How to Connect Any Portable TV to the Internet - Dumb Portable TV to Smart TV
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- @WaybackRewind - Convert a dumb portable TV to a completely portable smart TV. Takes a little more effort to do it wirelessly but it can be done. I demonstrate connecting portable TVs to three different streaming devices using three different methods using 4 different portable TVs.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Opening 10 Portable TVs
01:38 B R O K E N
01:40 Panasonic Pop Up
02:04 Colby CD Boombox TV
02:38 Sony Watchman color
03:15 Pocketvision 24
03:33 The Survivors
03:37 Sony Watchman b&w
03:59 Casio TV970
04:09 Casio TV900
04:24 Tyler HD TV
05:10 Act I The 4 Survivors
5:40 what is a smart TV?
1) HDMI + USB power
06:54 Tyler is a dumb TV [HDMI]
07:35 Firestick
2) AV-Inputs only
10:20 Act II Roku [AV]
3) Antenna Only
14:50 Chromecast [Antenna]
25:50 Encore Sony Watchman Antenna
26:51 Closing
Three different methods used:
HDMI + USB power
1) @6:49 (Firestick)
a) Tyler HD television
b) Firestick
c) Cellphone with hotspot
AV-Inputs only
2) @10:20 (Roku)
a) Casio Portable TV-900
b) Roku
c) HDMI to AV adapter
d) 3.5mm plug to RCA cable
e) gender changers
f) Power brick
g) Cellphone with hotspot
Antenna Only
3) @14:56 (Chromecast)
a) Casio Portable TV-970
b) Google Chromecast
c) Coax to plug into the TV
d) 3.5mm to Coax adapter
e) UPGrow HDMI to AV converter
f) AV wire
g) RF Modulator
h) Three output Power brick
i) USB to 12V DC to DC Converter
j) Cellphone with hotspot
See Part one where I show how to make any TV into a Smart TV
• How To Convert Analog ...
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I got a Pocket Vision 34 Radio Shack, only has an external antenna. This video was super helpful and I’m really interested in making this small Tv work as a smart TV
You're welcome, it should work assuming your Pocket Vision is still functional.
Thanks for watching.
Tyler TV's work great. Not the greatest picture but very functional and useful for watching TV broadcasts in a small area. I have a 9" and it works excellent.
Love watching you!
Thank you so much.💕
That was very interesting, thank you
Thanks for watching😃
I don’t care what radio TV it is only thing I want to know would it work in the apocalypse Yes or No
It will work in the apocalypse perfectly. I'm sure streaming television will survive that just fine.😅
Will a Blue Ray DVD player with screencasting have wifi internet that will connect to a smart TV? I'm seriously having troubles with computer electronics. I don't understand most all of it. Old hunting dog is past learning new tricks but we still enjoy the hunt! Thank you for the videos, it's sinking in slowly for me, very slowly 😅
@@BillyWilliams-zp9uj Yes, As a matter of fact in my earlier video I used a streaming Blu-ray player to make TVs into smart TVs so that definitely will work. Thanks for watching.
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Glad to see I'm not the only one out here doing this lol
Old technology is fun isn't it? Thanks for watching. 😃
@@WaybackRewindthank you for making this video. CZcams videos like yours influence me to buy a compact portable battery powered TV for use in an emergency when the electricity power goes out off during the winter months where I live.
I can plug in my high quality digital house TV antenna for good signal reception 📺
There is no electricity needed for a TV antenna.
@@unitedstatesirie7431 exactly. So many don't realize free tv even exists or that these portable TVs can still be made to work. Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind I do miss the amazing long range of the old VHF analog TV signal. I live in Washington State near the city of Seattle and I was able to receive clear TV signals from the country of Canada 📺
I grew up in upstate NY and watching Canadian TV was a regular thing.
Thank you for this.
You're welcome😆
😊
Thanks!
You're Welcome and thank you.
You kids don't know how easy you got it. I had to connect to a BBS with a 2400 baud modem! If anyone picked up the phone in the kitchen, the modem would hang and I'd get disconnected and lose my place in MMUD.
My first modem was 300 baud. I dialed into the mainframe it was plenty fast enough because it was all text with zero graphics. My first computer class used punch cards. Oh we had it rough.
Thanks for watching.
Hello. Thanks for sharing this awesome video! I had a question about what is the name of the external antenna cord with the coaxial input for the portable tv? Thank you
The cable I used, for example @18:51 is just a regular coax but with an adapter on the end to convert to 3.5 mm plug.
3.5mm to F Type Female, 1/8-inch TS Male to F-pin Female Adapter Coaxial Converter Nickel-Pated Bidirection Connector a.co/d/fg58scy
Thanks for watching.
exactly what i needed, thank you
You are welcome 😃
I really might do this to my old GE portable radio tv
You Should.
I always wanted one of those GE portable radio TVs but never had one.
