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 😅
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 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.
Not bad! The thing that kills it for me is the logo... That logo.. ugh.. I'm sure this will look good on UA-camr's desk in the background with some Super Mario Bros playing.
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.
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
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).
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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)
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.
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!!!!! UA-cam has a setup walkthrough. I will be getting one.
@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.
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.
I want something like that, but with a 10+ inch screen and designed to look like a 1980s-90s computer monitor.
Then you need a Nikkai Baby 10 CRT TV
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. 😊
Good to know!
I kind of want one to use as like a sensor panel for my PC. Would be great sat on my desk under my main monitor showing framerate and temps and stuff.
I was thinking of the same idea to display frame rate or temps, but inside of a glass PC case. Like a functional Funko PoP.
Holy crap, I love this! Also wow, didn't expect to see the exact same Pac-Man and Space Invaders mint tins on your desk just like mine. 😂
That’s slick…didn’t know I need one, but I must constantly play South Park on this tiny tv…on my desk…all the tiem
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.
I'm with ya
This looks like a neat thing to play the Salty Bet twitch streams on.
Honestly having this thing playing some old shows on ur desk is just great. I need to buy one or something liek it at some point.
I actually wonder if you could stick a firetv or roku stick on this sucker. Mini Tv!
Don't see why not!
If this was under $50 I would so be buying it. $119 seems a bit much for what this is.
this seems like a great desk crt tv to just have old episodes on loop.
$120 is entirely too much for it, but I like that it actually comes with a remote.
You gotta consider, 5his is a novelty product. You will something like this in Nintendo land, and branded, for 200$. Easy to market at kids abroad.
As someone who has a huge plex library this could be amazing if bigger and better screen...id throw decent money at it
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 😅
I have many regrets from month long Root Been benders. That's why I switched to diet 😉
@@TechDweeb 😂
This is perfect for a stats/status/temperatures screen.
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.
Another banger of a video my man
If only it was an actual CRT, then I might be interested.
I've seen portable tvs from the 90s that are around this size with actual CRT tubes in them, they are just really hard to find.
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.
environmental regulations dont allow tube tv's to be made.
I was fooled for a bit 😅 I thought it was an actual mini CRT
Not bad! The thing that kills it for me is the logo... That logo.. ugh..
I'm sure this will look good on UA-camr's desk in the background with some Super Mario Bros playing.
why? if anything the logo completes the retro look, as any real such 80's device would have had a similar "Sanyo" or some such logo emblazoned on it.
Gimme a 10inch one tho :ChefsKiss:
Wasn't expecting the ASMR during the unboxing!
I need this so bad!!!!!
I like the use of the dice to show size scale 😂
The ultimate measuring tool
You're the best, Tech Dweeb!
Id like to see it used with the mini consoles that have come out in recent years 😄
I love your script!!! You are amazing!!! GIGGLE BYTES!! 😂❤❤
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.
THAT`S CRAZY!! I JUST finished watching season 1 of TMNT on you tube!! XD
Adorable but expensive ❤️
Would be great for a mini retro arcade cabinet.
This tv was meant to be play with retro games so use it for that and it'll be spectacular.
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
The remote and adapter would desimate my tiny family!!! Aaaaaahhahahahh!!!! 🤯
If you get an magnifier that you put in front of the screen it would blow up the screen so you can see it way better
Man, I think you can probably run Emuelec on this instead of buying a dedicated game stick
True!
Imagine playing Duck Hunt on this.
Wowsers!!
You'd need be a hell of a marksman 😂
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).
The imagination of being in that tube as a little kid was amazing .that's what kids these days don't have.
Post Void yes!
You sound like Chuckies dad from the Rugrats lol chas finster.
Nice video 👏😊
2:58 WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IT FAMILY FRIENDLY!!! GRT ON THE EHHHHHH TEAM!
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.
@@inspica380 thats a really good idea actually. I might look into a projector for gaming or anything more modern 😅
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!
