NHJ (div. of Sony) Wearable TV Watch -- kinda neat gadget &g

[BJ_M]

http://www.i4u.com/section-viewarticle-42.html

Overview
The Wearable Color TV VTV-101 we received from NHJ USA has sample stickers on it, indicating that it is not necessarily the final shipping product. The box contains the main small TV unit, antenna earphone, wrist band, external battery-pack, AC power adaptor and neck strap.
The TV unit itself measures 48x48x18mm and weighs 50g (my measurements), making it the smallest TV I have ever seen. The TV display itself measures 1.5" diagonal. Above the TV display is a digital Time indicator. NHJ did a great job to make the wearable TV versatile to use. I can either snap the TV unit on the wrist strap to wear it as a Wrist Watch, attach the neck strap to wear it or clip it onto the external battery unit to get extended power. The external battery-pack functions also as the charging station for the VTV-101.
Because the TV unit is very light, wearing it at the wrist is quite comfortable. With 18mm height the Watch is definitely bulky, but acceptable. The wrist band is a free adjustable Velcro band.

[flaninacupboard]

that's quite intersting. not sure it's a worthwhile investment though, with DVB chipsets in mobile phones they'll add another function to their repetoire.
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2004/7898.htm

[Capmaster]

That's nicer than the little B&W one Seiko has had for 20 years or so. With that one, only the display screen is in the watch. You have to wear a belt unit and attach it to the wrist display with a cable if you want to use it as a TV. It was a regular watch when disconnected.

Looks like it'd be a little hard to edit video on that, though

[flaninacupboard]

yeah, same size screen as my digital camera, and that's pants! briefs, y-fronts, take your pick, still pants.

[Capmaster]

Pretty cool little toy - perfect for father's day I wonder if they'll be coming out with a HD version for us yanks? The toy for the filthy rich who have already bought everything else

[tekkieman]

Great now you can watch TV on your wrist while driving on the interstate! Sorry officer, I didn't see the schoolbus full of children because "Married...With Children" was on!

[flaninacupboard]

Great now you can watch TV on your wrist while driving on the interstate! Sorry officer, I didn't see the schoolbus full of children because "Married...With Children" was on!

Only a matter of time, friend, only a matter of time......

[888888]

http://www.i4u.com/section-viewarticle-42.html

Overview
The Wearable Color TV VTV-101 we received from NHJ USA has sample stickers on it, indicating that it is not necessarily the final shipping product. The box contains the main small TV unit, antenna earphone, wrist band, external battery-pack, AC power adaptor and neck strap.
The TV unit itself measures 48x48x18mm and weighs 50g (my measurements), making it the smallest TV I have ever seen. The TV display itself measures 1.5" diagonal. Above the TV display is a digital Time indicator. NHJ did a great job to make the wearable TV versatile to use. I can either snap the TV unit on the wrist strap to wear it as a Wrist Watch, attach the neck strap to wear it or clip it onto the external battery unit to get extended power. The external battery-pack functions also as the charging station for the VTV-101.
Because the TV unit is very light, wearing it at the wrist is quite comfortable. With 18mm height the Watch is definitely bulky, but acceptable. The wrist band is a free adjustable Velcro band.

That thing is awesome. The dream of my childhood.

[Cobra]

I wonder how long the batteries last.

[flaninacupboard]

article says 90 mins.

[Cobra]

That's pretty worthless if you're watching a film, but OK for just grabbing a bit of TV.

You wouldn't need a licence for that, would you?

[Capmaster]

That's pretty worthless if you're watching a film, but OK for just grabbing a bit of TV.

You wouldn't need a licence for that, would you?

Why would you need a license?

[tekkieman]

...and for those who like to accessorize, there is the VHS-C wallet, the Dolby DTS surround sound belt (available in both black and brown), and the HD projector baseball cap ( with your choice of team logo).....

[BJ_M]

That's pretty worthless if you're watching a film, but OK for just grabbing a bit of TV.

You wouldn't need a licence for that, would you?

Why would you need a license?

in UK you need a lic to watch tv and listen to the radio ... let someone from there better explain it ..

