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> Switching inputs It could be so easy. Just render all the inputs at once, scaled to fit all of them on screen at the same time, and then select the one you
by topspin 2y ago
> Switching inputs
It could be so easy. Just render all the inputs at once, scaled to fit all of them on screen at the same time, and then select the one you want. Could be done intuitively with as few as two buttons. Interleaving samples of the scaled inputs would preclude any dramatic hardware cost.
Maybe someone has done this, but the TVs I've seen have a primitive and hostile scheme that frequently ends in a black screen with some mystifying abbreviated label and no clue where to go next. 100% certain to traumatize grandma.
- gambiting 2y ago>>Just render all the inputs at once, scaled to fit all of them on screen at the same time That is not simple at all. In fact most TV multiplexers don't have the ability to obtain frames of input from more than one source at the same time.
- interloxia 2y agoThat's OK. They could show an ad for 10-30 seconds while collecting previews for each input.
- Terr_ 2y agoWould grabbing a single static frame from each be viable, or would it be clunky because of some sort of minimal time to switch?
- MaxikCZ 2y ago> That is not simple at all. You could add a second, low power unit that scans unused inputs over time (looping 5 sec of video per input is enough to have "fresh" picture on all inputs. Please stop conflating simple with cheap.
- topspin 2y agoYes, I know. The fact that I know is reflected in what I wrote: interleaving samples from the inputs.