If anyone is interested in seeing the real thing, there's an 'old TVs' museum in Toronto, Canada with a bunch:
* Virtual: https://mztv.com/tour/
I just realized that we went from Knob turning -> Channel Flipping -> Infinite Scroll.
It just that with a limited set of channels, we just watch whatever was most interesting.
With Infinite scrolling you're always hoping for something better that might come.
Oooh, this is like a rebirth of YouTube Time Machine, which went defunct awhile back. Ads end up being my favorite... they're such a weird bit of the zeitgeist: prices, style, attention seeking techniques... so interesting.
I'm prone to nostalgia and love projects like this. It's a very unique feeling that's hard to describe. I wonder why we feel these things for the past we've experienced.
They forgot the twang of a degauss coil when powering on those 90s and 00s flatscreens.
I just realized I was listening to news of the 911 attacks in the background for at least 20 minutes. Then heard the sound of static as it changed to a different stream. Super cool, I love this.
This is great. Commercials brought back memories.
You might also like EXPTV https://exptv.org/
Such a cool project! took me back to early 2000 days of watching tv
more addicting than cookie clicker. good god
someone give me the strength to CTRL+F4
Tough to use on mobile.
very cool but a bit awkward to use on mobile
There goes my afternoon
I love this
Some years ago I got hit by the retro TV bug and made one for my dad's 50th birthday [0].
It's fairly simple to put a Pi inside a tv and hook it up, but it does feel almost like the real thing
[0]: https://blog.davidv.dev/posts/revamping-an-old-tv-as-a-gift/