson ET-10. From 1984, this was the world's first colour pocket TV and the first consumer product with a TFT LCD display- a product way ahead of its time, considering that competing offers wouldn't use a TFT display until the early 1990s.

Sony TVs from 2000 and beyond was the true heart of Sony TVs

Wow dude, Cuphead looked SO COOL on the old black n white crt.. haha

That's awesome!!😀😀😀

This reminds me of setting up a keyboard rig with midi mapping and keyboards.

My grandpa had a few of these before he passed. He gave me one when I was little. I'd watch the Simpson's on it in black and white :-)

I have a "Casio EV-500" pocket LCD television. It's a great little TV / AV monitor. 👍 The only thing is: I needed to convert the LCD backlight to LED, because the original fluorescent tube is unexpectedly burned out, but it's working just fine with 2 white LED (segment of a cheap LED strip). 😊

this is too cool

nice vid

I remember back in 97 or 98 we lost power in Puerto Rico during Hurricane George. We had to use the boombox tv just like that to watch the news about the weather updates.

Thanks for that I will definitely give it a try

Nice 😊

02:50 I think you are lucky, because your Casio pocket television is working in original condition! ☺ I needed to replace the backlight with LEDs in my Casio pocket television, because the original fluorescent tube is unexpectedly burned out. I just disconnected the power from the tube inverter and connected two LEDs (from a cheap LED strip) trough a ~15Ω resistor. It's working just fine, expect the color temperature is a bit screwd. ☺

How about a video where you broadcast from VHS or DVD player? I'm loving this channel BTW.

This is excellent! I collect pocket TVs too, and so I definitely want to buy one of those antenna boosters and try this. :) Question - have you tried using that rabbit-ear antenna, or placing the antenna higher-up, to get a stronger signal throughout your home?

I'd Love to see a pirate broadcast with video games. with commentary of course

old lcds make you appreciate modern lcd technology

You mad genius

Every time this man surprise me wow

If I remember right, a lot of the old handheld LCD TVs (and even early laptops) used passive matrix LCD screens, which are known for their small viewing angle, shadowing, washed out looks and low contrast ratio. Plus some of the early LCD screens had smaller color palettes as well. In the 1990s, many computers used 16, 64, 256 or 65536 colors. Monochrome and Sixteen color video display systems on computers were still in common use even into the early 1990s. As to resolution, I many of the 1980s and 1990s model handheld LCD TVs are lucky if the resolution is 320x240, and on some I predict it is actually lower. Plus I doubt many of the LCD models offered full standard resolution video (720x480) until the late 2000s, if not later Some of these early handhelds could be extremely low resolution when compared to other handheld devices at the time. For example, the original iPhone screen had a resolution of 480x320 and that was in 2007. The original Nintendo Game Boy and Sega Game Gear for comparison had a resolution of 160x144, the Atari Lynx screen resolution of 160x102, so I think the low res screens were consistent with screens of other handheld systems at the time. While they put out a low quality picture by today's standards, the picture they produce would have been acceptable and even seen good by handheld standards and how primitive LCD color displays were at the time. I still remember laptops well into the mid-1990s having monochrome displays or passive matrix color displays. Remember, active matrix LCDs were thousands of dollars till about the late 1990s and early 2000s. Remember, RAM at the time was also very expensive too, so the ability to render high resolution or a high number of onscreen colors at the time was limited.

Woooowwwwwww it's amazing

Can you do more videos with these and the JVC videosphere you have? I live these video!

Nice vid!

My mate vince,i may be a kid but your channel is fascinating! I was watching tech videos and saw the controllers working with switch video! Ps keep up the good work!!

I love the pc of vince

awesome

Good video, the VCR is a bit overkill though as you can get smaller RF modulators.

that's fucking genius mate most awsome video i've seen since 2021

I'm glad I didn't get a portable TV back then. the LCD screens sucked but that's all they had back then. May get that little black and white TV if I can find one.

the colour watchman looks like it was made in like 2005, i'd never guessed it was that old

yeay, now i can play Cuphead on my Game Gear (witch the TV/RF cartridge) :p

You got awesomr stuff there, if i would get such wireless transmittor, it could make those optional tv(addons) for the sega gamegear & turbo express usefull again, if i will ever get those.

That's the only thing I hated about passive LCD screens was the viewing angle limitations.

I remember having some of these when I was a kid I feel old now

So lucky man 👏👏👏

I still see those things being sold online, I thought maybe for the lcd ones to uncrew and remove the lcd and use it in a mod somewhere else since 4:3 lcds are getting very rare these days. But going very far back, the crt was the tech of that time but to have portable crt is interesting since crt is usually bulky. Later generation of that portable tech will have color crt but that is about it for crt. Those those ancient lcd are not good for sure newer generation lcd are much better. It is rare, but even today retailers still stock up on portable tvs but they are priced high.

This is crazy switch mini

I remember as a kid managing to tune into the mega drive because the aerials were next to eachother, bearing in mind it was only in the next room too, but it was still fun while it lasted, do you have any idea what strength the signal is coming out before and after amplification? Is there a way to stabilise the signal?

This is cool

very coooool :-)

This is awesome lol

That’s so cool

Hi, great video. I have one of these old pocket TVs and will be attempting this setup. I'm a little unsure about which signal amplifier to buy though. Will any amplifier that is intended for DAB do, or should I be looking at something else? Thanks in advance

Hey, do you think it's legal to get a digital to analog converter and use one of those broadcasting antennas with it cranked up so it broadcasts to other rooms of my house? (I was just wondering because I thought the Sony watchman that had the CRT vertical instead of horizontal would be useful in power-outs. (Summer of 2019 has been having bad weather lately.))

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