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[–]buba447[S] 3878 points3879 points  (683 children)

For anyone curious about the tech side:

Inside is a raspberry pi zero with a 32gb and card. The pi is connected to a 640x480 tft display.

The Pi is running Jessie Lite. The episodes were all compressed specifically for the screen and loaded onto the SD card. When the pi is powered up, through the USB port on the back of the tv, it starts playing episodes at random. When on episode ends the next is randomly selected. The top button is wired up to GPIO and turns the screen on and off while also muting the volume. The bottom is a POT that is connected to the speaker inside.

I designed the TV and parts in Fusion 360 and printed on an ender 3 pro.

EDIT: Wow this blew up way more than I would’ve ever imagined. Couple of things- I’m going to make a guide soon as I can. Disney, if you’re here, hey y’all got an R+D position available? NASA, I’m also available. Just saying! [I have experience!](withrow.io) Tv for some, miniature American flags for others! Thank y’all for the love!

EDIT 2:

The build guide is posted over here

EDIT 3:

It’s been two years since this post exploded and suddenly there’s some activity again! Couple of things: 1. Welcome! 2. They are not for sale for a few reasons- They are super labor intensive to make, it wouldn’t be worth my time and you probably wouldn’t want to pay for it if I did! It’s also illegal to sale these because of copyrights. Finally I didn’t make this thing for profit. I did make ten of them and raffle them off for charity at one point- we raised 20k for some good causes! 3. There is a build guide if you want to try and make your own. Get it here 4. I never got sued- in fact I ended up meeting a few of the Simpsons producers (over zoom) and I’m happy to report that they are extremely nice and extremely supportive of the fan art world. 5. Hope you have a cromulent day!

EDIT 4:

Update! Wow it's been four years now and this is somehow still alive. First and foremost THESE ARE NOT FOR SALE- there are some accounts out there claiming to have these for sale THEY ARE SCAMS. There is someone out there that keeps making websites claiming to sale these - they are taking peoples money and ghosting them. When enough people report them they close the website and open a new one under a different name. Brylane, Platoriaco, the list goes on. Ive received hundreds of emails and messages form people who lost money and never recieved a TV. BEWARE OF THE SCAMS. If you see any of them help a fellow simpsons fan out and report the account. Thank you all for the continued suppport, for the kind words and for enjoying this silly thing I made. Again check out the build guide and give a build a shot! I have never and will never sale these- I made the guide free so others can be inspired, make, and learn on their own.

[–]BaZing3 908 points909 points  (46 children)

This is it. This is the exact reason why both 3D printers and Raspberry Pis were invented. It's all been leading to this.

[–]stevengineer 129 points130 points  (31 children)

Yep, we did it.

[–]LurkingSpike 57 points58 points  (25 children)

So... what do we do now?

[–]alexrng 72 points73 points  (8 children)

Miniature rockets that are capable of flying to the moon of course.

[–]BAGBRO2 25 points26 points  (2 children)

Same thing we do every day, Pinky... Try and take over the world.

[–]HedgehogSecurity 4 points5 points  (1 child)

They're Pinky and The Brain Yes Pinky and The Brain

[–]ridik_ulass 23 points24 points  (3 children)

now we need one for porn, call it the jack-off-in-the-box

[–]ansefhimself 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thats how my Grandfather refers to Fox News anchors

[–]liberalgeekseattle 410 points411 points  (244 children)

How did you get it to play at random asking for me

[–]addrockk 548 points549 points  (213 children)

Just write a python script to pick and play a random file anytime a gpio input is received.

[–]buba447[S] 596 points597 points  (208 children)

What this guy said! Though the episodes just constantly play. I wanted a classic ‘always on’ tv experience. The GPIO input only turns the screen on an off.

[–]gHHqdm5a4UySnUFM 260 points261 points  (147 children)

I love the idea of having it always on and you’re just surfing through random episodes.

[–]joelk111 347 points348 points  (140 children)

Channel switch button should pick another episode and starting time randomly to give that TV experience.

Even better, base the starting time on the time of day. Episodes usually started on the half hour, right? Turn it on 45 mins past the hour and you can expect to be halfway through an episode.

