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I didn't ask him, I just did the thing. Like hell, I got tired of some of the buttons randomly not working.
Now every button works perfectly, plus I did a little modding to make it work at a broader angle...
That TV must be old
2009 is old to you? 1920x1080p, three HDMI ports..
I mean, the TV is old enough to drive and some places drink, so it’s kind of old.
Sorry, I've never drank from a CRT tube (yet)..
It'll put hair on your chest. And they'll stand straight out.
Been there, done that. I only grew one right nipple hair.
No joke even, I've been shocked by over 25KV more than once..
I discharged one, once. Arc flash left me seeing spots for a while
I am old enough to remember getting my first HDTV in 2009, but yeah it’s pretty old now.
I got my first High Definition PC monitor from back in 1994. It just didn't know it was High Definition compatible (over 1 million pixels per frame), until I overclocked it.
2048x1536 was totally doable back in 1994, though the CRT controller electronics were too dumb to realize it when it was manufactured.
Fuck 'smart' electronics.
That’s pretty rad. Didn’t know CRT monitors back then were capable of that resolution. Good luck finding a 00s HD CRT monitor for a decent price anymore though.
That particular monitor was originally designed for a max resolution of 1280x1024 (also, by definition, high definition believe it or not).
Later on, after I refurbished it, I studied the specs of the Horizontal Output Transistor, which apparently maxed out at 64KHz.
I did some magic math and with the help of a programmable GPU, I successfully tried a custom 2048x1536 mode..
That's actually where my username comes from.
Nice
Well, yes, there's been several big advances in TV since the FHD era: 4K, HDR, all sorts of improvements to sound; We've got 8K support showing up in high end stuff now. Hell there was 3D knocking around for a minute that's been and gone already in that time.
Old doesn't mean "not fit for purpose" or anything, if it works, it works and if you don't need anything else, no need to replace it. However, 16 years old for a piece of entertainment tech is pretty far from what anyone would consider new
Man we got more TV's than we know what to do with. We only have two connected, one in the living room and one in the bedroom. Then we have at least 3 spare TVs put off in the closets (most of those are newer I think), 4 if you count the old CRT television with built in DVD player.
The spare TVs just need either feet, stands or wall mounts, otherwise they work just fine. We're just gonna keep using this one until it finally dies, and even then I'll probably see about fixing it.
New stuff doesn't last nearly this long, plus we prefer the old dumb technology anyways. We don't do streaming services or anything like that, but if we wanted to, I'd just connect my laptop up to HDMI.
Honestly it might be old enough you'd get your money back in lower power bills if you get a new one (not for features, just newer LED/OLED tech).
My power bill spiked in covid because our 2008 samsung was on nearly all the time, and it drastically dropped when we switched to an LG oled.
Meh, the big chunk of the power bill around here is the air conditioner, refrigerator, deep freezer, mini fridge, and stove/oven. Our electric bill at worst might get close to $120 a month, more like $80 a month during the more seasonably comfortable months.
I don't think a newer TV is gonna put a significant enough dent in that to even bother, but whenever this TV does happen to go out, we have like 3 newer flatscreen TVs put up in the closets that only need feet or a stand or something.
Yeah, the remote is at least a Junior in high school by now.
Roommate hates it when I hack the TV with my modded PSP..
I have a TV from 2008, and I call it my old TV, so if it’s not old, you’ve got one year left.
90s tech
Nope, it's a Vizio V0370 - 37", made in 2009, with three HDMI ports, 1920x1080p.
Lol that's pretty cool they turned old stock into universal remotes.
They use a dual binary system, 256 device codes and 256 button codes. They use a positive/negative flashing code system to double check and verify the codes.
I know way too much about the Pronto Code format.
It extends way beyond the old school televisions it was designed for, it works on basically any TV that supports infrared.
I have an extra room, if you wanted to move in that would be OK with me.
Plot twist. I move in instead.
I'm bringing farm animals. No, I'm not a farmer. I'm going to go steal some cows. Don't worry. I'll let you care for them the right way. I have no clue how to care for the 24 roosters I left in your bed. Or the 13 cows I left in the attic. Fun fact, cows can walk up stairs, but not down. Also, there's a bear in the shower, but that one wasn't me.
You're out of pie....
Sir, this is a Wendy's
😂🤣
Ahhh Magnavox, not quite shit and not quite good, but does the job well enough to not complain.
I miss my Magnavox tv, it just worked.
Who said it was a Magnavox TV?
That's just the universal remote I cleaned and rebuilt. The TV is a Vizio V0370M, 37" LCD with three HDMI ports, made in 2009.
I just saw the remote and got taken back to when TVs didn't spy on you and just worked.
And that's the beauty, and that's why I wanna keep that TV working as long as possible.
Sure the remote isn't original, but I wanna keep that working as long as possible as well...