And theeennnn. Portable + what = cool?

figmentfilm · Post by **figmentfilm** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:50 pm

My latest NESP (The NESPiMP) has it's own media player built in. Now I've got this bug about what other feaures we can add to our portables of any kind... Radio, TV, what? Aside from flash dumps, what else can we add to our little cases?

Retromaster · Post by **Retromaster** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:51 pm

PDA. IT'd be cool.

benol · Post by **benol** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:26 pm

CD player, or laptop

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:32 pm

How about a mini microwave!!!

Actually no. The less amount of stuff inside portables, the smaller, the better.

Rototiller · Post by **Rototiller** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:11 pm

Possibly improve the casing.

It's cool right now.

schmellyfart · Post by **schmellyfart** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:19 pm

I think a tv would be cool. Just use a portable tv for the screen, but there would have to be a way to connect and disconnect the av cable to get tv reception.

Last night I was thinking about doing that while I was LED-modding my pocket tv.

I just thought it would be cool to be able to watch tv on a portable...

dman762000 · Post by **dman762000** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:15 pm

actually I have built a porta radica with a built in tv it wasn't too hard to build a switch system to cut the av input and such if I ever get the faceplate back from lettering then I will post a lot of pics and stuff but till still waiting for the paint to be finished

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:39 pm

Portable + ice = cool.

*crickets*

A radio or TV tuner would be a good thing to have. (You can get scanner FM radios for a buck, and some portables use pocket TVs anyways...

Are there any homebrew MP3 player kits that can output analog video?

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:46 pm

like to watch movies on or what?

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:34 pm

bicostp wrote:Are there any homebrew MP3 player kits that can output analog video?

mp3s arent that interesting to watch

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:56 pm

No, I mean a menu system you can navigate.

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:09 pm

The media player he spoke of can already play MP3s. Something else, then.

Edit: Here's something I've been considering working into a portable. Basically, the receiver for a wireless pinhole camera. I've got one that runs off 12v but haven't tested it with less yet. Should be interesting though. The camera itself can be run off a 9v battery. Now, if there were a cheap & compact solution to record the video, I'd be set. But as it is now, everything is too expensive unless you go with tape-based media, which of course I don't.

Edutainment · Post by **Edutainment** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:57 pm

I know I'm a little late to the thread. I don't know about you guys, but I'm putting a self destruct button on mine.

Post by **Skyone** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:10 pm

And I started freaking out when I saw a Retromaster post.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:34 pm

Edutainment wrote:I know I'm a little late to the thread. I don't know about you guys, but I'm putting a self destruct button on mine.

Li-Polys sans protection circuit!

(Sorry Gamelver!)