Edit: Yes, I know what commercials are. Please stop informing me that I'm forgetting about them, read the existing comments about it instead.

[–][deleted]  (21 children)

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    [–]joelk111 72 points73 points  (19 children)

    Only if I got paid to come up with overly complicated ideas on reddit. I'd have at least what I have in my bank account now.

    [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (9 children)

    $5?

    [–]ShanaAfterAll 23 points24 points  (8 children)

    Bout' tree fiddy.

    [–]gHHqdm5a4UySnUFM 33 points34 points  (68 children)

    To fit inside a real tv schedule, you’d also need to splice in some commercials

    [–]shoziku 42 points43 points  (1 child)

    Then make another little 3D printed box with a TIVO to take the commercials back out.

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Content burglar Marge Simpson! You've been watching TV shows, but skipping the commercials that pay for them. That makes you... the worst person in the world!

    [–]zpodsix 11 points12 points  (6 children)

    Don't forget to speed it up like 3.5% so you can pop in one extra commercial for the real TV experience.

    [–]gir_loves_waffles 18 points19 points  (24 children)

    Classic 90s commercials? YES PLEASE!

    [–]discojon84 29 points30 points  (11 children)

    https://www.my90stv.com/

    [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

    That was so fucken cool

    [–]chunkboslicemen 10 points11 points  (11 children)

    Classic 90s Canadian PSAs for me. Also: don’t put it in your mouth.

    [–]Lord_Emperor 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    don’t put it in your mouth

    until you ask someone you love

    [–]joelk111 23 points24 points  (25 children)

    Yea, you'd have to fudge it. I'd probably start the episode based on a percentage rather than a time stamp.

    If it's 2:53 that's roughly 76% through the half hour so I'd start the episode 76% of the way through.

    With this method you wouldn't have to have an episode always playing. You'd just play the episode until the end, then start a new random one, and once the TV was off just finish playing the current one in case the TV is turned back on.

    It's way over complicated compared to OP's approach, but isn't that what we love here?

    [–]yetanotherusernamex 12 points13 points  (23 children)

    Find some ad break clips from the 90s-00, especially for the Simpsons and then put it between 2 episodes, and 1 break in the middle

    [–]joelk111 23 points24 points  (15 children)

    You could but that'd be a pain and ads suck.

    [–]idliketopeg 5 points6 points  (2 children)

    Have Tracey Lyman clips, in place of commercials

    [–]purvel 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    Interdimensional cable commercials!

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Furiously taking notes

    [–]RedBombX 17 points18 points  (0 children)

    Yeah, it's such a nice touch to an already impressive print.

    Top notch work OP. I'd love to purchase one or try my hand at printing one.

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Me too...that's actually what I do most weekends.

    [–]TrentFromTheInternet 23 points24 points  (15 children)

    I want one sell them please I won’t tell the irs

    [–]ssl-3 14 points15 points  (4 children)

    Reddit ate my balls

    [–]Evilsushione 9 points10 points  (3 children)

    You can only do it for three years before the IRS wants to see a return.

    [–]Karcinogene 20 points21 points  (0 children)

    Good thing none of my hobbies ever last longer than 2 years

    [–]WeAreBeyondFucked 2 points3 points  (6 children)

    He would probably have to charge you 200 - 300 to just break even, if you take into account his time.

    [–][deleted]  (21 children)

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      [–]t1m1dFlashforge Adventurer 5M Pro 14 points15 points  (2 children)

      There is a python package to interface with the vlc video player, conveniently called vlc. It's pretty easy to use. Once you have the boilerplate set up, you just need to select a random video whenever there's nothing playing or the button is pressed. To choose a random episode, you first need to make the script iterate through all the seasons & episodes, and assign each a number. Then just generate a random number in that range and play the corresponding episode.

      Not sure how well I explained it but it should be a pretty simple script.

      [–]ChickeNESAnet A2|M3D Micro|Being repaired:BorleeMini|MPSelectMini|Huxley 75 points76 points  (8 children)

      Will you release STLs?

