Two new videos, A Crystal Watch and an OBD-II Display
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 9:58AM Here are two new videos.
First up, the Phosphor Appear Swarovski Crystal Watch. Not the typical type of thing that I make a video about, as it doesn't have a lot of functions. It can either tell the time or not tell the time and that's it. What it does have though, is an interesting time-telling mechanism.
It can be purchased from here http://www.chinavasion.com/phos/
(although wait until 1st November for the price to drop by 20%)
Secondly we have something that's a bit more into my usual territory, and that is technology for technology's sake. This OBD-II LCD Display is the kind of thing that no one really needs to own, but it's pretty cool nonetheless. I know that people really like adding gadgets to their cars and this is one of the more potentially useful ones. It may even pay for itself eventualy, if it makes me drive more economically. I made a really annoying mistake whilst doing the voice over because my brain insisted on saying ODB instead of OBD (I must have dead-rapper-itis). I didn't feel in the mood to re-record the whole thing, so please transpose those two letters for me when you hear them. I've sacked the quality control team.
Again this came from Chinavasion here http://www.chinavasion.com/2f3z/
Chinavasion have been selling this since last year - but today it has also appeared on Dealextreme under the name V-Checker A301. Mine doesn't boot with a V-Checker splash screen - but it appears to be the same device. Here's the manual (for what it's worth).
Reader Comments (4)
Hi there. I was just wondering how precise the watch is. A friend of mine went to Shanghai and he brought me back a "Rolex". It looked pretty nice but the time was off about 17 minutes a day :)
Interestingly, there *is* an update file (v 3.40) available on the v-checker.com site, but there's no information on exactly how to update the thing. I hope the manufacturer can be convinced to include the option to switch to Imperial measurements...
@Willydilly - It's holding time fine - Phosphor watches are a reputable company that have been making e-ink watches for a few years now.
@Glen Richards Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure that it's going to stay metric only, I'd imagine imperial support would be a non-trivial update.