Subj : World Series
To : Special K
From : Moondog
Date : Sat Oct 26 2019 01:52 am
Re: World Series
By: Special K to Nightfox on Fri Oct 25 2019 08:36 am
> Re: World Series
> By: Nightfox to Dumas Walker on Thu Oct 24 2019 16:11:52
>
> > DW> Yeah, pretty much all of our "local" stations are in 720p (the ones
> > DW> from Lexington). A few from Louisville are 1080, I think. On the loc
> > DW> cable, the 720p OTA stations are 720p there, too... the 1080 station
> > DW> are all 1080i, both OTA and cable networks. I think that must be a
> > DW> limitation of the cable company or their equipment. I don't notice m
> > DW> of a difference unless I am trying to watch football or indycar, and
> > DW> that difference really went away when my first HD TV died. The
> > DW> replacement is not as large or fancy, so it all looks pretty much th
> > DW> same and not really all that bad. I sometimes think the fancier TVs
> > DW> make the differences more apparent and, by doing so, make things loo
> > DW> worse than they would otherwise.
> >
> > Yeah, one instance is where a higher-resolution screen might show some fl
> > that might not be as visible in a lower-resolution screen. Some of it mi
> > be artifacts of upscaling though (i.e., a 480p video looks good on an old
> > CRT but might look a little fuzzy when upscaled on a 4K TV).
> >
> > Nightfox
>
> The TV I have now is a 50inch Sony that came with a blue ray player and
> surround speakers / sub. I bought it in 2010 when I moved back to the State
> from Japan. I really don't want to ever have to buy a new one, though I kno
> that's unrealistic. The best part of my TV is that it doesn't connect to th
> internet or have any of the new "smart" features or any of the artificial
> signal processing that newer TV's have.
>
My parents were tight with money, and from time to time we'd get a new TV,
but only when the old one was worn out. When i wanted a TV to run my Atari
2600 and later my Atari 400 and C-64, my parents told me to save up my money
and wait for a yard sale.
I also have a Tv that's pushing 10 years old, a plaine no frills Samsung.
The caps on the power board went bad on it already, so I purchased a recap
kit on Amazon and fixed it. Right now money is tight, so the closest thing
to making it a smart TV is the Blu-Ray player. The BR player has an ethernet
jack and offers services like Youtube and Netflix from it's media source
menu.
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