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• Why is it pre-assembled? Just curious.
  

  Posted by: TheThompsonFive on April 9, 2007 at 9:53 AM

• It would be a project you could let a kid build, to see if they have an interest in electronics as a hobby. You don't want to tell an 8 year old to solder a QFP.

  Posted by: GarrettM on April 9, 2007 at 10:20 AM

• This kit is so cool, we're holding a little MAKEr contest at videothing to see who can make the best case, mod, or implementation of it.

  Posted by: weevil76 on April 9, 2007 at 10:58 AM

• This is great ... but, NTSC (Newer Twice Same Color) does not serve us European makers. PAL signal shouldn't be so hard? it's all about the programming?... please make also PAL version of this.

  Daniel
  From Finland

  Posted by: dnny on April 9, 2007 at 11:18 AM

• @TheThompsonFive - if this kit takes off we might work with the kit maker to do a through-hole.

  @dnny - if this kit does well, we'll see what we can do and work with the kit developer.

  Posted by: philliptorrone on April 9, 2007 at 11:23 AM

• Garrett, I get your point about the QFP, I hadn't looked at the board that closely.

  PT, I dig it enough already, reminds me of a delightful afternoon spent monkeying around with a broken Atari console many years ago. I'm checking Craigs List for free T.V.'s now. I think this would make a killer art installation. I want to replace the potentiometers with meat or something.

  Posted by: TheThompsonFive on April 9, 2007 at 12:32 PM

• @TheThompsonFive - exactly, i thought this would be rad for artists to do a lot with - some might not care about the parts that make the signals, only the sensors etc (like you were saying).

  Posted by: philliptorrone on April 9, 2007 at 12:34 PM

• what a great toy ! I wish I could use it on stage with my electronic improvisation band (www.ana-r.org), but here in France we are also on PAL standard (actually we are -alone in the world- in SECAM format, but all TV / video stuffs have both secam and pal aboard).

  Who can answer to this question at MAKE : will you sell it at PAL standard for Europe ?

  Posted by: Bloggie on April 12, 2007 at 3:02 AM

• what a great toy ! I wish I could use it on stage with my electronic improvisation band, but here in France we are also on PAL standard (actually we are -alone in the world- in SECAM format, but all TV / video stuffs have both secam and pal aboard).

  Who can answer to this question at MAKE : will you sell it at PAL standard for Europe ?

  Posted by: Bloggie on April 12, 2007 at 3:03 AM

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