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I still remember the day I got a new TV (despite old CRT working) for my parents and see their faces the first time time we turned it on. Now they are used but

I still remember the day I got a new TV (despite old CRT working) for my parents and see their faces the first time time we turned it on. Now they are used but at the beggining the boot time was difficult to grasp: it used to be negligible with the obsolete tech..

FrancoisBosun 7y ago
There is now a boot time for my kitchen mixer… about 2-3 seconds. It’s horrible and I always forget.
- sverige 7y ago
  Honestly, "smart" appliances are the worst idea since . . . I can't actually think of a worse idea.
  - brokenmachine 7y ago
    Recently I got an email ad for a "smart" kettle with an app that you can remotely turn the kettle on, or schedule a time for it to turn on...
agumonkey 7y ago
The old world was mostly stateless. Power = function. That said, even CRT had 'boot' time. The screen would need a few seconds to finally warm up and be fully on. But it was still a mind free system, you knew that your were done with the boot process and could enjoy 90% of functionality.
- tsjq 7y ago
  >The screen would need a few seconds to finally warm up and be fully on. is that why we hear the audio before video is ready ?
  - dsr_ 7y ago
    Yes. The radio receiver, sound decoder, amplifier and speaker all work on very little charge and can bring you the sound in a fraction of a second after being turned on; the CRT needs to power up magnets and a particle accelerator Late in the history of CRTs, some units kept the electron gun warmed up whenever the unit was plugged in -- so it was never all the way off. That enabled an "instant on" feature, at the cost of more power usage.
    - LocalH 7y ago
      Pretty sure the "instant on" sets also caused premature aging to the CRT. They'd keep the filament partially heated all the time.
      - agumonkey 7y ago
        and premature aging of your savings
tempguy9999 7y ago
I'll beat that: I was watching a modern flat-screen fancy tv. It blacked out and rebooted while I was watching. Screw startup if they can't even stay up. OMG TVs can now crash...
- amiga-workbench 7y ago
  Not to defend that, but it reminds me of a project for the raspberry pi that would let it output teletext signals over its composite port. The original version was a bit buggy and would crash the onboard computer in CRT TV's.
- gonzo41 7y ago
  This happened to me when i was playing xbox recently. I'm not sure if it was the game (Division 2) or the TV but it really surprised me.

FrancoisBosun 7y ago

There is now a boot time for my kitchen mixer… about 2-3 seconds. It’s horrible and I always forget.

sverige 7y ago
Honestly, "smart" appliances are the worst idea since . . . I can't actually think of a worse idea.
- brokenmachine 7y ago
  Recently I got an email ad for a "smart" kettle with an app that you can remotely turn the kettle on, or schedule a time for it to turn on...

agumonkey 7y ago

The old world was mostly stateless. Power = function. That said, even CRT had 'boot' time. The screen would need a few seconds to finally warm up and be fully on. But it was still a mind free system, you knew that your were done with the boot process and could enjoy 90% of functionality.

tsjq 7y ago
>The screen would need a few seconds to finally warm up and be fully on. is that why we hear the audio before video is ready ?
- dsr_ 7y ago
  Yes. The radio receiver, sound decoder, amplifier and speaker all work on very little charge and can bring you the sound in a fraction of a second after being turned on; the CRT needs to power up magnets and a particle accelerator Late in the history of CRTs, some units kept the electron gun warmed up whenever the unit was plugged in -- so it was never all the way off. That enabled an "instant on" feature, at the cost of more power usage.
  - LocalH 7y ago
    Pretty sure the "instant on" sets also caused premature aging to the CRT. They'd keep the filament partially heated all the time.
    - agumonkey 7y ago
      and premature aging of your savings

tempguy9999 7y ago

I'll beat that: I was watching a modern flat-screen fancy tv. It blacked out and rebooted while I was watching. Screw startup if they can't even stay up. OMG TVs can now crash...

amiga-workbench 7y ago
Not to defend that, but it reminds me of a project for the raspberry pi that would let it output teletext signals over its composite port. The original version was a bit buggy and would crash the onboard computer in CRT TV's.
gonzo41 7y ago
This happened to me when i was playing xbox recently. I'm not sure if it was the game (Division 2) or the TV but it really surprised me.