Wind-up TV sets.

[Hazell B]

If you can get a clockwork radio for about the same price as a mains electric one, why not a clockwork TV set?

[Hondo]

Vastly different power requirements. It would have to be a small screen, say maybe 4-5 inches and with todays affordable technology you would probably have to start cranking again after 10-15 minutes. Except as a novelty item, it wouldn't be too useful.

[Daniel]

Vastly different power requirements. It would have to be a small screen, say maybe 4-5 inches and with todays affordable technology you would probably have to start cranking again after 10-15 minutes. Except as a novelty item, it wouldn't be too useful.
Yeah what he said :)

[Hazell B]

Vastly different power requirements.

But it could still be made?

[Daniel]

But it could still be made?
in theory yes but in practice it would be an absolute pain ;)

[veeten]

"... It's a wind-up life for us, it's a windup life for us.." ;) :p :

[Eki]

If you can get a clockwork radio for about the same price as a mains electric one, why not a clockwork TV set?
Don't the current TV shows wind you up and make you cranky even without a crank?

[Hondo]

But it could still be made?

It could be made, but who would buy it? To have any useful watching time at all, you'd need a capacitor bank that would quickly put it out of the range of something you could slip in your pocket. For a fixed installation, it would be easier to set up a seperate generator that you could pedal instead.

Yes it could be made, but so could tennis shoes for elephants. The question is why bother?