[sf-lug] tablet made from cardboard with vodeo ad

[Dan Murphy]

Pictures?

Sent from Dan.

> On May 18, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Ken Shaffer <kenshaffer80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Well, it finally happened, I got a cardboard tablet in the mail which
> played a mp4 video ad.  I can see this as the future of tailored
> advertising (for big dollar spending in elections).
>  It has a 4.5" color screen, volume, pause, play, and power buttons,
> as well as starting automatically when the  cover is opened.  What's
> really interesting is the micro USB port on it!
> Plugged it into my laptop, and I could see the filesystem with the two
> videos.  Had some spare space even with the 156M mp4.  Well, I
> replaced the videos with Blender's "Big Buck Bunny" mp4 and it played
> just fine.  Some other mp4s I tried did not work, but then they didn't
> even look good checking the file characteristics in nautilus, even
> though they did play in vlc.
>  Best Buy is recycling them as e-waste, so perhaps you can snag a few
> from them.
> Ken
> 
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