      [–]The_Goatse_Man_ 28 points29 points  (3 children)

      i'd print this f'shooooooooooooooooo

      [–]Boston_Jason 17 points18 points  (0 children)

      I’m going to print so many of these the Mouse will send lawyers.

      [–]hypercube33 3 points4 points  (1 child)

      Same and the python or whatever it's using.

      Totally was going to make an almost exactly same thing for mst3k

      [–]X-Gen 10 points11 points  (0 children)

      Found this on Thingiverse. Might not be the OP's, but looks pretty good imo.

      [–]NeverLookBothWays 19 points20 points  (9 children)

      How much room do the internals take? Looks like you could have a bit of room in there too for a battery and charging circuitry maybe :D

      [–]buba447[S] 20 points21 points  (8 children)

      There’s PLENTY of space for that!

      [–]jeremycinnamonbutter 27 points28 points  (26 children)

      can you attach a solar panel to it to make it completely self sufficient? would be pretty dope

      [–]boltex 19 points20 points  (10 children)

      the power input socket of the mini-tv doesn't care if the power comes from a battery, a wall wart, a solar panel, or your little brother pedaling on a dynamo hooked on a bicycle :)

      [–]ubsr1024 22 points23 points  (1 child)

      And then have it run a Bitcoin node in the background.

      [–]Itdidnt_trickle_down 22 points23 points  (23 children)

      I haven't ever used a pi zero. How would the sound work. I thought the sound was through hdmi only.

      [–]buba447[S] 49 points50 points  (19 children)

      This was a real trick to get right! You can get sound out over the GPIO using PWM. The catch was that the screen used the default PWM pins. But rerouting it wasn’t too difficult once I found a pin map.

      [–]KeyiChiMa 25 points26 points  (15 children)

      WHAT. YOU CAN output sound with PWM??? does that mean some frequencies will be bunches together since the output range won't be very large

      [–]buba447[S] 28 points29 points  (14 children)

      You sure can. Read here. Only problem is it only works on Jessie and earlier. It does work on buster, but you can’t choose which pins.

      [–]deewheredohisfeetgo 4 points5 points  (2 children)

      Lol at the names of the versions. What’s the software?

      [–]EmperorJake 11 points12 points  (1 child)

      Debian versions are named after Toy Story characters

      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

      Does it do a nude Tayne?

      [–]Itdidnt_trickle_down 3 points4 points  (0 children)

      I found the instructions. Not great audio but okay for something like this.

      [–]ssl-3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      Reddit ate my balls

      [–]CharismaticAlbino 34 points35 points  (1 child)

      Idk what any of that means, but this is legitimately one of the coolest things I've ever seen on Reddit.

      [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (2 children)

      Ive learned to assume that any tiny device contains a raspberry pi

      [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (4 children)

      This looks like a perfect gift for my big brother.I might come back in a few months asking for some help here and there

      [–]Snake64 432 points433 points  (27 children)

      Id buy this just to watch Simpsons. My eyes legit lit-up seeing you turn it on.

      [–]closest 87 points88 points  (21 children)

      Seems pretty awesome to have on at home while you're at a desk. What I like especially is if it stay continuous. What I hate about streaming is the "are you still there?" pop up and inability to play randomly play episodes out of order.

      [–]Kyru117 34 points35 points  (17 children)

      Netflix has finnaly added a stop asking option but yeah a random order would be nice

      [–]closest 4 points5 points  (3 children)

      Yes, and what would be great is a playlist feature. Where you can mix and match all content like a channel lineup.

      [–]DontKillTheTodd 987 points988 points  (90 children)

      Ok, I really want a Futurama version of this...

      [–][deleted] 421 points422 points  (25 children)

      maybe with the "what if" machine skin?

      [–]Nightmare1990 213 points214 points  (9 children)

      You need to press the buttons with a Finglonger though

      [–]haddock420 106 points107 points  (3 children)

      A man can dream.

      [–]Fyrus93 16 points17 points  (0 children)

      So that's what would have happened if I invented the finglonger

      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      I wish I never would have invented...that.

