With the average size of the domestic TV screen rising from about 22in to more than 50in in the past 25 years, it’s clear that we’ve collectively bought into the idea that bigger TVs are better. And in some ways they are, but something beautiful is also happening at the other end of the spectrum. The one-inch screen and half-inch speaker of the TinyTV 2 is completely preposterous but it represents a triumph of ingenuity – and what’s more, it’s cute. People love this thing.
Moss is known to be one of nature’s best air filters; I can’t confirm whether its presence here has any tangible effect on the air I’m breathing, but occasionally glancing at it feels mentally beneficial. It’s a cheeky move to put a Windows PC inside a case that resembles a scaled-down Macintosh from 1984, but I embrace Ayaneo’s rejection of the age-old Mac vs PC platform war and wholesome celebration of retro computing. Besides, this thing is powerful.