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timmy
12-08-2023, 04:13 PM
Has anyone ever seen these little tvs they actually work you put your own content on the micro sd card and watch tv and the color is good and sound.

Penthode
12-22-2023, 04:14 PM
Beware that brandishing this little display device around may garner you the name "Tiny Tim"!

Electronic M
12-22-2023, 04:39 PM
Beware that brandishing this little display device around may garner you the name "Tiny Tim"!

Please for the love of God don't give him a ukulele...

timmy
12-24-2023, 09:25 AM
Please for the love of God don't give him a ukulele...

Lol I play the drums

Dude111
01-01-2024, 01:59 PM
Looks nice but if the content was ANALOGUE it would be nicer :)

Yamamaya42
01-01-2024, 03:21 PM
Please for the love of God don't give him a ukulele...

you don't like to tiptoe through the tulips?

Electronic M
01-01-2024, 06:49 PM
you don't like to tiptoe through the tulips?

Yes, for similar reasons to why I don't drink Budweiser...

zeno
01-02-2024, 08:48 AM
Yes, for similar reasons to why I don't drink Budweiser...

Ditto
Pilsner Urquell or Bitburger best anyhows:beer:

timmy
01-03-2024, 04:37 PM
Looks nice but if the content was ANALOGUE it would be nicer :)

It uses an sd card and can play any tv show or any video on it and can play for hours

Dave A
01-03-2024, 04:57 PM
Yep, I'm guilty of buying the TV2 version with built-in USB memory. And It is just fun and really works in it's little form.

Here are the specs;

Dimensions: 47.6mm x 36.6mm x 25.9mm (1.9" x 1.4" x 1.0")
Display: IPS TFT 65K Color, 26mm (1.0"), 216x135 pixels
Battery: Li-Polymer 3.7V, 150mAh, about 2 hours of video playback
Storage: Built in 8GB, about 10 hours of video playback
Audio: 16x9mm (0.6" x 0.4") front facing speaker
Inputs: Power Button, 2 rotary knobs for channel and volume control
Remote: Can be controlled by an Infrared (IR) remote control
Processor: Raspberry Pi RP2040 Processor
Connectivity: USB-C for uploading and battery charging

It works out of the box with some pre-loaded videos. From there, you download their video converter to load your own. It takes in mpeg4 and downconverts to .avi. Then you USB connect and it shows up as a device. Just upload (a bit slow) the .avi and it is ready as a new channel. The speaker is too small to be really useful but it is there. The knobs control volume and channel change for each file. Color is quite good. You can set the conversion to show 4x3 with side pillars but I would skip for something this tiny. I loaded a BW movie to keep true to this forum and it looks great in BW.

timmy
01-03-2024, 05:42 PM
Yup mine came with a removable 8gb sd card but I picked up a 16gb sd to hold more and I got the remote with it also and this one had to be put together and painted

jr_tech
01-03-2024, 07:27 PM
looks like fun... can’t decide on which one to order:

https://www.amazon.com/TinyCircuits-TinyTV-DIY-Kit/dp/B086K4VLX2/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=50LT0A6BF8EL&keywords=tiny+tv+2&qid=1704331112&sprefix=%2Caps%2C708&sr=8-1-spons&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

or

https://www.amazon.com/TinyTV-Portable-Television-Working-minature/dp/B0CMSGKMBC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1F5XBCG751KWK&keywords=tiny+tv+2&qid=1704331178&sprefix=%2Caps%2C444&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc

:scratch2:
jr

Dave A
01-03-2024, 09:16 PM
I did the TV2. Not a kit and does not need painting unless you want a 1960's avacado color theme. And from the website;

https://tinycircuits.com/products/tinytv-2?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=7df080ffd&pr_rec_pid=8746431119650&pr_ref_pid=4377025708116&pr_seq=uniform

timmy
01-04-2024, 06:06 AM
I did the TV2. Not a kit and does not need painting unless you want a 1960's avacado color theme. And from the website;

https://tinycircuits.com/products/tinytv-2?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=7df080ffd&pr_rec_pid=8746431119650&pr_ref_pid=4377025708116&pr_seq=uniform

Does your tiny tv have a remote case because mine didn’t have a case I had one made by 3D print

Dave A
01-04-2024, 09:38 AM
The TV2 remote is fully enclosed in a case.

jr_tech
01-04-2024, 02:24 PM
I did the TV2. Not a kit and does not need painting unless you want a 1960's avacado color theme. And from the website;

https://tinycircuits.com/products/tinytv-2?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=7df080ffd&pr_rec_pid=8746431119650&pr_ref_pid=4377025708116&pr_seq=uniform

Several pictures that I have seen show lines or scratches on the front surface. Does your sample have these marks?

jr

Dave A
01-04-2024, 04:09 PM
No marks here. Maybe molding marks?

timmy
01-08-2024, 01:48 PM
No marks here. Maybe molding marks?

The speaker in these tiny tvs are really small so I wired a plug that would plug into an iPod and now I can plug the tv into a powered speaker and it’s loud and clear.