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Subject: World Series Date: Sat Oct 26 2019 01:52 am
From: Moondog To: Special K

  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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