Watching TV with the DS Terebi
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- Although the Nintendo DS was never as well-known for its multimedia-abilities as its rival, the PSP, that doesn’t mean it didn’t get its fair share of media-capable add-ons. One such device was the Japan-exclusive DS Terebi, which allowed users to to watch digital 1seg TV signals on the go. Let’s take a look at the device and compare it with its main competitor, the PSP 1seg.
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I got another comment from a Japanese viewer on TikTok saying this has a built-in Game & Watch game. I just thought I'd throw that out as another interesting thing this device can do.
(If only I'd gotten that comment a bit earlier I would've looked into it and included it in the video. Oh well.)
Hey can you tell me where you got yours from?? Also I'm in Australia so sadly I don't think I could use it. But I'd like to own one for how cool it is.
@@prestonanderson1719 I got mine on Mercari. I don’t know if Australia has that site, but I imagine you could find one on auction sites like eBay as well.
Hi i have a question does my psp American could work on the memory stick using the fake region to japan or i should buy a psp japanese version
@@Blazethecat-nt7rl I really have no idea since I haven’t tried.
@@LegendOfGames i tried today on my psp 3000 red and black custom i put my psp one seg i opened it has many regions of Japan like hokkaido and Tokyo as well tokyo has many channels including Saitama and chiba television I'm thinking to study to japan once i get my diploma in puerto rico or while I'm at the university in the us or canada i should earn money if i want to move to japan oneday in the future or to travel
With the rapid advancement of technology, it's sad to see cool stuff like this go. Watching TV on my phone just isn't the same as whipping out my DS with some funky antennas sticking out. Granted, I've never done either.
I've always wanted to see this thing in use, thanks very much for showing this off definitely a neat device
@Super Nostalgia that's great and all but TV on the DS amirite?
@SuperNostalgia.I’m so glad im not brainwashed like you why try to force that on people in a CZcams comment section😐
@@maccamachinethey are just trying to get others to God it's not like there telling you to jump off a cliff
I have a psp that has the TV app, but unfortunately I don't have the antenna. I didn't know they also made one for the DS but it was very interesting watching these!
We could do so much thing with the DS! This console surprises me!
Lack TV? Have the DS and the antenna!
Your channel really deserves more views... keep it up!!
Another good video highlighting obscure tech, I love it!
I always thought this adapter only worked on analogue television, didn't know it used 1SEG, neat.
this thing makes me wish Australia used 1seg, my mum always said my burgundy DSi XL looked like a TV sometimes.
Great video.
I got this thing ages ago, it still works great!
Btw you can close the lid & the audio will remain flowing out the speakers
I wish i could watch adult swim on my DS with this...
This was made for kids it won't let you use an adult channel
@@JenniferKroftA TV Tuner is a TV Tuner
It doesn't block adult channels at all.
That’s pretty cool! It would’ve been neat if the USA (and possibly Canada) got an ATSC 1.0 version. However, our channels don’t really have anything except news, weather, and old sitcoms I never heard of.
Most of the time Japanese channels are just showing shows where people watch videos about food and overreact to it, so you’ve actually got it better in my opinion. Also, you’ve gotten me curious as to what these sitcoms are haha
@@LegendOfGames So here’s how it goes: The sitcoms are in 480p, stretched out from 4:3 and include, “Home Improvement”, “According to Jim”, “How I Met Your Mother” (which I’ve actually heard of), “That ‘70s Show (Also heard of), “Everybody Hates Chris”, “Funniest Pets & People”, “Night Court”, “The Bernie Mac Show”, and “World’s Funniest Videos: Top 10 Countdown”. They have only 9 shows right now. They used to have shows called “Grace Under Fire” and “Roseanne”, but they were super boring to me. That’s why I just stream shows I want to watch now. We also got ABC (weather, politics(very annoying), and sitcoms), NBC (same thing), and CBS (same thing, but has the “The Price is Right”, which is a good game show). There’s Fox (same as before), and PBS (Documentaries and garbage). There’s Grit, which is Westerns (only my father likes those). I live outside of Nashville, TN, so I get duplicates of stations due to living in two affiliate areas. 58 channels, and nothing on.
@Seth Bessinger That’s really unfortunate if they’re stretched out like that. They were still keeping them in 4:3 before I moved to Japan in 2014, though this may also be something that’s up to the local stations, as I swear I remember seeing older shows in the right aspect ratio when visiting home as well. Japan luckily doesn’t stretch them, but puts annoying colorful bars with a bunch of artwork on them if it’s a kids show.
I actually know those shows. I often watched That 70s Show and was a pretty big fan by the time it reached its finale, which I watched live. Haven’t seen it in forever, though. My dad was a fan of The Bernie Mac Show. I think both my parents liked Night Court as well, since I remember them talking about it, though I’ve never seen an episode myself. It’s very well-regarded from what I know. I also remember watching Home Improvement as a little kid, which my parents always watched. Not a fan, though. The other stuff you mentioned I’ve seen as well. Of course, streaming does have much better options and I can understand why you’d switch to that.
