Upgrade Your iPod Nano's Screen The Retro Way
It seems like there's no limit to just how miniature our audio and video devices can be these days. You may remember when we reviewed the MobiBlu MP3 player that's a 1 inch cube with a video screen on one side. That's a bit small to watch comfortably for any length of time, a complaint I'm hearing about the tiny iPod Nano's screen. It's difficult to watch long videos at such tiny proportions.
The video above shows one user's clever take on the problem. He hacked an old 35mm slide viewer, added a pair of internal speakers, and now his Nano is part of a mini-media center. It's a clever solution, and when he opens the case so you can see what's doing inside, it almost looks as if the slide viewer was born 30 years ago just to house the iPod.
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I just tossed one of those away a couple weeks ago. Very cool idea.
Posted by: jordanblock | February 28, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Excellent. I look forward to the confused stares from my seat-mates on the train as I whip out my handy-dandy slide viewer between stops.
Posted by: james | February 29, 2008 at 11:46 AM
This reminds me of the Terry Gilliam movie Brazil, where the computer screens were so small that they had magnifying lenses mounted to them.
Posted by: Sam Jr. | March 01, 2008 at 10:24 AM
what is the name of the song u r playing?
Posted by: Jorge | March 01, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Well, it's not my video, but I do recognize the song. I think that it's the theme from the film Chariots of Fire.
Posted by: bohus | March 01, 2008 at 03:49 PM
Don't have an iPod, probably never will, but I'm hanging on to the slide viewer. That said, I like it ... the iView - for the days when you don't want to look at your iSlides ;-)
Posted by: Duncan | March 01, 2008 at 07:49 PM