Vintage Sony Watchman Handheld TV

[L0wD0wnPhX]

how does it work after every thing switched to regular cable that you have to pay for

[LIBshark]

I've been trying to find YT video of a more recent Sony Watchman [about 10yrs old w/a 3.5 screen] that was tear drop shaped and had a "straptenna", I gave it away since to relatives in Central America since it it had no a/v input and Analog was about a year from dying...

I also remember a much older Watchman, same form factor, bigger tho because it played 8mm videotapes... Wore that one out and gave it away when the tuner started to go, wish I could see it in action again!

[therealdill11]

lol 0:06 it made a swoosh sound lol

[67tr876]

am so mad cable took over now we cant have these today !

[SpeakerFreak95]

I have one, just got to find it!

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@00uncas, possibility a weak or bad power supply to the tv

[therealdill11]

@00uncas 1 word obama

[heroineworshipper]

The idea of a battery powered, flat CRT still has sex appeal that LCD's don't have. There must be a composite signal somewhere inside, you can override.

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@TBustah, i got another one that is bigger than this one, haven't tried it yet

[TheMachinimanator]

ah. will an rf modulator work too? and if i had something plugged into the rca part would it come out on the tv through rf?

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@TheMachinimanator, sure would long it can convert into a cable hookup yes

[TheMachinimanator]

@SpiritsoftheWolf i got it to work somewhat but my screen has always been tilted so its a little eh. i use a copper wire and plugged it into my rf out and i only got a couple uhf channels. most of which were screwy.

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@TheMachinimanator, i hooked my tv to the cable hookup, and i get some snowy pictures, but last i can watch some show from it XD

[TheMachinimanator]

@SpiritsoftheWolf will it recieve signal from an rca to rf adapter? ill try one if you cant

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@TheMachinimanator, it should, what it does it converts into a cable output when it connects to a old tv that does not have the RCA hookups

[TheMachinimanator]

@SpiritsoftheWolf ah, watch the video i just made

[TheMachinimanator]

i have one of these can you explain to me how you make it a monitor?

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@TheMachinimanator, if your vcr has a cable hookup not the rca video hookup, it will work, just take the cable wire and touch the antenna and make sure the tv channel is on 3 or 4 depending on your vcr channel setting is on, you should get a reception from the vcr

[Aliendear]

Sony made some cool stuff.

[moonwalker915]

i went to the flea market and they had alot of these

[iSquishy89]

Watchmans dont work anymore because they are analog.

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@iSquishy89, they still works great on VCRs

[iSquishy89]

@SpiritsoftheWolf But how do you take it with you if a VCR is heavy and requires a power supply? VCR's wont really work.

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@iSquishy89, i don't usually take any watchman tv with me, i just use it for my survellance camera monitor

[geekforlifevandc]

@iSquishy89 YES THEY DO IN THE US ON LPTV FOR EXAMPLE 5 CHANNELS IN NEW YORK HAVE DIGITAL CHANNELS AND IN CANADA WHERE ANALOG IS STILL WORKING

[iSquishy89]

@geekforlifevandc Dont use all capital letters its rude

[geekforlifevandc]

@iSquishy89 how

[iSquishy89]

@geekforlifevandc Its rude

[bioshock901]

@iSquishy89 HOW IS THIS RUDE

[iSquishy89]

@bioshock901 Its concidered yelling

[yoyoyowasuppy]

I have a working one. How much are they worth JW?

[WorldScott]

I have one of these that I picked up at a garage sale for $1. It sucks though because there's no more signal to watch. I need to work out how to bring in a component signal from my oldish vid camera. I remember when these came out they will like $500 - $600 (iirc) and I was seriously lusting after it but had no money at the time! I ended up getting an equivalently sized Panasonic a year or two later... it was very cool and great to watch Knight Rider on!

-Scott

[treasure1800]

WILL SONY WACHMAN WORK IN ECUADOR?? SINCE ECUADOR STILL HAS NTSC-M BROADCAST....

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@treasure1800, if your area still on analog stations not digital, it will work

[raymondleeleggs]

I had a working one I threw it away when DTV took over, I miss it now... I bought it for $3.00

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

@raymondleeleggs, should have kept it, a few years from now, these handheld tv will be worth more than their value

[geekforlifevandc]

they should let us run "pirated anlog stations" i have one but only people in my area can c it its 24/7 i show viral youtube videos and movies (old ones so i dont get suid) like its a mad mad mad mad world back tp the future casablanks etc...

[spameister]

Argg I've got a black one, but it don't work no more :(

[geekforlifevandc]

great tv set but it is analog and all major countries are now swithing to dtv it sucks but the gov wants to do it  :(

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

i know, one station that did not went into digital is fox 59, digital station sux big time, but, i can still use to watch videos from dvd's or vhs

[geekforlifevandc]

you know what else you can do buy yourself a vhf\uhf video transmitter and plug i like a dvd or a vcr or computer into your transmitter then when you go to bed turn on the transmitter and the dvd or vcr and watch with no additional vires

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

now that's an idea :-)

[geekforlifevandc]

you can get them for 15 on ebay

[themaritimeman]

Here in Canada we have analog TV until 2011. We still lost the analog cell phone network, though.