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

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Here are more threads about this device:
http://forums.hackaday.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5038
https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/comments/26xn8q/can_i_make_anything_cool_with_this_screen_and_an/

On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 15:27 -0700, Ken Shaffer wrote:
> Some pics
>  https://imagebin.ca/v/3Mw3gon5pgQU
>  https://imagebin.ca/v/3Mw5uooXQApg
> 
> The chips, as near as I can make out:
> Toshiba FE0789 TC58NVG1S3HTA00
> f1 e200 gc135da 1141
> hynix 350a a   hy5du561622at j   korea 3aBB3875R
> 
> 500mah battery  hkt503035 3.7v
> 
> No idea how opening the cover starts it, no magnets or switches I can find.
> 
> On 5/18/17, Dan Murphy <mmdmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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