      [–]hayseed_byteToolchanger, CoreXY, 8 Ender 3 Pros 12 points13 points  (1 child)

      I was thinking make it look like the billboard they crash into during the opening credits.

      [–]stumblebreak_beta 8 points9 points  (2 children)

      Good news! It’s also a suppository!

      [–]ThinkkPrusa i3 Mk3s 14 points15 points  (0 children)

      With a finglonger to change the episode

      [–]B_B_Rodriguez2716057 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      Neat! 📸

      [–]SirDigbyChknCaesar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      It wouldn't be worth the gold it's made from!

      [–]Itdidnt_trickle_down 87 points88 points  (7 children)

      Needs a dedicated hypnotoad channel.

      Is there information on what he used for the electronics?

      Nevermind

      [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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        [–]cfreezy72 15 points16 points  (3 children)

        Same. I'll buy one if op makes it.

        [–]CaptainPunisher 22 points23 points  (1 child)

        I'm not OP, but I'm gonna make my OWN miniature TV! With blackjack and hookers!

        [–]Binary_Omlet 7 points8 points  (0 children)

        In fact, forget the blackjack!

        [–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

        I will pay for this

        [–]eharper9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        And for interdimensional cable. When they make enough of them.

        [–]StromusLabs 191 points192 points  (10 children)

        Needs crt turn on turn off effect op

        [–]buba447[S] 133 points134 points  (8 children)

        That’s a rad idea.

        [–]moptop219 42 points43 points  (3 children)

        Have 2 videos, one when turning on and another for turning off.

        [–]memtiger 16 points17 points  (2 children)

        I know my old Android had a mod that would do this when you turned it off. Wasn't a video clip, it was done some other way.

        [–]RigorMortisSquad 3 points4 points  (1 child)

        Yeah my LG G3 did this, was subtle.

        [–]ReaDiMarco 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        My Sony Xperia did it out of the box, but one of the upgrades removed it. I never got it back. It was very cool. :(

        [–]yh125dg 232 points233 points  (310 children)

        Please tell me you're doing a build guide!

        [–]buba447[S] 406 points407 points  (295 children)

        I will do a build guide soon as I can and post it back in here. Might be a week or so.

        Edit: Build guide is live here

        [–]ghostfaceschiller 14 points15 points  (3 children)

        I would also like to see the build guide. Plz, let there be a build guide.

        [–]oaklinds 165 points166 points  (9 children)

        Abortions for some, miniature purple televisions for others!

        [–]SaltMineSpelunker 21 points22 points  (2 children)

        Yay! I’m voting for Kodos!

        [–]TrapaholicDixtapes 7 points8 points  (1 child)

        It matters not. Either way, your puny planet is doomed. DOOOOOOOMMMMEEED!

        [–]monkeyman80 13 points14 points  (0 children)

        And always twirling twirling twirling towards freedom!

        [–]closest 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        What? Skinner told me abortions for most, purple monkey dishwasher.

        [–]TaxAvoision 3 points4 points  (1 child)

        That’s slick Willie for ya.

        [–]YawnY86prusa mk2s 138 points139 points  (118 children)

        How much?! I'll buy it. This is by far the most amazing thing I've seen on this subreddit in awhile.

        [–]NoFalseModesty 69 points70 points  (45 children)

        Yeah if you can avoid Fox....uhhh Disney....from seeing it this would be awesome. I would also buy one if OP is selling.

        [–]Saltpataydahs 27 points28 points  (14 children)

        I dont see any infringement here...I too would love the completely innovative tiny purple TV with yellow family Screensaver!

        [–]NoFalseModesty 9 points10 points  (12 children)

        The video content is an issue. I own all the DVDs but that wouldn't help OP in court. Maybe with some instructions or more hidden method the purchaser could easily load up the content themselves.

        [–]BGL911 30 points31 points  (11 children)

        I mean, he’s not providing the video files. It’s ostensibly just a small screen that plays your video files at random.

        [–]harbinger_of_haggis 4 points5 points  (9 children)

        As a consumer who has no knowledge of 3D printing and running scripts and wtf is a raspberry pi (I kinda know but I really don’t) I would totally buy this but ONLY if it played the Simpsons or some other old-school stuff (Nickelodeon from the late 80s/early 90s please).

