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Well, I hadn't planned on a 45-minute Ben's Junk (a record-breaker?), but I could tell this was gonna be a fussy item, so I decided to try and set it up on-camera, mostly in real-time.  Why, in 2022, does a portable TV have to be so difficult?


Speaking of record-breakers, I think we can safely call last week's video a record-breaker--it's currently sitting north of 20,000 views--I'm pretty sure I've never had a video crack 10,000 (or 7,500, for that matter) in its first week.  Of course, it would be a quicker, less ambitious episode in-between a pair of more ambitious ones that takes off.


Speaking of next week's video, it is highly recommended you bring along a box of Lemon Jell-O...for reasons.

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Oddity Archive: Episode 245.5 – Ben’s Junk: Tyler Portable TV (Model TTV701-7)

Hope you like fussy, fidgety, unintuitive setups…and 45-minute Ben’s Junks. Quick links: 0:21 – Intro 6:04 – Parts & Accessories 13:56 – An ASMR Moment 14:35 – Intro to Channel Scan 16:51 – Channel Scan (semi-failed) 22:05 – Channel Scan Redux/Results 24:25 – Aspect Ratio Adjustment 26:00 – Miscellaneous 28:05 – FM Radio Scan 31:33 – HDMI Test 37:04 – AV Test (Input) 39:47 – USB Test 43:36 – Daisy Chain Fail/Outro Visit our website at http://www.oddityarchive.com Social Media: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/oddityarchive Twitter: @oddityarchive Help out the Archive by making a monthly donation to our ongoing Patreon campaign. Visit the campaign at http://www.patreon.com/oddityarchive

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Wade Brandis

Digital TV is so finicky and at times, I miss analog TV because of that. I'm still impressed that I can pick up the low-powered KSFY UHF repeater, KABY-LD on channel 20 (displays as channel 15 on TV) at my apartment over 30-or-so miles away from Sioux Falls, yet you can't pick it up at your place because of all the massive tree cover that you mentioned. Other than KABY-LD, the only other channel I can pick up is KDLT. I have no luck picking up VHF stations, which is what KELO and the main KSFY signal use. I should be able to get one of those Mohu antennas soon, and they claim to be able to pick up signals over 60 miles away. I hope so since I don't plan on signing back up for cable. As for the video itself, you mentioned that the stations were west of your apartment. Wouldn't they be east? Most of the Sioux Falls TV towers are located southeast of the city, near Rowena. KCSD PBS is near Great Bear Ski Area and there is also KCPO-LD, which according to FCC records has it's small tower on the USF campus and apparently broadcasts RetroTV. At my apartment, the only spot I can get any signals is near my living room window, which faces south. Channel 44 was KPTH-TV, Sioux City Iowa, and hosts that city's Fox and CBS stations. You just experienced brief digital TV DX. 😁