Love you dinky ❤
Got your cat a new telly, I see.
been looking for one of these bad boys to play cartoons on while i mix music and such
AND this is utterly perfect for leaving in the Bathroom running Live News or Live TV running all day.
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.
I've wanted something like this, but modeled after a Sonic item monitor, for a long time. I kinda hope this leads into something like that.
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 😂
if they could make one of these that was 8 maybe 10 inches that would be perfect
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.
One switch turns the tv on/off, the other switches between HDMI and Android
Ahhh yes, the good TMNT... Was considering, but Chinese android was disapoointing.... oooo a rootbeer, I thought you had given them up
……. Should’ve used the curvature shader in batocera/retrobat…. 11:46 you missed the 👊🏻🐱 graphics.
Actually I did use it at first, but it looked weird on the video so I disabled it. But in real life it looked legit 👍
@@TechDweeb please NEVER miss the 👊🏻🐱 again. Don’t know why, it always gets me to smile.
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?
METAL🤘
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.
That's rough. I hope you can somehow find peace after your life of regrets. Root Beer helps ☝️
It’s so so cute Omggg
Right!?
It could be a little bigger. Most girls look down on things under 5 inches 😂
@@SecondOpinionGames1 it’s not the size that counts. It’s how you use it.
the back looks like a smily face lol
Good call
4070TI... I see one of the many regrets.
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?
I still love the v90! Definitely install the miyoo custom firmware. After that it should be good to go.
@@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.
Happy chicken app look bro
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)
How does the MicroSD card slot work? Can you load it up with videos and then play them on the device?
Any idea when they might restock? All sold out😢
What's the best way to use this like a digital photo frame for screenssavers?
I would get it if it was portable.
cool 'n' all but at $120 noooooo!
the link to buy it isn't working ?
www.gogamegeek.com/Sanpao-TJ800-Mini-Retro-SMART-TV-Game-Console-Android-7-1-Portable-Gaming-Handheld-Without-Gamepads-p1938392.html
10:19 That's 4:3 aspect ratio, not much 3:4 Tate mode out there.😉I like the idea and that somebody made one but the price and weaker points hold me back from getting this. Hope more companies start making these since innovations are possible.
I’m honestly surprised no one in China has tried making new CRTs again even if small ones.
@@mikeg2491 Actually they still make it, just not for US market. In Indonesia I can still buy brand new 14 inch CRT TV. But probably it's old new stock from 2019.
Maybe at 9 or 10 inches
You need an Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC and put Android 12 on it. If you do, look for US Power supply with it and 128 GB eMMC GB storage. IT'S ORANGE!!!!! UA-cam has a setup walkthrough. I will be getting one.
WANT
@techdweb Im torn between 5950x and a 5800x3d my rig as it is 128gb 3600 cl16 ram 4090 1000w psu which would you choose in my position? Upgrading from a 5600x
Only go for the 5950x if you need the core count for production work. I do video and digital art work which is why I went with the 5950x, pure gaming you'll be fine with the 5800x.
Where the FUCK did you get this?!?!?! NEED 😭😭😭😭
Is nobody going to talk about how the usb and hdmi on the back are smiling at us?!
as much as i like the concept, i wouldnt trust this since i saw linus tech tips video about chinese tv boxes.
Only a problem if you login with your personal info. Offline they are harmless.
So you're just buying things directly off my Amazon wish list now????
US$ 119.99?! I rather buy a 4k 32 inch lcd 🤣🤣🤣
True. True.
2:36
Lol I wnated to buy this now and its 376€ on Ali Express HolyF
Looks cool but pointless
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.
Yup LCD. Good call with the consoles 👍
Dam it stop posting reviews of things I'm obviously going to have to buy at the end of your videos. 😉
Bro do you have a cold? You sound pretty stuffy. Take care of yourself!
first
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Speaking of tiny... Have you heard of the alleged Low Profile RTX 4060 by Gigabyte? Hope you are having a great summer btw 😊 Meow
I'd LOVE to get my hands on one!
😁