TV advice

Elspode · 02-12-2007, 09:21 PM

Modern color TV's are self-degaussing (and by modern, I mean like less than 20 years old at this point), I believe, but this is not to say that the much stronger degausser of days past might not put this to rights.

SD...were you prepared to select the NASCAR ride-along thing, there? I watched some of the qualifying for Daytona yesterday, and am actually going to watch the race from beginning to end on Sunday. I'm not a huge NASCAR fan, but watching Daytona in hi-def, 16 x 9 on my plasma screen should be pretty fun.

SteveDallas · 02-12-2007, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

SD...were you prepared to select the NASCAR ride-along thing, there?

I'm afraid not... I just wanted to select a non-moving screen so I could get a good picture of the blotches.

Thanks, I will check out degaussers. (It's not impossibile we have one at work in our media center somewhere.)

xoxoxoBruce · 02-13-2007, 05:37 AM

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It turns out our son rubbed his chatter stones--relatively strong magnets--up against it (why? I've given up asking why the kid does anything) and that's when the colors appeared.

Because when he accidentally got them close to the screen it did such cool stuff. Oooo, more, more.
I doubt if, Dad's gonna be pissed but the screen's already fucked, entered into it.

SteveDallas · 02-13-2007, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Dad's gonna be pissed

I'll get over it--he watches more TV than I do!! But it seems to have gone away overnight by itself.

Spexxvet · 02-13-2007, 10:10 AM

Stereo speakers did it to my TV. The repairman came out and waved a loop of wire in front of the tv screen. The picture looked like it was "pulled" toward the orientation of the loop. Then he moved the loop away, and the picture was back to normal. I always thought that the loop was a very crooked magic wand, but maybe it was magnetized, or was a degausser.

02-12-2007, 09:21 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Modern color TV's are self-degaussing (and by modern, I mean like less than 20 years old at this point), I believe, but this is not to say that the much stronger degausser of days past might not put this to rights. SD...were you prepared to select the NASCAR ride-along thing, there? I watched some of the qualifying for Daytona yesterday, and am actually going to watch the race from beginning to end on Sunday. I'm not a huge NASCAR fan, but watching Daytona in hi-def, 16 x 9 on my plasma screen should be pretty fun. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-13-2007, 10:10 AM	#5
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Stereo speakers did it to my TV. The repairman came out and waved a loop of wire in front of the tv screen. The picture looked like it was "pulled" toward the orientation of the loop. Then he moved the loop away, and the picture was back to normal. I always thought that the loop was a very crooked magic wand, but maybe it was magnetized, or was a degausser. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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