# Tiny PSone combo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 6, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352 "2015-03-06T10:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/1 "2015-03-06T10:15:05Z")
Hi I’m trying to find the thing from this gif: [![](http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2384616/84487889.gif) ](http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2384616/84487889.gif) This is what the original looked like: [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_models#mediaviewer/File:PSone-wLCD-Screen.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_models#mediaviewer/File:PSone-wLCD-Screen.jpg) I think it would just play an animation on the screen and act fairly simplistically. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/2 "2015-03-06T10:19:31Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Hi I’m trying to find the thing from this gif: > [http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2384616/84487889.gif](http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2384616/84487889.gif) > > This is what the original looked like: > [PlayStation models - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_models#mediaviewer/File:PSone-wLCD-Screen.jpg) > > I think it would just play an animation on the screen and act fairly simplistically. The pictures you have provided are of two different products, it is the redesigned slim PS1 with the LCD screen attached, these were sold separately near the end of the PS1’s life cycle. The LCD and speaker attachment was basically just a monitor, it allowed you to play games without a separate TV or monitor. EDIT: DOH! Nevermind I just realized you mean, but I don’t think that GIF of the palm sized PS1 is real. I think it is fake sorry. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/3 "2015-03-06T10:30:22Z")
Quite a few years ago I had a Chinese “mp4” player that was a little bit bigger. Here is that type of thing: [![](http://www.chinawholesalegift.com/pic/Electrical-Gifts/MP4-Player/Novelty-MP4-Player/MP4-Player-with-Speaker-16354115832.jpg) ](http://www.chinawholesalegift.com/pic/Electrical-Gifts/MP4-Player/Novelty-MP4-Player/MP4-Player-with-Speaker-16354115832.jpg) It didn’t play mp4’s but instead it played low-res videos (I can’t remember the type). It would be a little tricky to fake… I mean the screen is shaking a lot. It is here - the group is supposedly for real world products - all of the others seem real. > **[26 Items I Want, But Don't Need](https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/26-items-i-want-but-dont-need/84487888/)** > > These things are not vital to your survival, but damn they are cool! Here’s another small “mp4” player: [http://www.gd-wholesale.com/userimg/21/3730i3/smallest-new-finger-usb-mp3-and-mp4-player-mp3-037-424.jpg](http://www.gd-wholesale.com/userimg/21/3730i3/smallest-new-finger-usb-mp3-and-mp4-player-mp3-037-424.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/4 "2015-03-06T10:41:10Z")
[![](http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2384616/84487889.gif) ](http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2384616/84487889.gif) BTW the video it plays is simplistic and has a low-res transition. It looks like the kind of video that those old “mp4” players would play. Also it has a realistic black border around the screen. If it was fake I thought they wouldn’t think of putting a black border around the screen. And I thought they’d use footage of a game or something. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/5 "2015-03-06T10:44:54Z")
It could be “real” in the sense it is an object that exists, but was never commercially produced or distributed. I found another picture of the original fat PS1, also palm sized. [http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/tiny-Playstation-small-console-video-games.jpg](http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/tiny-Playstation-small-console-video-games.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/6 "2015-03-06T10:45:50Z")
Did a google image search with the gif as the input… This is from Jan 28 2015 about “What is this? A playstation for ants?” [https://twitter.com/fascinatingvids/status/560101442678435840](https://twitter.com/fascinatingvids/status/560101442678435840) ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/7 "2015-03-06T10:48:06Z")
grude: Your link says: Referral Denied You don’t have permission to access “[http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/tiny-Playstation-small-console-video-games.jpg](http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/tiny-Playstation-small-console-video-games.jpg)” on this server. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/8 "2015-03-06T10:53:14Z")
[http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/2tku7q/playstation\_for\_ants/](http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/2tku7q/playstation_for_ants/) The reddit video is better quality: Notice how the framerate of the display is low, especially during the circular transition. The framerate of the entire video seems quite high Though a person wrote: “Yeah, it’s just a video capture of a normal PlayStation tracked onto the display of the tiny one. The dots on the display are perfect for tracking.” ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/9 "2015-03-06T10:54:17Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > grude: > Your link says: > > Referral Denied > > You don’t have permission to access “[http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/tiny-Playstation-small-console-video-games.jpg](http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/tiny-Playstation-small-console-video-games.jpg)” on this server. Try this link: [http://themetapicture.com/tiny-playstation/](http://themetapicture.com/tiny-playstation/) ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-psone-combo/714352/10 "2015-03-06T10:56:39Z")
From May 2014: Has 720p version… Ok it’s fake! “Just for fun 🙂 Playing with After effects and the PSone Takara Tomy gashapon.”