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Don't sleep on that Shank Mods video linked at the end, it's insane that he managed to pull that off. He also made a second video (not linked) which shows off

by jsheard 10mo ago

Don't sleep on that Shank Mods video linked at the end, it's insane that he managed to pull that off. He also made a second video (not linked) which shows off more of the actual hardware. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgkw3uu19V8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgkw3uu19V8

HardwareLust 10mo ago
Those two videos are the real story here.
mercwear 10mo ago
Link to the video where he goes to get the tv (diff channel, same creator): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZxOuc9Qwk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZxOuc9Qwk
giancarlostoro 10mo ago
What's wild is this TV was not mass produced, which added to the cost, plus the shipping costs. Not only did he get the TV but he got the premium model too, I think Sony intentionally gave the restaurant that model so they could take some marketing photos, and sure enough, that was it.
- actionfromafar 10mo ago
  I didn’t catch that in the video? The part about marketing photos in the restaurant?
  - giancarlostoro 10mo ago
    I'm really trying to read between the lines of what the previous owner said really, mostly because there's no other photos of the TV, and it was so rare people thought it was a fake flex product. I have a feeling they sold to very very few people.
- yftsui 10mo ago
  Sony didn’t give it to the restaurant; instead the restaurant purchased it during Japan’s economic boom.
  - giancarlostoro 10mo ago
    Something feels off about that, somehow it was the only photo of the TV. Its like if he was the only one interested in a big TV?
    - Animats 10mo ago
      Beyond some size, antique items become less valuable, because of the sheer headaches of moving and storing them. This thing qualifies. Antique Teletype machines are not very expensive. People have bought Linotype machines for $200. Trying to find a home for a locomotive is very tough. (When the Pacific Locomotive Society lost their lease at Hunter's Point Naval Station, they had a big problem. Most of their fleet is now stored at Brightside on the Niles Canyon Railway.)
      - tecleandor 10mo ago
        Like pianos. Unless they are very good, their value tends to go in the negative numbers with time, as you have to move them somehow. In my parents place, an apartment in a second floor, there's an upright Yamaha that my dad bought in the late 70s or early 80s. I think they brought them in through the stairs, but like 10 years ago an elevator was added to the building lobby, and I don't think there is enough space to move it around. I think the piano will remain with the apartment forever :D
        Macha 10mo ago
        Pianos also have a shelf life. It’s usually a couple of decades depending on use and maintenance levels, but eventually maintaining it turns into just building a whole new piano in the same box
      - giancarlostoro 10mo ago
mark-r 10mo ago
The video was posted on HN a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42497093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42497093
gbil 10mo ago
Personal anecdotes from my early mid teen years 1. Touching the circuit board on the back of the CRT tube by mistake trying to troubleshoot image issues, “fortunately” it was a “low” voltage as it was a B&W monitor…. 2. Throwing a big big stone to an abandoned next to the trashcan CRT TV while I had it placed normally because it didn’t break when I threw it facing up and the next thing I remember after opening my eyes which I closed from the bang was my friends who were further down the road looking at me as it I were a ghost since big big chunks for the CRT glass flew just right next to me. CRTs were dangerous in many aspects! EDIT: I meant to reply to the other thread with the dangers of CRTs
- rayiner 10mo ago
  In high school we used them as a high voltage source to make lifters: https://youtu.be/jrfBrrDfdEA https://youtu.be/jrfBrrDfdEA
  - sevensor 10mo ago
    My high school electronics teacher had a screwdriver that was permanently welded to the terminals of a capacitor he’d pulled from a TV set. “This is why you use a resistor to discharge one of these things,” he said.
    - rayiner 10mo ago
      TIL. I always used a screwdriver to discharge those capacitors lol.
- vl 10mo ago
  It was high voltage but low current. I touched high-voltage circuit in the back of TV accidentally while poking in it as a teen, and while it was quite unpleasant, all it did was burn a hole in the skin of my finger. It eventually healed.
- merpkz 10mo ago
  I still have a piece of glass in back of the palm of my right hand. Threw a rock at an old CRT and it exploded, after a couple of hours I noticed a little blood coming out of that part of hand. Many, many years later was doing xray for a broken finger and doctor asked what is that object doing there? I shrugged, doc said, well it looks like it's doing just fine, so might as well stay there. How lucky I am to have both eyes.
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by jsheard 10mo ago

