I picked one of these up ages ago and still have it up and running as a desk toy. The internals are actually good. It uses an orange pi and there is a port of emuelec for it. I have a video on my channel if interested. It becomes a much better toy when you mod it. Glad to see it getting a little spotlight. 😊
You got me all excited thinking it was a CRT! Like film and vinyl, there were a million reasons to want to move away from CRTs when they were the only option, but now that they're gone I miss them and the special fuzzy look they gave vintage games. Probably now that the supply chains and manufacturing infrastructure are gone, they'd be too expensive to make and sell at this price point, but I wouldn't mind having a little orange one.
Love it ❤ Just can't justify spending 120 $ on something like that. Well...maybe at some point, when I had too much root beer and I can't resist the urge to buy it anymore. And let's be honest: root beer isn't really a thing in Germany, so it won't be because of root beer 😅
Theres something special about watching cartoons on a crt, i still have an old CRT tv next to my bed purely to watch all the stuff i grew up on (simpsons, futurama, spongebob, etc). People think im totally insane that i dont even own a modern tv lol.
I'm on the two extremes. I've got a sony pvm 6041Q, a little 6 inch screen professional model CRT. It sits next to my bed to play all the old stuff like simpsons, futurama etc. I also have a 4K home theater projector in my bedroom shining a 120 inch image on my wall. Technically I don't own a modern TV either.
Not bad! The thing that kills it for me is the logo... That logo.. ugh.. I'm sure this will look good on RU-vidr's desk in the background with some Super Mario Bros playing.
I kinda want one of these for my retro collection just because of the visual aesthetics of the unit itself. I realize it would cost a lot more, but what would make this even better is if it was actually a 3.5" tube TV.
Dude, I’m new sub and because of you, I get to see all this amazing retro devices. I bought Miyoo Mini plus recently, it’s been amazing. I’m just fed up with all this modern games that pricey and incomplete. Have to update every month and still bad, play extra for dlc and battle pass basically drying out my money. Not all the games but it still pretty bad.Thank god people make this kind of stuff.
I had the same thought as you, to keep it on my work desk and hook up the SNES or Genesis Minis, but then I saw the price 😬 for less than that you can probably find a 10-13 inch CRT locally and either hook up legit retro consoles or do what you just did but with an HDMI to RCA converter and it would be a lot more than just a gimmick. Just my two cents 🤷 great video as always though
I forgot that you refer to the plugs as USB A-holes, and nearly spit out my coffee. Well played. Unfortunately, the little TV just seems like another completely unneccesary, overpriced device. Could nearly buy a 32" TV for that price.
If it were £30 or so I'd pick one up for the novelty of it and probably chuck it in my bag for when I go caravanning or something. For the price that they're asking for it though, no chance!
Actually, fun fact, light gun games are EASIER when the screen is smaller. A pro tip for duckhunt is to get as FAR away from the TV as possible (not close, like the noobs try).
My biggest regret in life was not super-sizing it at the drive thu, well that and dropping acid at my high school graduation. I thought the dude trying to hand me my word paper was an evil wizard barring down on me with a wand of fireballs and skittles.
I still have raspberry pi 4 and an 512 gb sd card I had in my steam deck before I switched to 1tb. I can make some kind of 24/7 cartoon tv station out of it. The only problem is how do I explain this concept to my girlfriend.. or - more important - why this concept is worth spending money on 😂
What is the OTHER little Silver Physical switch for? .....AND can you force the image to fit the whole Screen using the TV controls? I want to emulate a Sega Genesis and without black borders.
A great video on a completely unnecessary device. Not sure what it should have or do to justify the price, just - not this. Would love a review of that mini-arcade in the background. And now for something completely different. You've convinced me to get a Powkiddy V90, it's kinda silly but lovely. How's yours faring after all this time? Anything I should know that's not covered in guides?
@@TechDweeb Yeah, I went through your and Russ's guides immediately. The only thing I didn't bother with is Retroarch - the updated CFW emulators seem to do the job, and I just want to play games, not squeeze that extra 0.1% performance increase in systems I've never heard of. Thanks for the reply, keep on keeping on.
You need an Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC and put Android 12 on it. If you do, look for US Power supply with it and 128 GB eMMC GB storage. IT'S ORANGE!!!!! RU-vid has a setup walkthrough. I will be getting one.
I'll have to dig up my Gameboy magnifying glass attachment and get hot gluing to this bad boy. You had me at toggle switches on the back, but are these switches plastic or sexy metal?
Hmm. What's with the thick black line that's not quite at the bottom of a lot of the games? (not letterboxing because you can see a tiny sliver of the screen just below it)
@techdweb Im torn between 5950x and a 5800x3d my rig as it is 128gb 3600 cl16 ram 4090 1000w psu which would you choose in my position? Upgrading from a 5600x
Only go for the 5950x if you need the core count for production work. I do video and digital art work which is why I went with the 5950x, pure gaming you'll be fine with the 5800x.
You should put a raspberry pi in a case that looks like a little vcr and put that on top of it for your desk it would be pretty sweet load it with cartoons and retro games. I like it but I wouldn't pay over $50 especially because the android is useless might as well just be a screen. Why does every TV these days need to be a smart TV. Every smart TV I have tried is useless beaten by a $30 firestick stupid.
because the avg person wants apps built into their tv, not have to buy anything extra. thats why. it's also much simpler all in one, especially for grandmas and other not techies. and when you are talking about a low end 32" or so ~100 dollar bedroom tv +30 is significant. it's nice external sticks are an option though for sure. one big issue is often the cheap smart tv's are slow cus they cheap out on the cpu. i bought a 700 75" hisense with hdr, 4k etc, and it's insanely, insanely nice for the price, but the google tv built in seems slow and choppy as crap. even that said i wont bother doing anything about it lol. which gets back to my convenience point.
10:19 That's 4:3 aspect ratio, not much 3:4 Tate mode out there.😉I like the idea and that somebody made one but the price and weaker points hold me back from getting this. Hope more companies start making these since innovations are possible.
@@mikeg2491 Actually they still make it, just not for US market. In Indonesia I can still buy brand new 14 inch CRT TV. But probably it's old new stock from 2019.
it looks cool but i assume it's actually a lcd screen in there, not a mini crt right? that wasn't made clear in the video. also, sounds like from your commentary a version with a 5" or bigger display might be much more practical. since the chinese throw everything at the wall, they'll probably do that eventually. but why didnt you try high end console series x/ps5 on it? might have solved much of your pc usability issues. i mean i get you still wouldnt want to actually game on it, but pc skyrim seems about the worst choice imaginable besides maybe PC world of warcraft lol.