[Cobra]

Capmaster,

In the UK, if you "own any recieving equipment" then you must fork out for a TV licence. If this equipment is for CCTV etc. then you can apply to be exempt, since you won't be watching TV on it.

They do go about and are able to very accurately detect those using a TV illegally. If caught, you are dragged off to court and fined £1000.

See here:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=221273

That's why I'm wondering - wear this and you'll have TV licencing officers chasing you down the street!

Cobra

EDIT - As well as that, you'll laugh at the licencing rules involving student housing. Because all the rooms in our house lock with a key, they are considered separate properties. If we had a TV in each room, and one communal in the kitchen then we'd need to pay £1,540 ($2,824.51 US current exchange rate) for 14 TV licences to cover it all!

[Capmaster]

Capmaster,

In the UK, if you "own any recieving equipment" then you must fork out for a TV licence. If this equipment is for CCTV etc. then you can apply to be exempt, since you won't be watching TV on it.

They do go about and are able to very accurately detect those using a TV illegally. If caught, you are dragged off to court and fined £1000.

See here:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=221273

That's why I'm wondering - wear this and you'll have TV licencing officers chasing you down the street!

Cobra

EDIT - As well as that, you'll laugh at the licencing rules involving student housing. Because all the rooms in our house lock with a key, they are considered separate properties. If we had a TV in each room, and one communal in the kitchen then we'd need to pay £1,540 ($2,824.51 US current exchange rate) for 14 TV licences to cover it all!

Are you kidding? $200 USD per TV just to watch the thing? How did I not know that? What a horseshit system that is. How can you sit still for that? I'm flabberghasted that they can get away with that

[Guest]

That's pretty worthless if you're watching a film, but OK for just grabbing a bit of TV.

You wouldn't need a licence for that, would you?

Why would you need a license?

in UK you need a lic to watch tv and listen to the radio ... let someone from there better explain it ..

Radio too?

Cobra, I think u explained this before,but how do they pick up on things that are only receivers?

Could u get a tv and only watch dvds? Can u watch dvds on a pc or laptop?

[Cobra]

I don't know how they detect you. You can watch DVDs etc. on a PC or laptop, but they detect and fine you for having unlicenced "recieving equipment".

For more information, see:

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index_frameset.html
Cobra

[Capmaster]

I wonder if they use something similar to what the counterintelligence folks use to sweep for listening devices?

Those folks use a microwave transmitter which is tuned to the resonant frequency of a silicon transistor junction. Whether on or off, the junction will be excited and emit a sympathetic RF signature when close enough to the detector. The detector then senses this "reflex" signal and alerts the user.

The US embassy in Moscow is a good example of how one defeats this approach. When the concrete was poured for the embassy, millions of silicon diodes were mixed into the concrete. Then regular listening devices were planted all over the place. Because a detector would basically go nuts because everywhere it was used it would show a bug, the real bugs were safe from detection. Pretty damned clever of the russkies The building wasn't used and I believe it was either torn down or used for something non-governmental. That was a long time ago.

Maybe if they use this sort of detector, a counter-detector could be built. But, of course, I'm sure someone has already considered that.

[Guest]

I don't know how they detect you. You can watch DVDs etc. on a PC or laptop, but they detect and fine you for having unlicenced "recieving equipment".

For more information, see:

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index_frameset.html
Cobra

Actually that wouldnt be a receiver,you are just playing a movie. If still illegeal, can u watch video(not TV) from the internet?

from the link

If you use or install television receiving equipment to receive or record television programme services you are required by law to have a valid TV Licence.

Sounds like u only need it if you receive tv shows. It would seem u could install one to watch dvds only.

How our detector vans can catch out licence evaders
We can detect a TV in use, in any area. That's because every TV contains a component called the 'local oscillator', which emits a signal when the television is switched on. It's this signal that the equipment on our vans picks up.

do dvd playersor pcs have these?

[Capmaster]

How our detector vans can catch out licence evaders
We can detect a TV in use, in any area. That's because every TV contains a component called the 'local oscillator', which emits a signal when the television is switched on. It's this signal that the equipment on our vans picks up.