Thanks for watching.
You got the best collect bro! Subscribed!
Thank you so much. Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind I concur.
@unitedstatesirie7431 thanks for watching.😃
@@WaybackRewind is the Tyler 9" inch battery powered TV better than the 7" inch model ?
@@unitedstatesirie7431 it depends on how you intend to use it. The 7inch is small enough I could mount it on a camera as use it as a monitor. The 9 inch is more for casual tv watching.
I really like mine and is very useful. I did a lot of comparisons before I picked this one.
Thanks for watching.
My handheld turns on. All fuzzy and antenna so I can’t carry it around, no use for it.. I really DID Like it. It was a color TV.. Thanks for the info..
Be interesting to find out if it still works for real.
Thanks for watching
Good video
Thank you for watching.😃
Man that’s cool
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.
Thank you! Quick question please, the second small TV you used with the Roku you used a 3.5mm to coax adapter. If I plugged in an external flat antenna like a mohu, and then scanned the tv for channels would it pick up the over the air channels?
Well no, unfortunately you cannot plug an antenna directly into the second small TV, (or the third one either), and scan for channels because it cannot understand digital channels. I have a different video that shows how to connect an antenna to any TV but it requires a converter to make it work. czcams.com/video/FSb67v6yU8A/video.html
It's not difficult, but different.
Thanks for watching.
Where do you get your older models of these tvs? I love these analogs, and I want to purchase one that's small. Like the handheld or the small one on the top left
I bought all the used ones off eBay. The biggest challenge is that most are untested so it's a gamble if they will work. Only 4 out if 10 worked and one of those was brand new so it was more like 3 of 9.
Thanks for watching.
cool!
Thanks for watching ❤️
the coby cd boombox tv is probably from the mid 2000's
I'm not sure as I bought it off eBay. Thoroughly disappointed it didn't work better. Most analog TVs don't work at this point, and it's not because of the transition to digital tv. They simply just don't work, period. Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewindthey could work via converter boxes
@@illkid86 half my TVs simply didn't work at all. Converter boxes won't help a broken TV. Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind I have an attachment to portable tv that dates back to 1996 in fact I've bought like 10 portable tvs in the last 6 years digital and analog and I like the analog more
@@WaybackRewind an analog tv with a vcr was giving to me a few months ago I hooked it up to a converter box and I pretended it was the analog days lol
Ive got a bluetooth FM transmitter for my car. Maybe something like that exists for television frequenties? So it could be wirelessly transmitted?
A low power TV transmitter seems like it would work over short distances. I tried to see if it would work with the power I have available but it’s not enough. If demand existed certainly they would be available. But in 2009 everyone abandoned these TVs. Thanks for watching.
Looks like a fun project! Links to products would be helpful 😊
Thanks for the reminder, will add links to description.
And thanks for watching.
Links added for all the hardware.
I'm not sponsored by Amazon so not getting kickbacks, just posted for your convenience.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you!! Did you happen to try this with a Realistic Pocketvision 22?
@@lori1035 This will work with any television assuming the television is still functional.
The tuner on my Realistic Pocketvision 24 has drifted very badly to where the channels are off by about 30 channels from where they should be. And I get sound but barely a picture. Probably due to leaking capacitors that change value over time.
Assuming your Pocketvision 22 still works this will work.
Thanks.
Thank you! Subbed 👍
I went out bought all the stuff i need. It goes fuzzy. Was white screen at one point. Old tv like last one. Rf modulator only has channel 3 and 4. That problem?
Channel 3 and 4 only should not be a problem ordinarily. What I have found is that old tvs being analog the tuner may have driven outside the range that it's designed to tune in. Set it to channel 4 and then try 2 or 3 or maybe 5 or 6. You might get lucky. If not maybe the TV just not longer works at all. I wasn't sure my TV still worked. I know I had it repaired in the 80s but couldn't remember if it still worked back then. Thanks for watching.
I got everything to work except the sound. Picture comes through but nothing else. I have something similar to first TV except it didn't have HDMI only AV inouts. So I got the HDMI to AV cord. Any suggestions?
Check the cable you are using on your camera. There is no universal standard for TRS plugs, (tip, ring sleeve). Sony is different from most everyone else. So its possible you might have the wrong cable.
Thanks for watching.
I have a 1987 Panasonic portable tv. Would any of these methods work for it?
Absolutely yes, assuming the TV is still functional. Any TV can be connected to the internet. Thanks for watching.
Help!! For the portable device to chromecast, can you write a list of all necessary components? I don’t want to miss anything :)
I’ll put a list in the description, thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind how to utilize Chromecast on an old GE tv?I just get the Chromecast begin page is all.Im trying to utilize Tablo downloadable app if I can get past the opening Chromecast page.
But they are still not fully portable.I have the same Casio pocket TVs.I need to somehow get them working again but without all those connections.