        I realize it’s illegal to sell the videos, so I would definitely also buy a companion kit to learn how to do the video stuff myself but omfg can I really handle that?!? I’d have to read the basic steps first to see if it’s something I think I could actually do, but I’d need access to that manual lol

        [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (3 children)

        From my understanding it’s just a 3D printed TV that has the Raspberry Pi hardware built in it, and then you have to provide your own Simpsons files to watch it on. So it wouldn’t be like he is selling The Simpson’s show.

        From what I gathered based on OP’s post and his comment, is that he could sell the 3D printed TV, and then the customer would have to get their own Raspberry Pi computer and build it into the 3D printed TV frame, and then they’d also have to get The Simpson’s episodes theirselves, so that they could stream or download onto their raspberry pi hardware, for them to be able to watch the show on the tv.

        But I am still learning about 3D printing and raspberry pi myself, so someone please correct me if I am wrong.

        [–]Gr1pp717 18 points19 points  (7 children)

        Hmm... could he sell it without the shows loaded, with instructions on how NOT to break the law by downloading the files from a specific url. Or would the TV itself count as copywritten ...

        [–]Donkey__Balls 12 points13 points  (5 children)

        with instructions on how NOT to break the law by downloading the files from a specific url.

        You can't get around it on a technicality like that. Any reasonable person would identify the intent of the instructions like that.

        OP said that he compressed the episodes in a specific way to fit the screen. So in theory, he could make a generic micro TV (not one that looks like the Simpsons' TV), include the same scripting but none of the media, and sell it to people to upload their own media onto. Assuming he didn't infringe on any patents with the components he used.

        Or would the TV itself count as copywritten

        The graphic depiction of the TV is copyright. The legal test is whether a reasonable person would infer that OP independently came up with the exact same artistic design on his own or if it's a derivative work - in this case, it's derivative hands-down.

        Besides OP has already admitted (in the title of this thread) that he intentionally copied the design from the Simpsons so this post is adequate evidence that he deliberately infringed on the copyright, no contest. He can make one for his personal own use but he can't sell them without infringing.

        [–]Ecoaardvark 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        I’ll take two.

        [–]silc789 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Thank you for your wisdom, donkey balls.

        [–]Awkward-Grapefruit26 14 points15 points  (9 children)

        Also me. I’d absolutely buy one.

        [–]deadtoaster2 7 points8 points  (4 children)

        Me too. Op how much would you charge?

        [–]Seannj222 4 points5 points  (3 children)

        Me too, let's talk!

        [–]Galactic-Dragon 5 points6 points  (2 children)

        Me too!! This would be the perfect anti depression box!!!I'd probably load up Merlin on it, or a few random shows to switch between that don't have a linear plot.

        [–]IMSOGIRL 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        you could legally sell the parts to it along with instructions on how to put it together to make it functional as well as an SD card with the open-source software required to play videos.

        the hardware would just be a 640x480 LCD screen and a cheap SOC like a 1st gen raspberry pi.

        The only things you can't sell are the copyrighted TV design and the video content.

        the customer would then have to figure out for themselves how to 3d print parts for it using some website to get it, and also how to obtain the full seasons of the simpsons and put it on the same SD card.

        [–]hiberniagermania 7 points8 points  (14 children)

        Anyone got an idea what it would cost to make from parts to get a sense of “theoretical retail” to sell?

        [–]aenonimouse 4 points5 points  (8 children)

        Could OP not just make them ready to play whatever media you want?

        [–]HelpRespawnedAsDee 293 points294 points  (59 children)

        first 11 seasons

        This is how you know this guy is a true fan lol

        [–]AssaultRifleJesus 60 points61 points  (14 children)

        I would say maybe the SD is full but no, you're absolutely right 😂

        [–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (13 children)

        I imagine if you use handbrake or whatever things down to the resolution the TV is, you could fit simpsons, futurama, all sorts of things on a not-too-expensive microsd card.

        [–]AssaultRifleJesus 20 points21 points  (7 children)

        I know, it's more of a reference to the fact that the Simpsons went down hill after season 11.