I still prefer that to Japanese tv, which is generally just people watching something and reacting with their faces in little bubbles. It’s D-tier stuff. Though, it is nice that they occasionally show anime.
The main thing I’d be interested in watching on over-the-air tv in the U.S. if I still lived there would be SNL, which will always have a special place in my heart.
@@LegendOfGames I think it may be due to my TV generally stretching 4:3 signals. It might be in 4:3 natively, I’d have to check. I mainly watch Cartoon Network shows from the late 90’s to 2000’s that I used to watch. That, anime, CZcams, and sometimes Futurama is all I watch nowadays. Cable was too expensive for mainly garbage shows pumped out by networks for a quick buck. I’m liking your channel, BTW!
@@sethbessinger2025 you have good taste. I actually also like watching Cartoon Network stuff from that era (Especially Dexter’s Laboratory)
And thanks! Glad you’re liking the channel
Another great video on Japanese tech things! (Can’t wait to see what else you cover! Speaking of Japan tv, is there any way to watch it using a tuner or something like that from here in Canada? Or a service?
Back in 2014, I used Justin.tv (the old version of Twitch, and funny enough the only version of the site I ever used) to watch streams of Japanese tv. I imagine if you did a little searching you could find similar streams on different sites today. There wouldn’t be any way to pick it up using a tuner.
amazing video, always neat to see cool add ons for handhelds like this!
I had the TV tuner for my Game Gear back in the day
I should've picked up one of these when I was visiting Himeji cause it was only like 1,000Y in the flea market. I just got one now cause I'm going back to visit Japan again and it seems really neat.
this channel is so awesome
Someone needs to come up with a custom Terebi/TV device for DS/3DS/Switch to work with digital TV, sat and IPTV streams, etc. What do you think?
3:09 let’s just take a moment to hope the people involved in the crash video on the PSP are safe.
Wish I had this and worked in the US
This was super interesting
I think I can confirm that at least there 3 channels that still use 1seg on Chile .
I don't know a device btw
I can confirm that this works in Argentina as my friend has a DS with this exact tuner and lives in a high rise building. He's able to pick up over 12 channels!
ISDB-T 1Seg.
I remember back in the early 2000 when Brazil was selecting which HD TV signal thing they would adopt. I remember the news saying we decided to go with the Japanese model (this 1seg) because it allowed for mobile television. For a few years most cellphones and tablets sold in Brazil had television (I had one. It was a tablet with a TV antenna thing). But this trend lasted for about 5 years, until Internet became cheaper and people stoped watching television on their cellphone because now they had easier access to fake news online anywhere, which, of course, we all know is much better than television.
I guess it's a big cultural difference from Japan. 1Seg receivers are still pretty common here, though mainly in cars. I always see TV playing in vehicles as I go past them.
@@LegendOfGames Yeah. I remember even before smartphones, there lots of cellphones with TV capabilities in Japan.
I think people still buy music CDs in Japan too, right?
I guess Japanese TV channels still put some effort in their shows (something that doesn't happen here).
Here in Brazil even old people are terminally online, which is kinda funny.
I mean, seeing old ladies watching kdramas and senior men watching those crazy fake news channels on CZcams.
My 75 year old dad follows a dog TikToker and talks using Gen Z internet slangs without even knowing. LOOOOOL.
(and I'm stuck using LOL that Iearned in the late 90s)
Yeah, buying CDs is still fairly common. Video rental stores stayed in popularity much longer than in other countries as well; when I first came to the country in 2011 they were still huge (sadly, streaming has seemed to ultimately defeated them.)
I'd actually say the TV here is much lower quality than in America. So much stuff is just a bunch of people watching things and reacting to it in little circles on screen. But, people seem to like it.
And it's ok, I use "lol" all the time as well. I didn't learn until recently that gen-z don't like it, which kinda makes me sad. I guess I better use "haha" more.
This is awesome I love stuff like this
5:58 Hm... I would probably test it if BRL wasn't unfavorable economically than Dolar.
Edit: I discovered some fun fact about 1Seg in Brazil: It is broadcasted at 30 fps, while in Japan the signal is broadcasted at 15 fps
Sorry if you've answered this in other vids, I just recently found your channel: Are you based in Japan? edit: It seems like you are. I'll check my local gameshop to see if my guy has one here in China.
Hey, that’s ok. Yep, I live in Japan. I’m guessing this wouldn’t work in China unless there are 1-Seg broadcasts there that I’m not aware. I guess there could be a bootleg version or something that works with whatever broadcast standard you have there.
It could work in South America but seeing how it scans I doubt it too much
I’ve seen forum posts talking about using the PSP version with slight success there, but I can’t say for certain it works without issue anywhere other than Japan.
I am able to use this in the Philippines, although I can only receive 1 channel (GMA) as most DTV channels in the area have 1seg settings that match the ISDB-T International spec or some channels had removed 1seg entirely to save bandwidth and Filipinos watch TV via livestream anyway when they're on the go.
