• TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Damn, the top one doesn’t even really look like a modern TV, either. It’s like they tried to update it while trying to do it in a way that most people didn’t notice. What a cop out.

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        1 year ago

        Ah yeah, that’s what I was thinking of when I said plasma. Although typically those were much bigger than the Simpsons could afford.

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        1 year ago

        The picture.on those things was horrible compared to CRTs. I don’t understand why anyone bought one. Must have tapped into that American attitude of “bigger is better even if it’s shit”. Same reason we keep Texas around.

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      Even if we take it to be a modern TV: How the hell did they manage to put a VCR on that thing?

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          1 year ago

          I don’t think that’s what they meant, rather how could you fit any device on top of a flat screen TV?

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            “Flat” and “flat screen” arent the same thing. CRT TVs had a curved glass screen. Due to the fact that the rear projection could just project across the curve. With technology advancements they were able to improve picture clarity while flattening the screen. These were still bulky projection style TVs, but were called flat screen. But then when actual “flat” TVs (in the form of LCD, etc) came around people kept using the term. So a flat screen TV could be very thick.

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              They had to work like hell to modify the analog signal to project the curved image on the flat screen.

              TBH it didn’t affect the viewing experience.