Don’t know anything about it but it reminds me of the add on gear for the original game boy
GrandAdmiralDoosh
Oh, child….
joestaff
The doors hold speakers. There’s quite a bit of info on it by just googling it.
iselphy
My dad won this TV at a company picnic raffle. It was cool but eventually the speaker on the left side started to malfunction. I think the wiring went bad because it only had sound if you opened it to a specific angle.
I think eventually my mom got rid of it.
ookiespookie
There were a number of “gaming” tvs like this that came out for a while and were reasonably popular. Most were honestly junk that would break within six months but it was interesting.
Holy shit, I wanted one of these back in the day. Dual surround sound, multiple inputs, multiple composite inputs…I needed this for my bedroom when I was 11. Never got it, but god damn it was the coolest thing I’d ever seen
Pantastic_Studios
Quick research shows that the panels that fold out are speakers. Previous reddit posts say it’s a gaming tv with the panels serving as surround sound. Also it’s called the Samsung gx.
TheEchoSierra
I had one of these! It was my prized possession as a teenager in the late 90’s/early 00’s. I’m sure the sound and picture were absolutely miserable but I would constantly annoy my friends when they came to visit by showing them how the speakers unfolded.
EverettBromwich
Yep, I had one of these back in the day. This was the gaming setup back then 😝
_Imposter_
Looks like something I’d watch an hour and a half documentary/video essay on the hunt to find
OneLittleMonarch
I got one of those a while ago. $300 is too much. The speakers are connected at the hinges and the wires wear out so I ended up having to get rid of it because of poor sound
AlexandraFromHere
I had one of these! Once I’d stopped using it, my brother used it on a commercial fishing boat because the speakers were loud enough. It survived being rattled around by storms and waves, and when I used it for gaming, it was pretty good.
FireOfOrder
Core memory unlocked. My buddy had one of these when I was a kid. We gamed like PROS on that bad boy. Thank you for sharing this haha
djtronix
I had this growing up. Played all of FFVII, among many other PS games on this. Dreamcast and PS2 as well. This thing could go loud and bass-y too, was great for game soundtracks and movies. Sold it like 10 years ago for $50 to a friend collecting old consoles and just needed the right crt tv.
Zohmbi
I still have one of these. It is, hands down, the best TV to play retro games on. The speakers in the doors sound great as well.
cdncowboy
Did anyone else try clicking the arrows to see more pictures?
SonMystic
We had one a long time ago. Pretty cool for like… A year or two when it felt relevant during the N64/PS1 timeframe.
DJSANDROCK
Wow $300… 10 years ago you would have to pay someone to take this off your hands 😂
gr8Brandino
I had one when i was a kid. Despite it being a small TV, I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
iSK_prime
LoL… I found one of these buried in the back room of a EB Games(Canadian Gamestop) I worked at what…. 15-20 years ago roughly. The place was a hoarders paradise, and a staff nightmare, the bathroom had been buried sometime in the previous decade beneath merchandise that had never made the from of the store. Anyway, we dug this thing out of there and after actually reclaiming the backroom turned a corner of it into a break area, TV was plugged into a VCR/DVD player combo we found, and we’d watch shit on it while eating or whatever.
EvilDoba
I had this as a kid. Sub woofer on the top back, three composite inputs kind of sold it at the time.
rockchalkchuck
My freshman year roommate had one of these. Played a lot of Playstation 2 on it. If he’s out there reading this, using an effective zone defense in NBA 2k4 is not “playing girls basketball” and is a valid defensive strategy for beating your ass. The champ is here, da da da da, the champ is here.
AReallyAsianName
I don’t know why, but I can taste this TV as it falls in on me.
kepels
Had one back in the day! It was fantastic. There was a tv ad for this thing that drew me in. Played so much N64 and GameCube and it had the best sound I’d ever heard up until that point. Split screen SUCKED on it though, you had to sit so close.
GoggleCandy
I still have mine in storage and would never get rid of it. Getting this for Christmas and playing Goldeneye on it as a teen was the golden age of late night gaming.
cheese_theory
I remember when the PlayStation branded 3D TV came
awesumindustrys
I’ve seen a smaller YouTuber briefly brag about having one. Never seen one in person.
Ristar87
I’ve seen similar designs before growing up. Not sure what brands they were.
heythereghosts
My brother and I both had one. I remember my dad had to open up one of the speakers and make a repair on mine because the sound cut out.
TrueGlich
O god i am having flashbacks.. The best buy i worked at back in the day sold these!
Xalucardx
This is from the 90s. I remember seeing them at my local EB Games and Toys R’ US when I was a kid.
Khan_Man
Holy shit I had this as a kid! It was… like a normal tv, just with speakers that folded over the screen. Standard definition resolution, of course.
Best thing about it was covering the screen at night after use so you didn’t have to deal with the glow after turning it off.
Edit: $300 is a ripoff. Don’t pay that.
