Simply random stuff

[H.A.L.]

Good. Panasonic made great TV's. Both of our kids have theirs from when they bought their first HD TVs and they both still work. [Edit: The TVs and the kids. LOL]

Fantastic news! I like my Sony Bravia, but Panasonics were built to last. Just hope they are not as HEAVY as they were!

 

[JediJoker]

Fantastic news! I like my Sony Bravia, but Panasonics were built to last. Just hope they are not as HEAVY as they were!

There's no reason for a great OLED TV to be as heavy as any plasma.

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

If I'm gonna be honest I prefer Plasma over OLED. Call me an old head.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

If I'm gonna be honest I prefer Plasma over OLED. Call me an old head.

Plasma still has one advantage over OLED....they have better motion handling...

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

Plasma still has one advantage over OLED....they have better motion handling...

Maybe that's why! Glad to know.

 

[ar surround]

Plasma still has one advantage over OLED....they have better motion handling...

I thought that the 'motion handling' thing with LED and OLED TVs had been solved some time ago. Or maybe my eyes have gotten so 'slow' that I just don't notice anymore.

[Gotta finish this up. 10 minutes to game time.]

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I thought that the 'motion handling' thing with LED and OLED TVs had been solved some time ago. Or maybe my eyes have gotten so 'slow' that I just don't notice anymore.

[Gotta finish this up. 10 minutes to game time.]

It has been improved...but not fixed...

 

[JediJoker]

Plasma still has one advantage over OLED....they have better motion handling...

Huh? OLEDs have nearly instantaneous pixel response time. Their motion handling is excellent.

 

[marpow]

Do you ever think this way?
When I get a new release, I feel some pressure to listen to it, not for the sake of QQ, but for myself. I purchased it, I want to listen, I don't want to purchase music and not listen.

I find I have been going back to music I listened to once, just random choices, listening in a more calm mood, and enjoying the heck out of it.

Sometimes, I wish they would slow down the surround choices, like back to 10 years ago.
Better watch what you wish for I guess.
Wish for more, get too much.
Wish for less and probably get nothing.

As I write, listening to Porcupine Tree-Closure/Continuation in Atmos, very nice.

 

[ar surround]

Sometimes, I wish they would slow down the surround choices, like back to 10 years ago.

Like they say, "Be careful what you wish for." Until this morning, I didn't even know that Chicago IX and No Secrets, among others, had been released in Atmos.

I find I have been going back to music I listened to once, just random choices, listening in a more calm mood, and enjoying the heck out of it.

Yes, yes, yes. Sometimes I randomly go back to a one-and-done album and discover all sorts of hidden gems.

 

[Bruce00]

So @mandrix , have you ever had to deal with welding techniques such as TIG root pass? How about metals with high nickel content such as Hastelloy C? Having worked in the process and power industries, we were always using exotic metals here and there which required that 100% of the welds be X-rayed.

I didn't work all that long in the nuclear industry where they had to X-ray the X-rayers and drug testing of anyone working on the sites was ubiquitous.

What plants did you work at? I also worked the nuke circuit, thru the 80's and into the 90's.
People don't understand the manpower it takes to built a power generating unit. The were 12,000 Steamfitters alone during the day shift, and maybe half that number during the night shift.

 

[jimfisheye]

Do you ever think this way?
When I get a new release, I feel some pressure to listen to it, not for the sake of QQ, but for myself. I purchased it, I want to listen, I don't want to purchase music and not listen.

I find I have been going back to music I listened to once, just random choices, listening in a more calm mood, and enjoying the heck out of it.

Sometimes, I wish they would slow down the surround choices, like back to 10 years ago.
Better watch what you wish for I guess.
Wish for more, get too much.
Wish for less and probably get nothing.

As I write, listening to Porcupine Tree-Closure/Continuation in Atmos, very nice.

I remember simpler times and listening to just a few albums just inside and out. Modern availability has really mirrored my OCD to hear stuff! I think it's still my own fault. It's simply become possible to go off the deep end collecting music. Now I have more Pink Floyd recordings than I'll ever even be able to get to the end of!

The one time listens...
I try to grab 24 bit and the fullest surround sound copies of anything with the idea that even if I end up only listening to something once, at least I gave it the best shot from the best seats and heard it at its fullest.

 

[Sonik Wiz]

It makes me smile to visualize Ricky @cbmmm3 wearing this sticker:

https://arstechnica.com/culture/202...ts-own-shirt-as-new-michigan-i-voted-sticker/

 

[cbmmm3]

wow. after months of sun and HOT
The counties north of us have a Frost Advisory. We have 43 in the city. It'll be 40 here

Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 43. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

1968, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll, live with some classics



and 1975 with Alex Ligertwood on vocals

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

In response to a random thing I said in this thread a while ago, there in fact IS an SACD only marked as stereo with a multi-channel mix hiding on the disc, none other than the 1982 masterpiece La Folia by Gregorio Paniagua!

 

[JediJoker]

In response to a random thing I said in this thread a while ago, there in fact IS an SACD only marked as stereo with a true multi-channel mix hiding on the disc, none other than the 1982 masterpiece La Folia by Gregorio Paniagua!

This one?

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

This one?

Yes indeed!

 

[madscot]

Help needed please
I bought the standalone blu ray of The pineapple thief - Dissolution so that I could sell my artbook to save space (which is seriously limited)
My first choice player is a Panasonic DMP-UB900, the new disc wasn’t recognised so I tried it in my 2nd player, a Yamaha BD-A1040 and it played perfectly
Out of curiosity I tried the blu ray from my artbook and the exact same thing happened!!!
Obviously the discs are fine and my Panasonic has never refused a disc before, is it possible that a player can just take a dislike to a specific disc?

 

[ar surround]

Does anyone have any idea what these "cornheads" are used for? @GOS ? They certainly are nasty looking beasts. The model might make an interesting freight car load for my choo choos.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2959248188...9KEW2E&hash=item44e67e6382:g:G3gAAOSw~zJk~Nyb