Most smartphones in Japan no longer have 1seg tuners nowadays.
The tuner also crashes once it scans SMNI's DTV channel.
GMA NOW (Android MICRO USB dongle) also hve Fullseg ISDB-T tuner)
love this kind of stuff
2:13 "aaaaaah" (just found the sound funny)
3:10 Holy shit, dude!
Please make more video accessories about rare old handheld gaming 👍👍👍
I definitely plan to make more when I can find interesting subjects. If you have any recommendations in regards to Japanese accessories, feel free to let me know
This is just so cool!
The option to watch subtitled anime on a psp or ds with the combo of wearing a dbz tshirt, eqting sushi with hello kitty chopsticks while i sit in my sailor moon gamer charge feels too powerful. Like Maximum Weeb. Weeb^10
Nintendo Of American could have release this thing back in the day it would have been selling like hot cakes
Would look good on dsi xl...how can you watch digital tv 🙏🏽what about here in Australia do we have 1 seg
I list the countries that support it at the end of the video, which unfortunately doesn’t include Australia.
Australia unfortunately does not have 1seg
I'm trying to make it work in Peru
nice!
Where am I supposed to find the DS Terebi even though it wouldn't work in Canada where I live I would still really like one
By the way if anyone was going to check eBay I already checked their it's not there
You could use Yahoo Auctions and use a shipping relay service. I checked the prices and they’re a lot higher than when I got one. That seems like something that is partially my fault, which is depressing.
Hi i have the psp 1seg tv tuner well i bought from ebay i remember that it couldn't not work here in puerto rico Brazil argentina peru Uruguay and Venezuela has the isdb-t for the 1seg i was wondering to go to japan to study at hokkaido i fallen in love with hokkaido amazing prefecture to live i have a question can use the psp tv tuner on a shinkansen for example I'm at aomori i have my psp red and black 3000 I'm missing the morning news and I have to switch to a different prefecture where I'm now
Hokkaido’s a cool place to visit. If you’re on the train I’d imagine there may be a point where the channel would stop coming in and you’d need to switch to a different channel list.
@@LegendOfGames That's right also I have the memory stick that could switch the region of the psp i got the American version of the ps but don't worry I know to switch it to Japanese version but It could with a memory stick
Im from Brazil, i have no ideia we have 1seg signal here
I wish it will work in the Philippines because my own country uses ISDB-T.
From what I’ve heard, the Philippines is one of the countries that supports 1Seg. I even found a video of someone using the PSP version there, so I think this might actually work for you.
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This accessory will work on the Phat model DS? Right?
Yeah, it should work.
Wait, it works in PERU?! I wanna get one of these for the next time I visit my mother's side of the family!
If you do, let me know how it works.
For best results when receiving your channels, you have to you have to position one antenna facing forwards and the other antenna facing backwards instead of both antennas facing sideways to the left and right like what you've done in the video
Ah, ok. I didn’t realize to do that because it’s not shown that way on any of the packaging or instructions I looked at.
0:36 what ds game ad is this for
Bokura no Terebi Game Kentei
@@LegendOfGames thank you so much
watcha playing
im not playing anything im watching young sheldon on my ds
WHA-
Can it DX? (receive distant stations)
If you use the external antenna I showed, it does a better job of picking up stations. I’m not sure what the max distance is, though.
What was the name of the anime in the begining of the video?
Nintama Rantaro
There are only 8 dedicated countries
that broadcast the 1seg signal...how lame and unfortunate ?! Why wouldn't the US, Mexico, Canada, etc. let us watch this kind of programming --- so many people missed out !
ATSC doesn’t work on moving vehicle.
what're the songs in the video? I swear I've heard the second or third one in a game
Both songs are from Katamari Damacy.
@@LegendOfGames LOL I was literally about to respond that I just remembered it's katamari.
Thanks!
It only does Japanese?
Does this work with the DSi? I have a Japanese DSi
I know it works on the OG DS, DS Lite and 3DS, so I’m gonna assume it should work on the the DSi as well.
But can you pick up American TV channels?? (What if??)
No. Only ISDB-T 1Seg
So this is no good in Canada ?
Yeah, it wouldn’t work there. Though, you could still use it to play the Game ‘n Watch game that’s on it.
No good since Canada uses ATSC.
Can you use it on 3ds ?
He showed it working on a New 3DS XL, yes it does work on 3DS (DS games are region free)
@@RouterRoidzalso on DS Lite (multiligual menu OSD)
Would this get American tv in America ?
Unfortunately, 1Seg isn't broadcast in America.
last song name pls)
We don’t talk about the wreak of an accident on 3:10 shown on the psp 😟 hopefully that criminal gets shit on
Working in Iran .Germany. turkey
That's the first I'm hearing of this, and I can't seem to find anything to back it up. What's the source?
@@LegendOfGames Nah, Nintendo never made tuner that will work for the DVB-T standard which the aforementioned countries use.