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If the video is to be believed, BITcrash44 apparently created a transmitter capable of taking over any screen within a certain vicinity, allowing him to replace some of Times Square's ads with his own video. After recording a brief clip on his iPhone 4, he proceeds to demonstrate the technology in front of various screens, before attaching the transmitter to a red balloon and "hacking" a display positioned high above him.
"[I]t doesn't matter what shape or size the hacked screen is because the hack video will simply keep its correct dimensions and the rest of the hacked space will stay black," he explains in the video's description.
We're still not convinced that this is actually real, but BITcrash44 says he'll be posting a new video later this week, to explain how he did it.
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Subscribe to commentscoleMar 15th 2011 4:44PM
I call BS. For one thing, the iPhone can't play video over its headphone jack, that little trick was only possible on the original iPod video. It would have to use the dock connector.
Second there is no way of knowing what the aspect ratio of the display will be and how it is configured if you are just "transmitting". Some displays would probably be configured to stretch the picture while some would black out the other area as in his picture. There would be no way of knowing how the display would react or getting its resolution to adjust your output accordingly.
Finally, even if the above two issues were resolved, what is the likelihood that Times Square displays are using some broadcast method (NTSC, ATSC, etc) much less the same method. If they were, you would have to broadcast on the proper frequency which would be different for every display (else they would all show the same picture). Then once you found the proper frequency and protocol, you would have to broadcast at sufficient power to override the original signal with your own. That seems unlikely given the portable rig he is using.
Combine that with the fact that the crowd around doesn't seem to react to the changing pictures above and I think you have nothing more than an elaborate hoax.
karlMar 19th 2011 11:14AM
36 seconds into the clip, the screen in the background one street over from where the man is standing is playing his recorded video before he even approaches the screen he will be "transmitting" to. I don't buy it.