I was organizing the inventory locker when I came across something like this. What is this device? What does it do?

16 Comments

  1. GazeeboFarter

    This is a crangulator. You plug it into early AMD K6.5 motherboards and it gives you more crang in Windows 2004.

  2. Busy-Key7489

    This is a CI+ adapter from Samsung, it comes with most of their TV’s in most western countries.
    It’s worth around $5.

  3. Heavyoak

    Part of that looks like it fits a GBC cart

  4. hi2colin

    Is that a Dell Latitude 7330 2 in 1 in the background?

  5. BloonsMonke

    Holy,wtf is going on with your thumb???

  6. Andos_Woods

    Go ahead and plug that right into your neuralink. It’ll download a simulation used for training king fu.

  7. lukedotlol

    The device you’re showing appears to be a Common Interface (CI) slot or adapter.

    The Common Interface is a technology which allows decryption of pay TV channels. Pay TV stations want to choose which encryption method to use. The Common Interface allows TV manufacturers to support many different pay TV stations, by allowing to plug in a separately available conditional-access module (CAM) for various encryption schemes.

    The CI slot and the CAM are used on some TVs and set-top boxes to access subscription channels (like those on satellite or digital terrestrial TV). If you have a subscription card for pay TV channels, you insert it into the CAM, then insert the CAM into the TV or set-top box.

    The additional numbers or labels on the device might help in identifying the exact model or specifications of the CI slot or adapter. Always ensure you’re using the correct voltage (as mentioned “5V ONLY”) when using such devices.

  8. eXclurel

    Why is the first one a photo but the second one is a screenshot?

  9. Thank you man! Just yesterday I found that thing in my box!!! Crazy!!!

  10. AlexStavru

    Funny story, my TV (a 5 yo Samsung) came with one of those. I knew what it’s purpose was but I don’t watch actual TV so I threw it in a drawer and erased it from my mind.

    A few years later, I moved houses so I stumbled upon this in the same drawer as my old GameCube. Spent about 30 minutes figuring out how to connect it to the bottom ports before I realised I’m stupid.

  11. Old-Ad6745

    looks like an old external hard drive adapter.

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