Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s

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A battery has a positive side.

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s


It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as convex.

--
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s


It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room, which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved TV at a hell of an angle.


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On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 22:52:56 -0000, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Uncle Peter wrote:

Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like going
back to the old crappy tubes?

In this particular instance, you prolly wouldn't, as ISTM that the only
people who'd get a good view would be those sitting at the focus of the
curve. Everyone else'd get a distorted/truncated image.

OK for a single person or possibly a cosy couple.

If I'm sat that close to someone I'm not interested in what's on the telly.

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Its a bit like the old projector tvs. I have no idea, but I guess it depends
on whether the images are manipulated to make things still look straight,
in which case it can seem to have more depth, nuch like the very curved
cinerama of the past.
Brian

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"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s

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A battery has a positive side.

Uncle Peter wrote

Call me stupid,

I already did, stupid.

but why would you want your TV curved?

Because you are stupid, stupid.

Isn't that like going back to the old crappy tubes?

Its curved the other way, stupid.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:07:40 -0000, Rod Speed wrote:

Uncle Peter wrote

Call me stupid,

I already did, stupid.

but why would you want your TV curved?

Because you are stupid, stupid.

Isn't that like going back to the old crappy tubes?

Its curved the other way, stupid.

Distorts the image the other way then.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s




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"Well, you see," the teenager replied, "I was kissing my girl good-night and damned if her brother didn't come out the back door and step right in the middle of my back."

But we have 3D TV.


On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:51:56 -0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

Its a bit like the old projector tvs. I have no idea, but I guess it depends
on whether the images are manipulated to make things still look straight,
in which case it can seem to have more depth, nuch like the very curved
cinerama of the past.
Brian



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"You seem to have a cracked vertebrae." the Emergency Room doctor told the high school aged boy. "What happened?"
"Well, you see," the teenager replied, "I was kissing my girl good-night and damned if her brother didn't come out the back door and step right in the middle of my back."

On Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:31:01 PM UTC, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

there are idiot customers to be fished. In fact that's the reason for most ads.

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:31:55 -0000, wrote:

On Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:31:01 PM UTC, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

there are idiot customers to be fished. In fact that's the reason for most ads.

It's the whole reason Apple exists. Pure advertising.

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On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:31:55 -0000, wrote:

On Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:31:01 PM UTC, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

there are idiot customers to be fished. In fact that's the reason for most ads.

What is care22? Apart from a dentist's chair that is. http://en.runyes.com/Item/Show.asp?m=5&d=62

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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
...
Uncle Peter wrote

Call me stupid,

I already did, stupid.

but why would you want your TV curved?

Because you are stupid, stupid.

Isn't that like going back to the old crappy tubes?

Its curved the other way, stupid.

LOL, way to go Wodders. You pair of dimwits should get a room. Maybe a yard
sale has one for peanuts.

"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:31:55 -0000, wrote:

On Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:31:01 PM UTC, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

there are idiot customers to be fished. In fact that's the reason for
most ads.

It's the whole reason Apple exists. Pure advertising.

Nope, they turned the mobile phone market on its head.

And that was LONG after it had been going too.

You've never done anything like that yourself.

On 06/12/2014 23:20, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s



It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as
convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the
telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room,
which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved TV at
a hell of an angle.


You apparently also haven't noticed that the curved screen models are
large - 40 to 70+ inches. So there is usually plenty of opportunity for
several people to have acceptable viewing positions. Sort-of like cinema
curved screens - they too allowed more than one person to watch at the
same time.

Most people who wished to understand what curved screens are like for
viewing would takes themselves off to a shop which has some operating on
display.

--
Rod

Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s



It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as
convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the
telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room,
which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved TV at
a hell of an angle.


Curved TVs have only a slight curve, hardly seems worthwhile.

"Uncle Peter" wrote in message news
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

Well for one thing, they've solved the problem of wall mounted TV's,
for people living in converted lighthouses and windmills.


michael adams

....

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:56:20 -0000, Rod Speed wrote:



"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:31:55 -0000, wrote:

On Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:31:01 PM UTC, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

there are idiot customers to be fished. In fact that's the reason for
most ads.

It's the whole reason Apple exists. Pure advertising.

Nope, they turned the mobile phone market on its head.

And that was LONG after it had been going too.

You've never done anything like that yourself.

Apple phones are the ****tiest ones about.

--
Love is complicated machinery.
But sometimes all you need is a good screw to fix it.

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:39:59 -0000, polygonum wrote:

On 06/12/2014 23:20, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s



It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as
convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the
telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room,
which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved TV at
a hell of an angle.


You apparently also haven't noticed that the curved screen models are
large - 40 to 70+ inches. So there is usually plenty of opportunity for
several people to have acceptable viewing positions. Sort-of like cinema
curved screens - they too allowed more than one person to watch at the
same time.

