Lounge screens are persevering with to get bigger and bigger for the common client. Through the years we have gone from comparatively small however extremely heavy containers with screens on the entrance to ginormous flat panels we mount on our partitions. The final time I obtained a brand new TV I may see it flex as I took it out of the field as a consequence of how skinny and huge it’s.
Whereas that is all very cool, I ponder if we’ve got gone the incorrect method. What if as an alternative of larger screens to thrill in our lounge rooms we went smaller. No I am not speaking about telephones, these transportable flat screens we will maintain. I am speaking about an old style tiny TV, actually tiny, mainly unusable small, for completely no motive in any respect and you will get one for as little as $50 USD on this Kickstarter (opens in new tab).
The TinyTV 2 (noticed by The Verge (opens in new tab)) is a tool that’s all attraction and mainly no smart perform, making it primarily good. Whereas it undoubtedly works, this very small display screen is not precisely one thing you’d wish to watch function size movies on. It is solely barely bigger than a US quarter, with 26.3mm x 23.8mm x 21.9mm dimensions, and comes with a full field type TV design, full with little tiny TV legs.
The brand new TinyTV 2 is in fact yet one more glorious challenge powered by our beloved Raspberry Pi. This unit is operating Raspberry Pi RP2040 processor (opens in new tab), which is a good little microcontroller that is solely 7mm x 7mm. Fortunately I do not suppose any Pi overclocking was required for this challenge. (opens in new tab) Simply an aptly cute little module for a cute little TV.
The screens, although simply stupidly little, are a 135×240 IPS panel, which will be turned on by way of the ability button on the highest of the unit. There’s an IR receiver for a distant management, rotary type knobs to manually change channels and quantity, and a ahead dealing with speaker proper on the entrance below the display screen.
Within the again you’ll find the USB-C connector that can be utilized to load as much as 8GB of video footage to the display screen. At such low decision, you might match a good quantity onto this drive, after which watch it in painfully small decision. This port can be used to recharge the battery that provides a bit over 2 hours of runtime.
As at all times it is good to be a bit of cautious with Kickstarter initiatives however this one is prone to be a secure guess. TinyCircuits (opens in new tab) is the corporate behind it, which has a little bit of a theme to its work. The corporate makes all kinds of nice tiny merchandise, together with a pint sized piano, a bit of lightsaber, and an atomised arcade package. The net retailer (opens in new tab) is stuffed with bizarre little belongings you by no means knew you needed till you’ve got seen them. Excellent stocking stuffer concepts to take a look at too.
