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wuchan wrote:you probably want a new tv too. 10 man at costco will get you a 45 - 55 inch tv depending on the day.
wagyl wrote:wuchan wrote:you probably want a new tv too. 10 man at costco will get you a 45 - 55 inch tv depending on the day.
And how much for the room big enough to comfortably watch a screen that size?
wagyl wrote:I don't dispute that large screen drug-dealer televisions are offered for sale.
I do ask whether they are appropriate in small rooms.
Russell wrote:wagyl wrote:I don't dispute that large screen drug-dealer televisions are offered for sale.
I do ask whether they are appropriate in small rooms.
Good question. I have been wondering about this too.
I bought a 32 inch TV a couple of years ago, and have been very satisfied with it. Perfect size for a perfect price.
Wage Slave wrote:Careful with Japanese NTSC. It's ever so slightly different to everyone else's, so a lot of converter don't work. Or at least didn't use to. The old protectionism on steroids thing. It might work but it might not. The PAL to NTSC converter I bought didn't work here.
wagyl wrote:Wage Slave wrote:Careful with Japanese NTSC. It's ever so slightly different to everyone else's, so a lot of converter don't work. Or at least didn't use to. The old protectionism on steroids thing. It might work but it might not. The PAL to NTSC converter I bought didn't work here.
And careful with that terminology!
PAL and NTSC are analog signal technology.
However, you are correct in saying that Japanese digital signal is a unique format, to permit the 1-seg broadcasts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISDB
That said, the output signal from any settop box from anywhere should be pretty consistent: it is basically an MPEG file. I suspect that your equipment didn't work because it didn't have a B-CAS slot to permit unscrambling of the signal.
Grumpy Gramps wrote:This looks nice, thanks
Looks like HDMI is the only way to move the video signal from any of these new boxes, so we would need a new tv. OTOH these HDMI to RCA converters look tempting, but I suspect, they would fail at the DRM crap or cripple the signal somehow? Description sounds shady
And possibly at least one remocon less than a stack of little boxes plus a computer screenWage Slave wrote:a new TV might well be the best bet.
wagyl wrote:I just feel the need to check: you weren't trying to play PAL tapes in a NTSC deck, and then use a converter to convert the signal, were you? Those symptoms sound like it. You would have needed a PAL capable video deck to play the tapes, and then if the output was PAL then feed it through the converter.
Wage Slave wrote:Careful with Japanese NTSC. It's ever so slightly different to everyone else's, so a lot of converter don't work. Or at least didn't use to. The old protectionism on steroids thing. It might work but it might not. The PAL to NTSC converter I bought didn't work here.
Coligny wrote:Wage Slave wrote:Careful with Japanese NTSC. It's ever so slightly different to everyone else's, so a lot of converter don't work. Or at least didn't use to. The old protectionism on steroids thing. It might work but it might not. The PAL to NTSC converter I bought didn't work here.
Japanese NTSC was allowing 50 hz and 60 hz signal while the merkun was 60 hz only. I think the color info got injured somewhere in the process....
wuchan wrote: ...If your camera's frame rate and shutter speed isn't matched to the frequency of the lights you get rolling shutter.
Grumpy Gramps wrote: And who wants to binge-watch NCSI or Doctor House or bloody variety shows on such a huge screen anyway?
That should work, if you live in a non-earthquake-zone. "Earthqhake" would in my case include a pair of rambunctious doggies who can wipe a whole coffee table free with one single swipe of their massive tailskurogane wrote:I just put it on its stand on a small end table and it fit in my not very bog apartment quite well.
Grumpy Gramps wrote:That should work, if you live in a non-earthquake-zone. "Earthqhake" would in my case include a pair of rambunctious doggies who can wipe a whole coffee table free with one single swipe of their massive tailskurogane wrote:I just put it on its stand on a small end table and it fit in my not very bog apartment quite well.
wuchan wrote:Coligny wrote:Wage Slave wrote:Careful with Japanese NTSC. It's ever so slightly different to everyone else's, so a lot of converter don't work. Or at least didn't use to. The old protectionism on steroids thing. It might work but it might not. The PAL to NTSC converter I bought didn't work here.
Japanese NTSC was allowing 50 hz and 60 hz signal while the merkun was 60 hz only. I think the color info got injured somewhere in the process....
they need to because of the fucked up power grid allowing half the country to be 50 and the other half 60. If your camera's frame rate and shutter speed isn't matched to the frequency of the lights you get rolling shutter.
despite this Japanese editors still try to export at native 60fps resulting in strange, jerky, unnatural movement.
This is, what I meant by saying that I want to avoid "serious redecoration". Update cascades and such... My wishful thinking is to just plonk the new tv where the old one was, plug in a few wires and let wifey (con)figure the rest, while I lonesomely ride into the sunset.Coligny wrote:And one day you will discover the fantastic world of wall mounted TVs....
Grumpy Gramps wrote:This is, what I meant by saying that I want to avoid "serious redecoration". Update cascades and such... My wishful thinking is to just plonk the new tv where the old one was, plug in a few wires and let wifey (con)figure the rest, while I lonesomely ride into the sunset.Coligny wrote:And one day you will discover the fantastic world of wall mounted TVs....
But then I am also aware that wifey might be aware, so not holding my breath for a happy end just yet.
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