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Is it time for tv's to come in different shapes?

Jayson1

Jayson1

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We have seen them go from the boxes they use to be to widescreen but do you ever see a day where the shape ever changes again? It seems like we have seen some future circle shaped tv's and monitors and we had the "Battlestar Galatica" were they cut the ends off the end of ever edge on the tv's. Even Projected 3D holo-images in the air seems possible. What if they went with a pyramid shape or tv's or they start going with custom-made tv's. Maybe you want to watch Trek off the sauser section of a Enterprise tv set.

Jason
 
Time for different shapes in screens, cabinets, colors, etc. Too bland and utilitarian today. The only advantage in flat screens is their light weight. I miss the big old console tv sets. They had character.

There might even be a niche market in the future for all different kinds of cabinets that the screen and electronics could be easily slipped in and out of whenever desired.

I saw this vintage RCA tv listed for sale and thought how it would have fit right in to Pike's quarters:

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TrickyDickie said:
Time for different shapes in screens, cabinets, colors, etc. Too bland and utilitarian today. The only advantage in flat screens is their light weight. I miss the big old console tv sets. They had character.

And often cats lying on them for the warmth.
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Yesterday I was thinking about how great it would be to have a 42" version of the type of TV I had when I was a kid in the '80s. Complete with the two knobs on the side. Except instead of changing channels, you'd change inputs.

If they could find a way to make it light-weight, even better. I want the retro-look, not the actual retro-tech.
 
Lord Garth said:
Yesterday I was thinking about how great it would be to have a 42" version of the type of TV I had when I was a kid in the '80s. Complete with the two knobs on the side. Except instead of changing channels, you'd change inputs.

If they could find a way to make it light-weight, even better. I want the retro-look, not the actual retro-tech.
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That could be built....rather easily, in fact.

As someone who has gutted old tv sets and re-purposed the cabinets at times, I can tell you that the vast majority of the weight was in the old cathode ray tube. I've carried a 32" CRT by myself up flights of stairs and that's not a joyful thing to do. :D
 
Asbo Zaprudder said:
https://www.cnet.com/news/trouble-with-the-curve-what-you-need-to-know-about-curved-tvs/
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In the article, he says that "the curved screen is a flat-out gimmick". :lol:

Good choice of words. :techman:

At this point, I think level of image resolution sparks my interest more than the curve. Walk through the tv section of an electronics store these days and the level of image quality is quite impressive. Our 32" Samsung HD flat screen is about 4 years old now (and currently in storage in another state....right now we are using an old Panasonic 25" CRT, which was top-of-the-line in its day) and at the time that we purchased it seemed to be of very high image quality, but today we have definitely noticed that it has been quite significantly surpassed by the newest sets on the market.
 
My Samsung 4K Blu-ray player even has a curved front. It's bloody annoying. My LG TV is thankfully flat. You can get wall-mounted TVs now that you can configure to look like pictures when not in use as as a TV. I'd prefer they disappear altogether like in Total Recall (1990).
 
StarCruiser said:
Your fist instinct is correct - they're a gimmick...
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It's pretty much only Samsung who make them. TV manufacturers seem to be desparate to find new features to market now. 3D was a flop and 4K is only of benefit for very large TVs. Even on my 55" TV, there is very little gain noticeable to my ageing eyesight with a 4K picture. As a result, I've given up buying 4K BDs after puchasing only four or so. Whether people will fall for 8K is another matter.
 
Lord Garth said:
Yesterday I was thinking about how great it would be to have a 42" version of the type of TV I had when I was a kid in the '80s. Complete with the two knobs on the side. Except instead of changing channels, you'd change inputs.

If they could find a way to make it light-weight, even better. I want the retro-look, not the actual retro-tech.
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IIRC, Samsung or LG has something with the look, but it's not available on the North American market.

Edit: Found it, this was actually a few years back: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/lg-retro-old-fashioned-tv-32LN630R,news-17354.html

Kor
 
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The future is triangular screens. Trust me on this. This is not a pyramid scheme.

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All things being equilateral on a grand scalene, you may think I'm being obtuse, but you know I'm right. Besides, isn't it acute tablet? Plus something something isosceles.
 
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