HardwareLust 10mo ago

Those two videos are the real story here.

mercwear 10mo ago

Link to the video where he goes to get the tv (diff channel, same creator): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZxOuc9Qwk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZxOuc9Qwk

giancarlostoro 10mo ago

What's wild is this TV was not mass produced, which added to the cost, plus the shipping costs. Not only did he get the TV but he got the premium model too, I think Sony intentionally gave the restaurant that model so they could take some marketing photos, and sure enough, that was it.

actionfromafar 10mo ago
I didn’t catch that in the video? The part about marketing photos in the restaurant?
- giancarlostoro 10mo ago
  I'm really trying to read between the lines of what the previous owner said really, mostly because there's no other photos of the TV, and it was so rare people thought it was a fake flex product. I have a feeling they sold to very very few people.
yftsui 10mo ago
Sony didn’t give it to the restaurant; instead the restaurant purchased it during Japan’s economic boom.
- giancarlostoro 10mo ago
  Something feels off about that, somehow it was the only photo of the TV. Its like if he was the only one interested in a big TV?
  - Animats 10mo ago
    Beyond some size, antique items become less valuable, because of the sheer headaches of moving and storing them. This thing qualifies. Antique Teletype machines are not very expensive. People have bought Linotype machines for $200. Trying to find a home for a locomotive is very tough. (When the Pacific Locomotive Society lost their lease at Hunter's Point Naval Station, they had a big problem. Most of their fleet is now stored at Brightside on the Niles Canyon Railway.)
    - tecleandor 10mo ago
      Like pianos. Unless they are very good, their value tends to go in the negative numbers with time, as you have to move them somehow. In my parents place, an apartment in a second floor, there's an upright Yamaha that my dad bought in the late 70s or early 80s. I think they brought them in through the stairs, but like 10 years ago an elevator was added to the building lobby, and I don't think there is enough space to move it around. I think the piano will remain with the apartment forever :D
      - Macha 10mo ago
        Pianos also have a shelf life. It’s usually a couple of decades depending on use and maintenance levels, but eventually maintaining it turns into just building a whole new piano in the same box
    - giancarlostoro 10mo ago

mark-r 10mo ago

The video was posted on HN a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42497093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42497093

gbil 10mo ago

Personal anecdotes from my early mid teen years 1. Touching the circuit board on the back of the CRT tube by mistake trying to troubleshoot image issues, “fortunately” it was a “low” voltage as it was a B&W monitor…. 2. Throwing a big big stone to an abandoned next to the trashcan CRT TV while I had it placed normally because it didn’t break when I threw it facing up and the next thing I remember after opening my eyes which I closed from the bang was my friends who were further down the road looking at me as it I were a ghost since big big chunks for the CRT glass flew just right next to me. CRTs were dangerous in many aspects! EDIT: I meant to reply to the other thread with the dangers of CRTs

rayiner 10mo ago
In high school we used them as a high voltage source to make lifters: https://youtu.be/jrfBrrDfdEA https://youtu.be/jrfBrrDfdEA
- sevensor 10mo ago
  My high school electronics teacher had a screwdriver that was permanently welded to the terminals of a capacitor he’d pulled from a TV set. “This is why you use a resistor to discharge one of these things,” he said.
  - rayiner 10mo ago
    TIL. I always used a screwdriver to discharge those capacitors lol.
vl 10mo ago
It was high voltage but low current. I touched high-voltage circuit in the back of TV accidentally while poking in it as a teen, and while it was quite unpleasant, all it did was burn a hole in the skin of my finger. It eventually healed.
merpkz 10mo ago
I still have a piece of glass in back of the palm of my right hand. Threw a rock at an old CRT and it exploded, after a couple of hours I noticed a little blood coming out of that part of hand. Many, many years later was doing xray for a broken finger and doctor asked what is that object doing there? I shrugged, doc said, well it looks like it's doing just fine, so might as well stay there. How lucky I am to have both eyes.

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