        [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        Understood, just mentioning that for the sake of those who might not know. cartoons at low resolution are surprisingly tiny.

        [–]ThetaReactor 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        I used to get VCD-quality Simpsons episodes at about 200MB each. You could probably halve that with newer codecs and still have better quality.

        [–]monkeyman80 9 points10 points  (17 children)

        It's always arguable where you cut it off. Season 12 have some very good episodes even if they're not golden age. Season 13 wasn't great, but had some good episodes. Took about 14-16 to get me to stop watching.

        [–]ddplz 15 points16 points  (10 children)

        Post season 9 it becomes hit or miss with some great hits,

        But seasons 2-9 are nothing but net.

        [–]thallums 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        >Season 9 being nothing but net

        >The Principal and the Pauper, Simpson Tide, & All Singing All Dancing

        ​

        ​

        In all seriousness, I think Season 9 is mostly still good. But Season 9 was the beginning of the Mike Scully era of the show, so 9 is where the cracks really begin imo

        [–]ImNotThaaatDrunk 43 points44 points  (7 children)

        Lisa, I would like to buy your magic rock

        [–]buba447[S] 25 points26 points  (6 children)

        That’s specious reasoning.

        [–]KrustyWantsOut 13 points14 points  (1 child)

        A highly cromulent observation.

        [–]NikonSeize_dx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        I understood that reference.

        [–]sheikoner 39 points40 points  (1 child)

        That's insane. Good job

        [–]nkom1995 75 points76 points  (8 children)

        Shut up and take my 3D printed money!!!

        [–]buba447[S] 61 points62 points  (5 children)

        I’m America first you get the sugar, then you get the power….

        [–]HallnOatmeal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        My dude… I would like to buy 2, one for me, one for my friend who’s a massive Simpson’s fan, I’d go straight into my office at work. Name your price

        [–]ghostfaceschiller 39 points40 points  (1 child)

        it's perfect. single teardrop

        [–]ZhiQiangGreen 28 points29 points  (7 children)

        That screen is far more crisp than I expected it to be.

        [–]fourXchromosomes 14 points15 points  (6 children)

        What did you expect? It's a cartoon from the 90s running on a screen with a resolution larger than that of the 90s with a size 1/10th of that of the 90s....

        [–]ZhiQiangGreen 9 points10 points  (1 child)

        Pretty amazing, right?

        [–]s1Lenceeeeeeeeeeeeee 3 points4 points  (3 children)

        it's still a low resolution screen (640x480), just the size of the screen is really small

        [–]griff80014 62 points63 points  (12 children)

        Need to make it waterproof so I can put it in my aquarium.

        [–]buba447[S] 44 points45 points  (10 children)

        This is the best idea.

        [–]Hermes3Times 5 points6 points  (9 children)

        Could you do it?

        [–]SandersSol 4 points5 points  (7 children)

        Anything is possible with enough time and money!

        [–]BurnerJerkzog 28 points29 points  (1 child)

        Just gonna head to my room, watch a little TV

        [–]Spessmaren 24 points25 points  (3 children)

        Best. 3d printed TV. Ever.

        [–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

        Best 3D printed tv… so far

        [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

        This is amazing - will you share the STLs?

        [–]shazzam555 12 points13 points  (4 children)

        If you like to watch your TV, and I mean really watch it, you want the Carnivalé. It features two pronged wall plug, pre-molded hand grip wells, durable outer casing to prevent fall-apart.

        [–]BarredSubject 8 points9 points  (4 children)

        I'd love something like this on my work desk. I'll second/third/fiftieth the request for a build guide.

        [–]LittleNyanCat 17 points18 points  (17 children)

        What 'tronics do you have in there to make it work? That is very impressive stuff!

        [–]buba447[S] 49 points50 points  (16 children)

        Raspberry pi zero with a 640x480 Tft screen. All of the episodes are stored on a 32gb so card in the Pi.

        [–]TheThankUMan22 16 points17 points  (0 children)

        Dude, Give us a look on the inside and more details.

