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Post by Dirty Epic on Sept 18, 2019 11:55:22 GMT
Kind of true about the waste crisis being exacerbated by this tech waste which seems obsolete within 3-5 years, I mean who uses iPods nowadays?
Reckon those TV’s/DVD players at the tip you saw Sparky would last 10 years perfectly well if they weren’t hammered too. A bit like those CRT’s around a decade ago when LCD/LED’s came in which you saw dumped all over the place too. With the way it’s going you’ll be hooked into buying Smart sets every 2-3 years as the firmware in them will render them obsolete with the apps and players that will take over from normal TV channels more and more.
Said it before the tech/media companies don’t really want you to ‘own’ the content more continuously buy it as/when on either a cloud subscription or one off basis. The niche and obscure will fall by the wayside and their content pushed accordingly as part of the strategy!
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Post by Sparky on Sept 18, 2019 15:08:32 GMT
I remember speaking to a friend that worked in the programme library at Central TV - and at the time; they were about to embark on a huge 'convert everything to digital' project. Such as transferring film, older tapes and the like to newer formats for (it was thought) long term preservation.
At the same time, the broadcasting industry was arguing over what would be the best method of long term storage. Some argues that Digital tapes could wear and become corrupt, Other forms of media could become obsolete.
How it ended up was like this...
Any severely damaged film was transferred before it was totally knacked. Any tapes (such as the huge 2" quad tapes) and possibly Umatic cassettes, early Betacam etc - where there was a risk of machines/spares to repair them becoming unavailable - were transferred to "D2" digital cassettes. Everything else remained on it's original format - where it remains today. Sat in film cans, or in tape boxes!!
There still isn't a defined format that is 100% guaranteed to be still compatible in 50 years time - apart from, tried in tested Film (you can still hold it up to the light). Though - some digital media is getting better. The BBC use some kind of digital server thing.
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Post by Three Litre on Oct 1, 2019 20:14:42 GMT
I've always fancied having a crack at making a Logie Baird spinning disk type TV.
Two spinning disks, on the same shaft for the purposes of the experiment, with holes in a spiral.
The subject is illuminated in front of one, behind which you have a light sensor, which is linked to a light source in front of other one with some circuitry in between. I've seen some plans on the internet, its just finding the time.
It did work but wasn't as practical or scalable as the CRT method.
And it couldn't get iPlayer.
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Post by Sparky on Oct 2, 2019 10:22:07 GMT
I've always fancied having a crack at making a Logie Baird spinning disk type TV. Two spinning disks, on the same shaft for the purposes of the experiment, with holes in a spiral. The subject is illuminated in front of one, behind which you have a light sensor, which is linked to a light source in front of other one with some circuitry in between. I've seen some plans on the internet, its just finding the time. It did work but wasn't as practical or scalable as the CRT method. And it couldn't get iPlayer. I haven't seen a proper representation of Logie-Bairds TV. Just odd drawings.
It's something that's always interested me. I am sure I read that he used a combination of Opticians lenses.
One of my ongoing projects is converting a 16mm film projector, so I can transfer film to my computer to clean up and put on DVD. That is currently on the workshop bench. The stumbling block is the type of lenses to magnify a frame of film - and the maths that go with it....
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Post by Three Litre on Oct 2, 2019 11:13:43 GMT
Optics is a tricky subject. The scotch variety is quite fun though!
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Post by Professor Peach on Oct 2, 2019 11:15:28 GMT
As long as you can chop down a tree, light a fire, cook and keep warm then you can do without technology.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Oct 2, 2019 11:48:26 GMT
But a tree won't get some chinless wonders through Turin during a rush hour will it?
Or have I just given you a great idea?
Sam.
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Post by Three Litre on Oct 2, 2019 12:51:41 GMT
As long as you can chop down a tree, light a fire, cook and keep warm then you can do without technology. Until you need your appendix removed at age 13 then you need a surgeon, like I did. Or you end up dead without ever seeing The Sweeney!
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Post by Sparky on Oct 2, 2019 16:07:55 GMT
But a tree won't get some chinless wonders through Turin during a rush hour will it?
Or have I just given you a great idea?
Sam. Careful with "blowin' the bloody doors off" though.
It'll only add to climate change, an increase in your insurance premium next year and loss of your no-claims bonus.
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Post by Sparky on Oct 4, 2019 18:13:20 GMT
Update on the Scanner (which HP told me was a write off)...
Microsoft released "Virtual XP" as an add on to Windows 7 - and somehow only mentioned it in the small print. Having downloaded Virtual XP - my Scanner still lives!
SO, two fingers up to HP for telling me to buy a new one!!
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