True of any superheterodyne receiver. However, using something like mu-metal for shielding, they would have to be sitting on top of your TV to be able to get any signal at all.

We use the stuff here at work, and if it's an EM signal, it won't get through mu-metal.

Or you could do something cheaper, like getting some brass screen and build a faraday cage around your set. That might be annoying viewing through the mesh though :P

[Guest]

How our detector vans can catch out licence evaders
We can detect a TV in use, in any area. That's because every TV contains a component called the 'local oscillator', which emits a signal when the television is switched on. It's this signal that the equipment on our vans picks up.

True of any superheterodyne receiver. However, using something like mu-metal for shielding, they would have to be sitting on top of your TV to be able to get any signal at all.

We use the stuff here at work, and if it's an EM signal, it won't get through mu-metal.

Or you could do something cheaper, like getting some brass screen and build a faraday cage around your set. That might be annoying viewing through the mesh though :P

do these include pcs? What about crts?

[BJ_M]

no -- only a receiver would have that .... or a radar detector ... anything with a tuned diode or cavity or along those lines ..

there are some systems though where it would be sure hard to detect ...

[Capmaster]

How our detector vans can catch out licence evaders
We can detect a TV in use, in any area. That's because every TV contains a component called the 'local oscillator', which emits a signal when the television is switched on. It's this signal that the equipment on our vans picks up.

True of any superheterodyne receiver. However, using something like mu-metal for shielding, they would have to be sitting on top of your TV to be able to get any signal at all.

We use the stuff here at work, and if it's an EM signal, it won't get through mu-metal.

Or you could do something cheaper, like getting some brass screen and build a faraday cage around your set. That might be annoying viewing through the mesh though :P

do these include pcs? What about crts?

We used to have what we called "Tempest" PCs here in the '80s. They were designed not to emit EM, or very little. They had integral faraday-cages and ultra-shielded cabling. You had to use one if you did classified PC work. We were spending $8000/PC for tempest-approved machines, all the while DOE, the agency that made the requirement, was using plain-jane PCs in their facility. They were embarassed and quickly removed the restriction

Our use of mu-metal was primarily for test equipment. One project of mine was to design a timer to add a certain delay to a B61 thermal battery initiation for a rocket sled test. The danger of putting CMOS on a rocket sled going Mach 1.1 is that it's cutting the earth's magnetic lines fast enough to induce undesired voltages in high-impedance circuits like CMOS.

My solution was to line the inside of the enclosure with mu-metal. It came in a roll, about .060" thick sheet, and soft enough to cut with scissors. Very easy. The downside is that it's expensive stuff.

[flaninacupboard]

http://www.lessemf.com/mag-shld.html

£10 a foot!

[Capmaster]

http://www.lessemf.com/mag-shld.html

£10 a foot!

That's retail. We got much thicker stuff for much less money through a GSA contractor. I think it was more like $5/foot for the .060 foil. I'm trusting my memory here and it may be wrong.

[flaninacupboard]

it'd be fun to buy some and make little hats fro friends with wireless networks, just slip it over the aerial when he's not looking!

[Capmaster]

it'd be fun to buy some and make little hats fro friends with wireless networks, just slip it over the aerial when he's not looking!

Or wear it under your shirt and stand there, blocking the signal. He'd go nuts trying to find out what was wrong

[Doramius]

I know there are a bunch of monitors out there that just have composite in or s-video in, so I'm sure those won't get ticketed because they have not tuner, but it sucks you have to have a license for a tuner card. What's worse is you guys have to have a specific Color or B/W license too. If you only had a B/W license and had a color TV how would these people know the difference? I would believe the signal would be carried on the same wave as color. Do they put some sort of transmitters in PAL systems and have street roaming govt. vans checking for these sets? That's a lot of wasted tax payer's money if that's true.

[flaninacupboard]

it'd be fun to buy some and make little hats fro friends with wireless networks, just slip it over the aerial when he's not looking!

Or wear it under your shirt and stand there, blocking the signal. He'd go nuts trying to find out what was wrong

heh, my wireless connection goes down everytime someone walks up the stairs - weird. that's not the stairs to gorund level, but the stairs to the attic room, that's where the transceiver is.