Most people who wished to understand what curved screens are like for
viewing would takes themselves off to a shop which has some operating on
display.

I don't do shops.

--
The problem with today's society is adults are treated like children, children are treated like retards, and retards are exempt from the law.

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:06:29 -0000, Capitol wrote:

Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s



It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as
convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the
telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room,
which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved TV at
a hell of an angle.


Curved TVs have only a slight curve, hardly seems worthwhile.

I bet it makes them delaminate quicker too.

--
A drunk was in front of a judge. The judge says, "You've been brought here for drinking."
The drunk says, "Okay, let's get started."

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:36:51 -0000, michael adams wrote:


"Uncle Peter" wrote in message news
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

Well for one thing, they've solved the problem of wall mounted TV's,
for people living in converted lighthouses and windmills.

ROTFPMSL!

--
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The drunk says, "Okay, let's get started."

"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:56:20 -0000, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:31:55 -0000, wrote:

On Saturday, December 6, 2014 10:31:01 PM UTC, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

there are idiot customers to be fished. In fact that's the reason for
most ads.

It's the whole reason Apple exists. Pure advertising.

Nope, they turned the mobile phone market on its head.

And that was LONG after it had been going too.

You've never done anything like that yourself.

Apple phones are the ****tiest ones about.

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you have
never ever had a ****ing clue about anything at all, ever.

"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:06:29 -0000, Capitol wrote:

Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s



It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as
convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the
telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room,
which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved TV at
a hell of an angle.


Curved TVs have only a slight curve, hardly seems worthwhile.

I bet it makes them delaminate quicker too.

You've just lost that bet.

On 07/12/2014 10:36, michael adams wrote:
"Uncle Peter" wrote in message news
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

Well for one thing, they've solved the problem of wall mounted TV's,
for people living in converted lighthouses and windmills.


And maybe Oast Houses.


--
Michael Chare

Ah, but nobody watched it so the bbc abandonned it.
Brian

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"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news
But we have 3D TV.


On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:51:56 -0000, Brian Gaff
wrote:

Its a bit like the old projector tvs. I have no idea, but I guess it
depends
on whether the images are manipulated to make things still look
straight,
in which case it can seem to have more depth, nuch like the very curved
cinerama of the past.
Brian



--
"You seem to have a cracked vertebrae." the Emergency Room doctor told the
high school aged boy. "What happened?"
"Well, you see," the teenager replied, "I was kissing my girl good-night
and damned if her brother didn't come out the back door and step right in
the middle of my back."

Actually, most of the later crts were in fact more or less flat in the
front, and the image changed to look right.
Brian

--
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
...
Uncle Peter wrote

Call me stupid,

I already did, stupid.

but why would you want your TV curved?

Because you are stupid, stupid.

Isn't that like going back to the old crappy tubes?

Its curved the other way, stupid.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s

On Sunday, December 7, 2014 10:36:56 AM UTC, michael adams wrote:
"Uncle Peter" wrote in message news

Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

Well for one thing, they've solved the problem of wall mounted TV's,
for people living in converted lighthouses and windmills.


But dahling, the radius is wrong

On 07/12/2014 13:01, wrote:
On Sunday, December 7, 2014 10:36:56 AM UTC, michael adams wrote:
"Uncle Peter" wrote in message news

Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

Well for one thing, they've solved the problem of wall mounted TV's,
for people living in converted lighthouses and windmills.


But dahling, the radius is wrong

Didn't radius do landscape-to-portrait flipping monitors...? Now having
flippable curvature could be interesting.

--
Rod

In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Actually, most of the later crts were in fact more or less flat in the
front, and the image changed to look right.
Brian

Sony Trinitrons were flat with very heavy glass in front. Shadow mask
tubes relied on the curvature of the screen for strength.

--
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Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

On 07/12/2014 11:20, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:39:59 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 23:20, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that
like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s




It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as
convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the
telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room,
which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved TV at
a hell of an angle.


You apparently also haven't noticed that the curved screen models are
large - 40 to 70+ inches. So there is usually plenty of opportunity for
several people to have acceptable viewing positions. Sort-of like cinema
curved screens - they too allowed more than one person to watch at the
same time.

Most people who wished to understand what curved screens are like for
viewing would takes themselves off to a shop which has some operating on
display.

I don't do shops.

They won't let him out unaccompanied...

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

charles wrote:
In ,
Brian wrote:
Actually, most of the later crts were in fact more or less flat in the
front, and the image changed to look right.
Brian

Sony Trinitrons were flat with very heavy glass in front. Shadow mask
tubes relied on the curvature of the screen for strength.


