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Question would it be possible to (in true LTT fashion) take apart a modern tv and build a PC inside while still being able to use the TV normally?
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If it is thick enough, with enough free space inside, and with a competent engineer (both hardware and software), sure.
Or, you just mount a tiny NUC or Beelink on the back, and no one will know the difference.
Or, you just mount a tiny NUC or Beelink on the back, and no one will know the difference.
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The smarter thing to do is buy one of those vesa monitor mounted mini Computers. Even if LTT was to pull it off even he admitted in a past video nothing they build makes it past there video. It's broken down and boxed or sold or auctioned off.
And we are talking a modern TV right. Put you hand in a cathode vintage TV and nice knowing you.
And we are talking a modern TV right. Put you hand in a cathode vintage TV and nice knowing you.
DIY Perks.
For the TV. The size is necessary for the TV to function. If you got a CRT TV and replaced the panel with an Lcd, then there is plenty of room, but to keep the CRT would mean the computer guts would interfere.
Also if you use an old TV, proper precaution should be taken since they can kill you if you improperly tinker with it.
For the TV. The size is necessary for the TV to function. If you got a CRT TV and replaced the panel with an Lcd, then there is plenty of room, but to keep the CRT would mean the computer guts would interfere.
Also if you use an old TV, proper precaution should be taken since they can kill you if you improperly tinker with it.
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Flat screen TVs can kill you as well, they also operate on 110-240V AC and if you touch the wrong part while it's on you get just as big a shock as with an CRT.
Just saying.
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Obviously, I would unplug said TV if I were to attempt this. All the TVs I have are wall-mounted so I would have to take them off the wall and unplug them anyway.
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Sure, a NUC or something like one of the SBC could probably be tucked away somewhere. It would require a bit of engineering to pull appropriate power, to undo one of the video inputs off the back to run inside instead. Other concerns would be keyboard connection, how to reset the unit if required, as well as the loss of all other I/O because it is inaccessible.
To be fair, most modern smart TV can do a lot of things a low end 'computer' can do. Where it sounds like a neat idea, it would probably turn into more hassle than it is worth.
To be fair, most modern smart TV can do a lot of things a low end 'computer' can do. Where it sounds like a neat idea, it would probably turn into more hassle than it is worth.
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And for YEARS they could do so.
My dad got himself blown across a room fooling around in one those old sets.
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I was thinking more along the lines of a high-end gaming PC, but you make some good points.
How so? (other than the obvious streaming and web browser) I am pretty sure a modern smart TV cannot game locally. hence the idea of putting a high-end gaming PC in or maybe behind the TV while still retaining all the functionality of the original PC.
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If you did install one of the choices USAFRet suggested.
Than lets say you had the mini PC even Velcro mounted on the back of the TV still hidden and yes NOT a high-end gaming PC per say. But if you streamed your games on steam your high end gaming PC in your cool gaming room would be doing all the work.
The mini PC would be a gateway from TV to your better computer in the other room.
When not gaming those mini computers pack a good punch now a days. Food for thought
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That's a good point, and I have used steam link to stream to my iPhone and then I wanted to mirror it to my TV, but this did not work. I got an image on the TV, but it was just that, an image it didn't update or anything. I have also used Geforce Now for game streaming and while I don't think it was the service's fault, I had a terrible experience on my 25mbps internet.
I'm currently watching an old 28in widescreen CRT upstairs in the bedroom. It's a big cabinet and there might be room for a very small PC inside. I've repaired numerous CRT sets in the past and always discharge the 25kV final anode supply on the side of the CRT before work commences. Not sure how I'd interface a GPU with the SCART input.
The top half of my 55in OLED screen downstairs is a sheet of glass 1/4in thick, so nowhere inside to hide anything.
I prefer the idea of hiding a NUC behind a modern screen. No need to create space inside a TV designed to be as slim as possible.
The top half of my 55in OLED screen downstairs is a sheet of glass 1/4in thick, so nowhere inside to hide anything.
I prefer the idea of hiding a NUC behind a modern screen. No need to create space inside a TV designed to be as slim as possible.
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The problem there is people change PCs and components a LOT more often than the TV.
If I had a TV that was also the PC, Windows Vista level hardware.
Simply unplugging a TV is not enough to discharge it. It still can kill you with no power going to it as a CRT holds several thousand volts unplugged and draws in residual electricity. It also contains poisonous gazes and can blow up into shards of glass. The lcd isn't as dangerous.
But Yea if you want ideas on how to do this reference DIY Perks. He does stuff like this.
But Yea if you want ideas on how to do this reference DIY Perks. He does stuff like this.
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Also a CRT is very much closed up with very little air getting in or out and it produces quite a bit of heat on its own so a high end PC will not be that high end due to all the throttling that will be happening.
Another thing is how extremely dirty CRTs become inside, a PC will not survive very long in there without constant cleaning.
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not much except maybe a better CPU (I am not sure how powerful the CPUs inside modern TVs are, if anyone does know feel free to share)
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I do to still play NTSC laser disks. Had that stuff since the 80's. There are still uses for CRT's but not many. Miss my old
NEC 6FG 27" PPC monitor.
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