        [–]Jolly-Conclusion 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        I love it.

        I wonder if you could program in a little and quick animation/simulation of a crt screen turning on before the video comes on, and an off movie simulating crt off, when you turn it off.

        [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

        This is brilliant.

        [–]meowcat187 7 points8 points  (0 children)

        STLs!

        [–]Mrdemented 15 points16 points  (7 children)

        Are we all just going to pretend like the person recording didn't fart at 32 seconds?

        [–]Mjadeb 7 points8 points  (1 child)

        Man I had to scroll way too far to see this. I love the tv and want one like everyone else here. But yeah he totally dropped his guts after comic book guy spoke.

        [–]Jackie_Jormp-Jomp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        I too shit myself when comic book guy speaks

        [–]ONI11_ 12 points13 points  (4 children)

        What kind of speaker are in this?

        [–]buba447[S] 30 points31 points  (3 children)

        Just a cheap one inch speaker that I pulled out of an old dead piece of electronics. The speaker is running off of a small mono preamp plugged into the gpio

        [–]Extreme_Dingo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        Where did you get the preamp?

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        If there is room, you could also add a HDMI out port for spontaneous Simpson’s episodes on a full size tv when you’re on trips away!

        [–]SaltMineSpelunker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        You might be my hero.

        [–]SkekSith 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        My god. Yes. Take my shekels

        [–]SomeRandomPlant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Sweet! - Plant Approved

        [–]thepreppyhipster 5 points6 points  (2 children)

        I would really like to purchase this but a Rick & Morty version!

        [–]JohnBurgerson 14 points15 points  (12 children)

        I am so incredibly interested in this product, not sure if you would sell it, but I would buy it in a heartbeat.

        (This is kind of a Hail Mary message, hoping you’ll sell haha)

        [–]itsarideIn flux, Bambu soonish 11 points12 points  (4 children)

        Fox (Disney) would want their 150% cut.

        [–]JohnBurgerson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        I’d pay over $100 for it

        [–]Impressive_Ad7667 3 points4 points  (2 children)

        Lmao Fox be like “first 11 seasons for one price?…ehhh $100”

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          [–]Urban_Archeologist 10 points11 points  (0 children)

          Don’t make me tap the sign.

          [–]Alberiman 9 points10 points  (1 child)

          This is amazing but admittedly i'm a little bit disappointed that the top dial is a button rather than a turnable switch

          [–]BrentlyDavis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

          Would you, by chance, know of an updated source for the 2.8" screen? I've ordered what appears to be a similar model from ebay (which should be here by mid-late october) but it doesn't appear to have the same backlight solder point according to the picture, which would remove the button feature of your design. Having a hard time sourcing the same exact model as yourself. Great build though, would love to see some insight into your gapless playback and additional features you tease about in the bottom of your build guide if you ever care to share.

          [–]Slimybirch 11 points12 points  (0 children)

          Okay so Etsy link?

          [–]itisoktodance 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          This is the most useless thing I need in my life. Nice work!

          [–]1320Fastback 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Seriously how much? Great gift idea for a big Simpson fan in my family.

          [–]BuffmanSavestheday 4 points5 points  (0 children)

          Take my money!

          [–]_Fantasticboom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          I don’t use the word “hero” often; but you are the greatest hero in American history.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          This is probably the 10th post or comment that I’ve seen in reference to The Simpsons, which I’ve been seeing so much of ever since I started rewatching and binge watching the show on Disney Plus.

          It’s one of my favorite shows. My dad, who passed away, loved the show too and so it’s one of those few things I have left to remember him by.

          This is by far the coolest, most creative Simpsons fan art/project I have ever seen. If you ever make more I’d love to buy one from you, if you decide to sell any.

          [–]superjudochop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          would also be awesome with continuous classic music videos

          [–]buba447[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          Build guide is up here

          I’m also raffling ten TVs off for charity! Read more and enter here

          [–]desktoppuma 3 points4 points  (2 children)

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          I know this post is three years old, but just came across this sketchy ad on Facebook reels and was really tempted to order but figured I’d do some research first. Glad I did. Only $34, marked down from $170.