Before the Nintendo Switch , iPhone , and even the Game Boy , the 1986 Sony Watchman was my first gadget obsession . When the digital television receiver switchover happened a few class ago , my hand-held telecasting was banish to a drawer as there ’s now nothing to watch on it . But that ’s why I ’m passing excited to see thatsomeone has figured out how to get their Switch runningon its tiny , black - and - white screen .
give how scarce the Sony Watchman has become , I especially wish that this ward-heeler is aggregator - friendly . It does n’t require you to open or make any modifications to the classical portable TV .
What YouTube’sMy Mate VINCEinstead did was connect his Nintendo Switch ’s digital HDMI line to an parallel converter , which was then piped into an old videocassette recorder which converted the signal to RF . Wiring the VCR to an antenna , with a signal booster in - between , essentially created a low - power plagiariser TV station the Watchman could be tuned into .
Is it a better solution than just using the Nintendo Switch ’s own screen ? Absolutely not . This is a hack for taxicab ’s sake , but it warm my heart knowing that my dear Watchman still might have a few more thaumaturgy up its arm .
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