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> Remember when channel changes on TVs were instantaneous? Remember when turning a TV on was <0.5s? My current dumb TV takes a good while to turn on. When I p
by cuddlybacon 6y ago
> Remember when channel changes on TVs were instantaneous?
Remember when turning a TV on was <0.5s?
My current dumb TV takes a good while to turn on. When I press the power button, it takes about 1s for the indicator light to change than another 2 or 3 to begin displaying anything.
- rsynnott 6y ago.... No, actually. Most CRTs took a long time to come on. Early LCDs, maybe?
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- cuddlybacon 6y agoInteresting. I meant CRTs. Maybe my memory is a bit rose tinted. Still, I remember never having confusion about whether my CRT TVs where responding to the power on button press or not. There are plenty of times where I turn my current TV off since I think it didn't receive the first button press.
- rsynnott 6y agoMost CRTs made an obvious _noise_ when turned on (actually, one of the curses of good high-frequency hearing was that they made an obvious noise for the whole time they were on, though I think a lot of people couldn't hear them after warmup). That helped, I suppose.
- kergonath 6y agoExactly, feedback was immediate, which helps a lot with UX.
- kergonath 6y agoThe image took some time to stabilise (and was black at first), but the things turned on instantly, with the light indicator visible without delay (and the sound of the CRT turning on). Now, quite often I have to wait 5s to see whether the button push was registered, push again because the TV still does nothing, and then watch as the thing turned on just as I was pressing and interprets the second push as a signal to go on standby (5 more seconds with an obnoxious message about it going to sleep, and yet 5 more to wake it up). It’s like the USB-A that needs to be rotated twice every time you want to plug something.