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EEVblog => EEVblog Specific => Topic started by: @rt on May 30, 2018, 05:20:47 am

Title: Can’t find old video
Post by: @rt on May 30, 2018, 05:20:47 am

Hello,
I’ve been looking without success for an older EEVBlog video
about a promotional media player that was made cheaply,
and mounted on some card, as a promotional item for a product.

IIRC there was mentioned that some people hacked them to
play arbitrary video content.

Any help with a link or better description of the item in question
would be appreciated.

Title: Re: Can’t find old video
Post by: @rt on May 30, 2018, 06:47:23 am

Thanks :) That might be the problem. I didn’t remember it bing part of a mailbag, but it makes sense.

Title: Re: Can’t find old video
Post by: EEVblog on May 30, 2018, 10:50:32 am

Yep, that was in a mailbag, search "EEVblog Playboy"  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1HKzxZoxA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1HKzxZoxA)

Title: Re: Can’t find old video
Post by: @rt on May 30, 2018, 05:15:49 pm

Ah cool, thanks :)
That’s close, but it was a little different, and mainly white.

Title: Re: Can’t find old video
Post by: grythumn on May 30, 2018, 09:44:34 pm

Wasn't there an ARM-based video player embedded in cardboard, played a drug ad or something for a doctor's office? I can't find the video, though.

Title: Re: Can’t find old video
Post by: Brumby on May 31, 2018, 02:12:54 am

Quote from: grythumn on May 30, 2018, 09:44:34 pm

Wasn't there an ARM-based video player embedded in cardboard, played a drug ad or something for a doctor's office? I can't find the video, though.

That's sounding familiar - and more recent than #331, too.

Title: Re: Can’t find old video
Post by: @rt on May 31, 2018, 01:02:23 pm

IIRC Dave specifically said they have been hacked by hobbyists. I have a friend who is chasing some to be made for a company.
There are greeting cards which fit the bill, but the cardboard would have to be custom printed.