(ignore the old TV)

an ESPN+ exclusive fight has literally nothing to do with the football

  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    I can’t ignore the old TV.

    I’m honestly impressed there are still functional, floor-model rear-projection TVs.

    • Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world
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      I clean out houses for a living, you’d be very shocked how many functional rear projection and CRTs are in use and get thrown out “because old”.

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        Heart wrenching and entirely understandable. Those things are both magnificent and inconvenient these days

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          CRT pros: response time, brightness, black levels.

          CRT cons: literally everything else. Sixty pounds minimum, three feet thick, sucks power, blasts heat - for 480p in maybe 30".

          And rear projection kills the brightness and black levels to achieve 480p in maybe 60".

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      It’s too heavy to ever get replaced. It’ll still be there after the house is long gone.