Return of the TV Wristwatch

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Posted by michael on Friday June 4, 2004 @02:03AM from the carpal-tunnel-syndrome dept.

An anonymous reader writes "20 years after the Seiko TV watch, another Asian firm has given it another go. The Globe and Mail in Canada got their hands on the NHJ TV Watch and have posted a review. The writer thinks it's still just way too huge to be a watch but is still impressed."

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Pulp fiction time! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-04 02:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Fabienne: Whose watch is this?
Butch: It's a TV, baby.
Fabienne: Whose TV is this?
Butch: It's Zed's.
Fabienne: Who's Zed?
Butch: Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
1. Re:Pulp fiction time! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-04 03:28 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Not to mention how difficult it would be for Butch's father's friend to have hidden it up his arse all that time.
good grief! by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · 2004-06-04 02:08 · Score: 3, Funny
If I saw someone wearing that thing, I couldn't help but say:
- Go Go Power Rangers
It looks just like their wristband gadgets
1. Re:good grief! by guido1 · 2004-06-04 02:15 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  If I saw someone wearing that thing, I couldn't help but say: Go Go Power Rangers It looks just like their wristband gadgets
  
  Just one question... How do you know that? ;)
2. Re:good grief! by Inda · 2004-06-04 03:50 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I had one of those big Casio remote control watches.
  
  I always had a chuckle in other people's houses... They would be flicking through the channels quite happily until I held down one of the buttons on my watch. The signal from the watch would block their remote (that's the way I like to think of it) and they would press the buttons harder and harder until finally giving up.
  
  I'm guessing I cost my friends enough cash over the years with their constant replacing of batteries. Did they not put two and two together and realise that the batteries only ran out when I was around? :)
  
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I'll say it again: by burgburgburg · 2004-06-04 02:09 · Score: 1, Funny

I'm not going to be satisfied until I get my flying car. I've given up on the personal jet pack, but I'm not backing down on the flying car.
Earthlings! by Digitus1337 · 2004-06-04 02:09 · Score: 1, Funny

What is their obsession with digital watches?
Excellent quote by spellraiser · 2004-06-04 02:11 · Score: 5, Funny

The writer of the review is quite the humorist. For instance:
Sacrificing my public image in the name of science, I wore it as a watch for about an hour at the local mall. If you're into female repellant, wearing it this way will give you better results than a wet spot on the front of your pants.
In light of this, I propose that slashdot's motto be changed to: News for Nerds. Stuff That Repels Females.
Hmmm ... maybe not. Don't see it catching on, somehow.

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What? by autopr0n · 2004-06-04 02:11 · Score: 2, Funny

How is a it a 'wrist watch' if it's around your neck?

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Re:One question... by kfg · 2004-06-04 02:15 · Score: 3, Funny

WHY?

So you can have a convenient WebTV based interface with which to interact with your toaster remotely from the mall, silly.

KFG
Re:I used to have a TV watch by Phisbut · 2004-06-04 02:15 · Score: 3, Funny

And with the cable constantly following you, you could always know how to get back home... now, it's a little riskier to go outside with no string leading you home... maybe you should invest in a wristwatch GPS too? ;-)

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Try MY Television wrist watch by Esion+Modnar · 2004-06-04 02:20 · Score: 2, Funny

It's a 12-inch b/w tv, with lead acid battery, inverter, and little cart with wheels, like the kind used for luggage. And I have some velcro straps to lash the TV to your wrist.
Um, so you can call it a watch.

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Re:What they need to do... by Oliver+Wendell+Jones · 2004-06-04 02:32 · Score: 2, Funny

With the rapid back and forth motion necessary to make the image visible, it would probably be better suited to watching pr0n, or at the very least, Voyager instead of DS9..

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Great idea by not_a_product_id · 2004-06-04 02:38 · Score: 2, Funny

The only thing that can makes geeks look geekier - waving their arms around like crazies to generate the larger image. I can see the ads now: Repel women, attract SWAT teams.

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Watching porn just got harder. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-04 02:41 · Score: 2, Funny

If the TV moves with my hand, it'll be really difficult to focus
So do you wear a hat with a DISH Network antenna? by Illbay · 2004-06-04 02:50 · Score: 2, Funny

Gives new meaning to the concept of "geek with a beanie."

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My prediction by TrentL · 2004-06-04 02:53 · Score: 2, Funny

This invention will revolutionize the use of pornography. Think about it.
1. Re:My prediction by Pig+Hogger · 2004-06-04 04:10 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  This invention will revolutionize the use of pornography. Think about it.
  They could put a motion-activated piezoelectric genetator like in the Seiko Kinetic watch...
2. Re:My prediction by TrentL · 2004-06-04 05:14 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Put the watch on your other hand!
  
  Better yet, put watches on both hands and have a threesome!
Re:bah by Mikkeles · 2004-06-04 02:59 · Score: 3, Funny

'TV on a watch is a waste of time.'

I don't need a TV; I have a front loading washing machine;^) Now, if they could get that on my wrist, I'd be interested!

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DAMN YOU AUTOPR0N by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-04 03:01 · Score: 2, Funny

I was trying to get work done! And instead I am looking at naked chicks!
"EYEPHONES"? by JCOTTON · 2004-06-04 04:03 · Score: 1, Funny

"Eyephones"?
How about "earglasses"? If you call watching at a distance "television", then radio is "telehearing". "What are you doing with those things on your ears, Joe?"
"I'm telehearing, Jake. By the way, the things on my ears are 'eyephones'."
I suppose you could call a cell phone as a "telephone". Makes sense.