They are portable in the sense that there are no connections to anything else. What part is not portable?
Have you ever seen the televisions from the 60s and 70s? They were the size of a suitcase, and with a handle, they were considered portable.
Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind I have a small collection about the same size,and not parting with them.They all still work.One is a boom box B/W.Hopefully I can get them receiving somehow without all the extra connections,so they are fully portable.Here in Nerw Zealand where I live I cant buy a DTV convertor.
Are there no DTV converters compatible with your TV system? It is so disappointing to me that the world couldn't agree on a single digital TV standard.
Several people complained of the bulkiness, so I am thinking of repeating the example with a more optimized setup.
Thanks for watching.
Is there any way possible for my old tv with only an external port to be able to turn into a smart tv?
Yes, ANY TV can be made into a smart TV, even if only has an external port. I show you different ways depending on the nature of that port but it can be done. If you have any specific questions just ask.
Thanks for watching.
I got a gpx tv and need this. Would the 3rd option be better?
It really depends on what kind d of connections your GPX TV has. The order I did it is the preferred order.
1) If you have HDMI use that.
2) if you have audio video use that.
3) if all you have is antenna then use that.
But no matter what you have, you should be able to convert it.
Thanks for watching
Is there any way that i can turn my old tv with only an external antenna into a smart tv?
Yes of course, it's method number three in the description. The RF modulator will send the signal to the antenna input. No Problem. If you have any specific problems let me know. Thanks for watching.
Is there any way to convert these old portable tv's to digital capability?
Yes absolutely. You just need a digital converter that runs on battery power. I didn't exactly do that in this video but combine what I showed you here with what I did in the video below and it's done.
czcams.com/video/sAdk1ImkOCQ/video.htmlsi=SukJljuuiDlhWFBd
I just got a Casio LCD color tv-980. We put batteries in it and screen and the moving line came on. I’m trying to talk my husband in getting it set up to get something on it.
It will work too if you follow my instructions. Good luck and thanks for watching.
Can the tyler 7inch amd 16 inch tv connect to a mobile phone i have a hacked Netflix app which i watch tv on my phone.
@space_star_one Yes, if your phone has an HDMI output then it's easy to display that on any TV with the methods I've shown here.
Thanks for watching.
How many mAh does your power brick have ??
@11:40 has 25,000mAh. @17:52 has 26,800mAh
Thanks for watching
What’s the background music, asking for a friend 😅
There are only two audio tracks in this video:
The Golden Present
Jesse Gallagher
(used throughout)
One Time
Jeremy Black
(only in the opening)
Congratulations, no one has ever asked this on any of my videos, you are the first.
Thanks for watching.
How to get over the air channels for a pocket or portable tv like Casio brands when camping or driving out of town??
I didnt show over the air channels per se, but if you do this method over the air channels are available via the internet with apps. Also in the video I did on free over the air TV those techniques will work on portable TVs if it was an antenna jack, (and most do) and the converter is battery powered, some are.
Perhaps I will show that in a follow up video but great question and thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind Welcome
Can’t you use a converter box maybe idk
And a power bank or power station
@@ElevatorWasher5000 I think possible if runs on battery or power off the vehicle but I’m not certain.Im just exploring different methods and scenarios.
You need to recap the Panasonic pop up. Your V sync caps are bad.
I wish I knew how to do that. Oh I can solder passably, but de-soldering and re-soldering 100s of caps without frying the surrounding components, probably not.
Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewinddo those tvs that are rolling have v-hold and h-hold, because if they do and work properly, adjusting them in the back should fix the picture like how it did in my case
I just went to power up the Panasonic pop-up and it spewed battery acid all over me and failed to light up. So it has bigger issues now. Afraid it needs a complete rebuild.
Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind Damn i didn’t know it was that bad fr💀💀💀
Boi... That sure is a lot of cables...
could probably optimize it with shorter wires.
Thanks for watching.
Holy cow why so many wires not safe
Not safe in what way? Voltages are all very small.
But thanks for watching.
I think they meant like you could trip yourself
@@frstwhsprs oh okay. I think I would make them trip safe.
Thanks for watching.
I'm gonna guess that you are a Capricorn.
lol, nope
@@WaybackRewind What is your actual sign?
@@austinstitzel I don't believe in that, but if you must know my birthday is in May
Dumb portable tv ???? How rude
I guess you are joking? These portable TV have zero functionality until converted, that is the context of calling them “dumb” Thanks for watching.
A television should stay a normal television. None of this Internet crap for television sets.
Fair enough, and all but one of these televisions are paperweights without some electronic help. I have other videos that show you how to get free over the air television on any TV. Thanks for watching.
@@WaybackRewind thank you so much, God bless you.
Is there any way that i can turn my old tv with only an external antenna into a smart tv?
Yes, that is super easy. My last example does exactly that. Thanks for watching.