Posted on 03/09/2011 4:05:04 PM PST by Las Vegas Dave
The only thing I can say about HD is that I finally got some HD stock footage where it will pass technical evaluation at Shutterstock and Fotolia due to a freebie utility program. No HD TV here and real desire to get one. My old TV shows on DVD look just fine with no commercials.
I hate watching the football games in 720p on Fox. I agree with him on that one...that is really one of my pet peeves.
Blu-Ray?
I’m still not convinced that Blu-Ray is worth the switch over, unless forced to. I don’t know if the difference is worth it.
Not really related to HD but I thought I’d share this. Back in the day of using a rotatable tv antenna, I would install the rotator box next to my recliner for ease of use, not on top of the tv console.
I mean, what is the point of having a remote control to change the channel when you’d still have to get up, walk across the room and spin the knob to aim the antenna?
The RCA CED Video Disk that used a small diamond to track a video disk. It was 14 year old technology when they tried to market it.
The RCA XL-100 TV flyback transformer. It combined the TV power transformer and the high voltage flyback picture tube voltage. They broke about every two years and RCA had to replace them for free.
I bought a Tivo once.
It cost a couple of hundred dollars and 10 bucks a month.
You could fit like 6 low def tv shows on it.
My GF at the time would fill it with Ozzy’s show(i already forget it’s name) and Y+R.
What a frigging waste of money.
I really wish Comcast would allow a flash drive supplement to my current rented DVR, the box has a USB port.
Even it’s hard drive is paltry when recording HD.
I had Cablevision during that period of Voom network, number 3 on this list. Voom had a great set of original programming and programs picked up from Europe. I think only two programs are still in production from all of those dozens, Three Sheets with Nick Lamprey and an extreme sports travelogue show.
I miss the days of 24/7 hi def nature shows with hi def 4.1 audio, used to run it as background noise at work.
It weighs about 60 pounds. probably one of the very first laser disc player. It was used at a chevy dealership to promote new cars. I imagine it cost a few thousand to buy at the time. The remote is the size of a paperback book. Anybody want it?
It does not even make a good boat anchor.
#2 is wrong, and dumb, but the rest of the list looks pretty good.
No it probably would not be safe to use as a boat anchor.
As you can see from the mechanics under the top cover it requires plutonium to run.
It really depends on your TV.
In my bedroom I have a 32" 720p LCD. On this TV I can't discern any difference whatsoever between Blu-ray and DVD. In my living room is a 46" 1080p LED and on this TV the difference is incredible, so much that I can't hardly bear to watch old DVDs on the living room TV anymore. The DVD picture is just too blurry whereas Blu-rays are sharp and crystal-clear. I have 320GB Sony PS3s hooked up to each TV that I use primarily to play discs and stream Netflix (I've never been much of a gamer but the PS3s are just fantastic all-around media devices).
I'm not about to go and replace the few DVDs I own with Blu-ray but when I rent from Redbox or Netflix, I definitely choose BD over DVD.
They left off Google TV.
I bought a Sansa View mp3 player a few years back thinking it would be cool to watch stuff on it.
After going through the time consuming process of converting avi’s etc to play on it i soon said the hell with it.
Now it just sits in my draw until lawn mowing, snow shoveling music time.
I had VOOM for 4 weeks and they went dark, I have two voom boxes in the basement!
Yes they were nice shows and also some great monster flicks..
I am compelled to agree with you. Your GF at the time WAS a waste of money, wasn't she?
Toshiba made a good DVD burner with a 160/250GB Hard Drive and decent editing software. I could record stuff off the digital cable onto the Hard Drive, eidt out the commercials and burn standard DVD-Rs. Unfortunately I killed it and then I found out they’d stopped making them.
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