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Wait’ll you hear about changing TV channels in 1985.
by raldi 3y ago
Wait’ll you hear about changing TV channels in 1985.
- elbac 3y ago'What is a TV channel?' (said by my daughter to me recently)
- reaperducer 3y agoWait’ll you hear about changing TV channels in 1985. Turning on a TV in 1975: wait 60 seconds for the tube to warm up. Turning on a TV in 1985: wait 10 seconds for the tube to warm up. Turning on a TV in 1995: wait 2 seconds for the tube to warm up. Turning on a TV in 2023: stare at the LG logo for 20 seconds, then wait another 30 seconds "for Smart Services to become available" in order to change the channel.
- sgt 3y agoOr for my nearly brand new Samsung smart TV - starts up in about 5 seconds, then you can happily watch TV and I did for a few months until it forced an update, which slowed things down. Now things still work, but the TV needs a restart about once a week if I use the built in apps like YouTube or Netflix. Finally bought an Apple TV 4K and it "boots" directly into it. Such a relief! (Well, except for that bizarre touch remote that came with the Apple TV, but that's a small price to pay!)
- rirze 3y agoIt's asinine how slow service provider's boxes work nowadays. Our Xfinity cable box has a .5-1.0 input lag, (more like 2secs for ff/rw/play) and it's the same even after customer service replaced it with another unit. What a waste of resources...