Falling through the screen and finding my way out again! Taking an inside look at a piece of technology that was right on the fading edges of the portable analog device era. Enjoy!
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Techmoan might have done one of these.
It is not magic to catch digital data at high speed from the air instead of a TV signal?
Hi Fran! I'm brand new to diy electronics and decided to pick up a cheap old thing on ebay to tinker with. It is this exact Pocketvision 22! So excited when I found this video to maybe give me a bit of guidance as to what I was looking at. Have you posted your method of getting it to play your video anywhere online? I'm very curious and can't find any other information about this product online. Grateful for any advice!!!
The Casio Realistic Pocket Vision 22 released in 1989 it was sold at Radio Shack for $60 .
I made my own analog TV station although it’s not very long range and usually has issues with signal distortion. I can broadcast up to 80 watts and usually just use it for playing with old TVs
Just wanted to point out the code above the serial number is the date code on all Radioshack / Realistic electronics. First number is month letter is year A=9 last is second dig of year so that TV was made in June of 1990. This code can be used for all Radioshack products.
you can carry roku and a converter or RF modulator and USB power around with you and connect to WIFI and watch as you walk around… while you grocery shop… USB powered RF modulators are rare, you could power one of those 9 volt modulators just as readily and easily… or use video input to your TV if you have one.. although you are not granted to leave your little mobile kit (backpack) sitting as you are stationed or just chilling at a spot… NOSTALGIA!!!
I have one of these and remember using it many times on the night shift and watching hocking games on afternoon shift. I just pulled it out and what great memories it brought back..
Just a quick reminder regarding having these pocket TV's open and switched on. Be very cautious handling the CCFL assembly as the high voltage can give you a funny belting. The CCFL is why these TV's and SEGA Game-Gear (plus most backlit colour LCD of the era) used to consume batteries so quickly.
I've been dreaming about owning one when I was a teenager….
22y ago for a laugh I connected a PlayStation to a TV handheld Casio version, I was still useless at Colin McRae Rally. The playstation was a gift for my Nephew.
I still have the TV in a box with my Canon RC-260 ION camera (evblog #937) How things have changed. Only a few years ago I gave away my granddads clockwork ordinary 8mm film camera.
i had an almost identical looking casio version tv430, for my 18th birthday in 1990, it was uhf only as i'm in the uk, it started playing up after a few years so got a later model, which is supposedly 'splashproof' 😲
So does that mode has a composite input ? I found a working one for $7.
I got My Pocket Vision 22 in 1992. I had a 3.5mm. to Coax. adapter (plugged into the top) that I used to hook up cable to it when I was 12 and wasn't allowed to have a TV in my bedroom. My parents knew that it could pick up 2 or 3 channels off the air but they never found out I could pick up nearly every cable channel including HBO & Showtime on my little Pocket Vision. I remember that little needle barely moving between channels because they were so close together.
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Side note: Thanks for the comments and links to those nostalgic Radio Shack catalogs – this was pretty pricey when new. I got my Casio version probably around '92 and at that time they were on sale for like $60, which is the only reason I had one.