Fart_Barfington
I wanted one of those so bad when I was a kid.
greedysmokey56
Holy crap i used to have one of those as a kid. My tv crapped out and i got this as a replacement and let me say i remember being blown away at the sound and the quality of the screen because my old tv was crap. Made me feel like my ps2 was a ps4 lol
filthyorange
Yooooooo I had this as a kid. It was so sick. It had 3!!!! Av plug ins in the back. It had a button called GX mode. No idea what it did but it made me feel cool af. Played super Nintendo all the way up until 360 funnily enough.
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Don’t know anything about it but it reminds me of the add on gear for the original game boy
Oh, child….
The doors hold speakers. There’s quite a bit of info on it by just googling it.
My dad won this TV at a company picnic raffle. It was cool but eventually the speaker on the left side started to malfunction. I think the wiring went bad because it only had sound if you opened it to a specific angle.
I think eventually my mom got rid of it.
There were a number of “gaming” tvs like this that came out for a while and were reasonably popular. Most were honestly junk that would break within six months but it was interesting.
https://crtdatabase.com/crts/samsung/samsung-gxe-1395
Holy shit, I wanted one of these back in the day. Dual surround sound, multiple inputs, multiple composite inputs…I needed this for my bedroom when I was 11. Never got it, but god damn it was the coolest thing I’d ever seen
Quick research shows that the panels that fold out are speakers. Previous reddit posts say it’s a gaming tv with the panels serving as surround sound. Also it’s called the Samsung gx.
I had one of these! It was my prized possession as a teenager in the late 90’s/early 00’s. I’m sure the sound and picture were absolutely miserable but I would constantly annoy my friends when they came to visit by showing them how the speakers unfolded.
Yep, I had one of these back in the day. This was the gaming setup back then 😝
Looks like something I’d watch an hour and a half documentary/video essay on the hunt to find
I got one of those a while ago. $300 is too much. The speakers are connected at the hinges and the wires wear out so I ended up having to get rid of it because of poor sound
I had one of these! Once I’d stopped using it, my brother used it on a commercial fishing boat because the speakers were loud enough. It survived being rattled around by storms and waves, and when I used it for gaming, it was pretty good.
Core memory unlocked. My buddy had one of these when I was a kid. We gamed like PROS on that bad boy. Thank you for sharing this haha
I had this growing up. Played all of FFVII, among many other PS games on this. Dreamcast and PS2 as well. This thing could go loud and bass-y too, was great for game soundtracks and movies. Sold it like 10 years ago for $50 to a friend collecting old consoles and just needed the right crt tv.
I still have one of these. It is, hands down, the best TV to play retro games on. The speakers in the doors sound great as well.
Did anyone else try clicking the arrows to see more pictures?
We had one a long time ago. Pretty cool for like… A year or two when it felt relevant during the N64/PS1 timeframe.
Wow $300… 10 years ago you would have to pay someone to take this off your hands 😂
I had one when i was a kid. Despite it being a small TV, I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
LoL… I found one of these buried in the back room of a EB Games(Canadian Gamestop) I worked at what…. 15-20 years ago roughly. The place was a hoarders paradise, and a staff nightmare, the bathroom had been buried sometime in the previous decade beneath merchandise that had never made the from of the store. Anyway, we dug this thing out of there and after actually reclaiming the backroom turned a corner of it into a break area, TV was plugged into a VCR/DVD player combo we found, and we’d watch shit on it while eating or whatever.
I had this as a kid. Sub woofer on the top back, three composite inputs kind of sold it at the time.
My freshman year roommate had one of these. Played a lot of Playstation 2 on it. If he’s out there reading this, using an effective zone defense in NBA 2k4 is not “playing girls basketball” and is a valid defensive strategy for beating your ass. The champ is here, da da da da, the champ is here.
I don’t know why, but I can taste this TV as it falls in on me.
Had one back in the day! It was fantastic. There was a tv ad for this thing that drew me in. Played so much N64 and GameCube and it had the best sound I’d ever heard up until that point. Split screen SUCKED on it though, you had to sit so close.
I still have mine in storage and would never get rid of it. Getting this for Christmas and playing Goldeneye on it as a teen was the golden age of late night gaming.
I remember when the PlayStation branded 3D TV came
I’ve seen a smaller YouTuber briefly brag about having one. Never seen one in person.
I’ve seen similar designs before growing up. Not sure what brands they were.
My brother and I both had one. I remember my dad had to open up one of the speakers and make a repair on mine because the sound cut out.
O god i am having flashbacks.. The best buy i worked at back in the day sold these!
This is from the 90s. I remember seeing them at my local EB Games and Toys R’ US when I was a kid.
Holy shit I had this as a kid! It was… like a normal tv, just with speakers that folded over the screen. Standard definition resolution, of course.
Best thing about it was covering the screen at night after use so you didn’t have to deal with the glow after turning it off.
Edit: $300 is a ripoff. Don’t pay that.
I wanted one of those so bad when I was a kid.
Holy crap i used to have one of those as a kid. My tv crapped out and i got this as a replacement and let me say i remember being blown away at the sound and the quality of the screen because my old tv was crap. Made me feel like my ps2 was a ps4 lol
Yooooooo I had this as a kid. It was so sick. It had 3!!!! Av plug ins in the back. It had a button called GX mode. No idea what it did but it made me feel cool af. Played super Nintendo all the way up until 360 funnily enough.