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WanMan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:14 pm Post subject: GE delays premium HDTV line |
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I've been waiting for this since 1973! 
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ecrabb
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Yeah, but that was just old 4:3 production version. Did you ever see the HD prototype? Bet you didn't know anybody had a true 16:9 HD set back then, did you?!?!?
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Nice Photoshop job! ....The wood grain pattern matched exactly on the front .
Working with that low resolution image is pretty rough.
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C'mon turn that VHS machine into a top loading bluray player!
Nice job SC!
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| MikeEby wrote: | Nice Photoshop job! ....The wood grain pattern matched exactly on the front .
Working with that low resolution image is pretty rough. |
There's a little "repeater" in there, but it's OK because of the naturally repeating pattern. The woodgrain actually made it easier than it might have otherwise been. The trick with low-res images is to res them up - I usually do 4x or so - do the edit, then res them back down. It hides a lot of stuff. 
| AnalogRocks wrote: | C'mon turn that VHS machine into a top loading bluray player!
Nice job SC! |
Heh heh... No time for a Blu-ray player - I was racing the clock to see how fast I could do the shop. Took me 10 minutes including uploading it and writing the post. Besides, I wanted to keep it believable.
That thing wasn't really '73 vintage, was it? I would have guessed something more like '78 or '79. Anybody know?
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MikeEby
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I had one of the first JVC 55" 16:9 RPTV's SD-TV in 1993. It supported Enhanced 16:9 DVD's. When connect with S-Video it somehow automatic sensed an Enhanced DVD kicked in an anamorphic squeeze making the scan lines much smaller. The convergence board died in late 1999 so thats when I picked up the cicra 2000 Mits RP-HDTV, the Mits get about 5 hours a day on it minimum, been a great set.
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AnalogRocks
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The origional GE is I belive 1974-75 time frame. I've read and forgotten more TV history than I care to remember. If you follow 
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perisoft
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Personally, I'd have gone for the 'scope version.
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| perisoft wrote: | | Personally, I'd have gone for the 'scope version. |
Whats that a main and sub grill on the lefthand side? 
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MikeEby
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Or the Ben-Hur Special Edition.
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ecrabb
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Look what I started!!! Nice work, guys!!!! Ben Hur Edition - that's awesome.
Looks like Ben Hur is about as big there as it would be on my screen!!!
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Don't forget the ill-fated Cinerama version... (yeah, this one's a little sloppy...)
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You guys are crazy. But the curve is only in one direction.
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| WanMan wrote: | | You guys are crazy. But the curve is only in one direction. |
I'm pretty sure that Cinerama screens were only curved on one axis.
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Ok I just noticed the notepad was swapped for a Mac Book!!!
Nice job Peri!
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MikeEby
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| perisoft wrote: | | WanMan wrote: | | You guys are crazy. But the curve is only in one direction. |
I'm pretty sure that Cinerama screens were only curved on one axis. |
Yes...I think that is true also.
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It would be interesting if General Electric set forth on a path to deliver the $20K home Cinerama that used CRT projection and a curved setup. It would remove 'movie watching' from the public to private place, and institute a change in entertainment philosophy like never before. They could accept the award for killing the public theater. They can make it a part of their Ecomagination (or whatever they call their chit).
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