Shadow mask tubes used the curvature for phosphor dot positioning.
Strength was a by product and enabled thinner glass to be used but
leaded glass was used to reduce radiation I think. IIRC trinitron tubes
had curvature in one direction only, but less than triangulated gun tubes.

"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?


Why would you want a TV?

--
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En el artículo . com,
bm escribió:

LOL, way to go Wodders. You pair of dimwits should get a room.

Nah, they might breed, then we'd all be ****ed.

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(='.'=)
(")_(")

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:56:00 +0000, Capitol
wrote:

charles wrote:
In ,
Brian wrote:
Actually, most of the later crts were in fact more or less flat in the
front, and the image changed to look right.
Brian

Sony Trinitrons were flat with very heavy glass in front. Shadow mask
tubes relied on the curvature of the screen for strength.


Shadow mask tubes used the curvature for phosphor dot positioning.
Strength was a by product and enabled thinner glass to be used but
leaded glass was used to reduce radiation I think. IIRC trinitron tubes
had curvature in one direction only, but less than triangulated gun tubes.

There was also the FST "Flatter Squarer Tube", I don't know which
manufacturer registered that.

When people talk glibly of flat screen TVs it amuses me to wonder if
they mean a bulky FST CRT.



--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On 07/12/2014 13:52, The Medway Handyman wrote:
They won't let him out unaccompanied...

For which many may be thankful. :-)

--
Rod

On 07/12/2014 13:05, polygonum wrote:
On 07/12/2014 13:01, wrote:
On Sunday, December 7, 2014 10:36:56 AM UTC, michael adams wrote:
"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
news

Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

Well for one thing, they've solved the problem of wall mounted TV's,
for people living in converted lighthouses and windmills.


But dahling, the radius is wrong

Didn't radius do landscape-to-portrait flipping monitors...? Now having
flippable curvature could be interesting.

Brings a new meaning to buying a bent tv.

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:05:09 +0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 07/12/2014 13:01, wrote:
On Sunday, December 7, 2014 10:36:56 AM UTC, michael adams wrote:
"Uncle Peter" wrote in message news

Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

Well for one thing, they've solved the problem of wall mounted TV's,
for people living in converted lighthouses and windmills.


But dahling, the radius is wrong

Didn't radius do landscape-to-portrait flipping monitors...? Now having
flippable curvature could be interesting.
Probebly just around the corner. OLED screens are intrinsically
flexible

--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:01:02 -0000, wrote:

On Sunday, December 7, 2014 10:36:56 AM UTC, michael adams wrote:
"Uncle Peter" wrote in message news

Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved?

Well for one thing, they've solved the problem of wall mounted TV's,
for people living in converted lighthouses and windmills.


But dahling, the radius is wrong

It just doesn't go with the Chaise Longue.

--
It is OK to let your mind go blank, but please turn off the sound.

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:52:20 -0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 07/12/2014 11:20, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:39:59 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 23:20, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that
like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s




It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as
convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the
telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room,
which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved TV at
a hell of an angle.


You apparently also haven't noticed that the curved screen models are
large - 40 to 70+ inches. So there is usually plenty of opportunity for
several people to have acceptable viewing positions. Sort-of like cinema
curved screens - they too allowed more than one person to watch at the
same time.

Most people who wished to understand what curved screens are like for
viewing would takes themselves off to a shop which has some operating on
display.

I don't do shops.

They won't let him out unaccompanied...

No, they're just old fashioned.

--
"There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky."
- From an old carrier sailor

The colour and contrast sucked for computers though.

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 12:47:58 -0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

Actually, most of the later crts were in fact more or less flat in the
front, and the image changed to look right.
Brian



--
"There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky."
- From an old carrier sailor

On 07/12/2014 18:50, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:52:20 -0000, The Medway Handyman
wrote:

On 07/12/2014 11:20, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:39:59 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 23:20, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:11 -0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 06/12/2014 22:30, Uncle Peter wrote:
Call me stupid, but why would you want your TV curved? Isn't that
like
going back to the old crappy tubes?

http://www.samsung.com/uk/discover/t...141206223044:s





It might have escaped your attention, but concave is not the same as
convex.

It still ain't flat. Might be good for someone sat in front of the
telly, but normally there are quite a few people in the living room,
which means that most of you will be seeing one end of the curved
TV at
a hell of an angle.


You apparently also haven't noticed that the curved screen models are
large - 40 to 70+ inches. So there is usually plenty of opportunity for
several people to have acceptable viewing positions. Sort-of like
cinema
curved screens - they too allowed more than one person to watch at the
same time.

Most people who wished to understand what curved screens are like for
viewing would takes themselves off to a shop which has some
operating on
display.

I don't do shops.

They won't let him out unaccompanied...

No, they're just old fashioned.

Your carers?