Home Theater/HDTV/et al...

Anime Dad wrote:I've heard that they are also trying to use OLED's to create flexible screens: Screens that will wrap around curved surfaces etc :bonk:

Cool idea, but why would I want to watch anything on a curved surface since it'll be distorted?

Canon's supposed to be working on SED displays which offer contrast ratios higher than anything on the market now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-conduction_electron-emitter_display

bmwracer wrote:
Cool idea, but why would I want to watch anything on a curved surface since it'll be distorted?

I'm guessing it's more for advertising, and on objects like poles etc.

check out this small TV

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Tu_triky wrote:check out this small TV

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They never posted a price for that thing... Unless that phone number was actually a price. :beaten: :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
They never posted a price for that thing... Unless that phone number was actually a price. :beaten: :sweat:

First born required for down payment, followd by various internal organs.

Tu_triky wrote:First born required for down payment

I'd better hook with someone quick... *registers at Match.com* :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
I'd better hook with someone quick... *registers at Match.com* :beaten:

:hehe: you crack me up. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote: :hehe: you crack me up. :hehe:

Hmm, maybe I should talk to cori or Wynter... They're eligible receivers. :beaten: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, maybe I should talk to cori or Wynter... They're eligible receivers. :beaten: :hehe:

digital receivers, i'm sure. :P

Tu_triky wrote:digital receivers, i'm sure. :P

LOL.

I was thinking they were more analog. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL.

I was thinking they were more analog. :mrgreen:

:hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:check out this small TV

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If memory serves, that thing is over 11 feet wide and over six feet tall... :sweat:

That's almost move theater-sized.

I was telling my parents about that thing the other day. It's nearly exactly the same size as theor complete loungeroom wall :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
If memory serves, that thing is over 11 feet wide and over six feet tall... :sweat:

That's almost move theater-sized.

Look at the picture the Empire State Building almost fits on it. :nut:

TECHNOLOGY
Gov't to help develop ultra HDTV
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 07:22 EST

TOKYO — The government will begin a joint project with private companies to develop technology for next-generation ultra high-definition video, a daily newspaper report said Monday. The communications ministry also aims to begin broadcasting with the system in 2015 and internationally standardised the Japanese technology, the Yomiuri Shimbun said without citing sources.

The technology, to be called "Super Hi-Vision", could show images of about 33 million pixels, 16 times more than the present Hi-Vision technology, a high-definition TV technology developed by public broadcaster NHK, it said.

Tu_triky wrote:TECHNOLOGY
Gov't to help develop ultra HDTV

"It's the next best thing to being there in person." :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
"It's the next best thing to being there in person." :victory:

"It's never enough"

It's like you allueded to...there's always another trick or technological innovation to lure the electronic junkie.

Tu_triky wrote:there's always another trick or technological innovation to lure the electronic junkie.

Bring it on, dude! :victory:

WAH! What a satisfying feeling!

Alrighty, so I was checking over the discs I had burned for a trade. I had little thing sticky-notes on them all with the appropriate title. Well, I went to put Sailor Moon into my DVD player, and just as the disc began to load, there was this load irritating sound, like something was being scratched. I quickly opened the drive and saw that the disc was fine, except that the sticky was torn!

BAH! I'd totally forgotten to take the sticky off before slipping the disc into the drive. :banghead:

So, about two inches of the sticky was stuck somewhere inside the DVD player. The thing is, the discs could still be played and the sticky didn't interfere with anything. But the noise wouldn't go away. I turned the DVD player every-which-way and shook. Nothing fell out.

So I decided to take the DVD player apart. Getting the screw driver, I carefully ripped the casing off and went hunting. In about 5 minutes I found the sticky and removed it! I then put the DVD player back together and everything is in working order. And no sound!

So, why am I excited? Because this is the first time I've taken about something and successfully put it back together! O, and i solved the problem while at it. :mrgreen:

LOL, good for you :) Just don't electrocute yourself in the process :)