Smart TVs
 

My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years... loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.

Smart TVs
 

On 10/15/2013 8:56 AM, True North wrote:
My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years... loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.


Years ago we had a CRT (cathode ray tube for the younger crowd) color
studio monitor. No tuner ... that was a separate unit that also allowed
other video inputs. The picture and color on the monitor was absolutely
the best I've ever seen, including all the new plasma, LCD and LED flat
panels. It was not high definition by today's standards but had very
high contrast ... black was really black and the color fidelity was
spectacular. We used it for years until it finally gave up the ghost.
I believe it was made by JVC for network use in TV broadcasting stations.

Smart TVs
 

On 10/15/2013 8:56 AM, True North wrote:
My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years... loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.


BTW, the old Sony Trinitron TVs were actually fairly lightweight
compared to non-Trinitron CRT sets of the same size. Sony's Trinitron
design utilized one electron "gun" instead of three used in
conventional sets. The one gun design eliminated the requirement to
"converge" three independent electron beams, one each for blue, green
and red through the mask resulting in a much clearer and focused
picture. Perfect convergence using three guns was impossible to achieve
on a curved screen and if you looked closely at the edges, you could see
three independent dots of blue, green and red.

Smart TVs
 

On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:56:59 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years... loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to monitor newsgroups while watching TV. You select an input; HDMI,
TV, Computer, etc, and whatever is connected will be what the TV shows. I've never heard of one on
which you can display multiple inputs, but maybe yours is 'smart' enough to do that.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

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On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:12:08 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/15/2013 8:56 AM, True North wrote:
My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years... loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.


Years ago we had a CRT (cathode ray tube for the younger crowd) color
studio monitor. No tuner ... that was a separate unit that also allowed
other video inputs. The picture and color on the monitor was absolutely
the best I've ever seen, including all the new plasma, LCD and LED flat
panels. It was not high definition by today's standards but had very
high contrast ... black was really black and the color fidelity was
spectacular. We used it for years until it finally gave up the ghost.
I believe it was made by JVC for network use in TV broadcasting stations.

We've still got an old JVC in the basement that my wife watches while scrapbooking. She's very happy
with it, using rabbit ears, and has no desire for a nice little flat screen.

BTW, if your wife ever says she's taking up scrapbooking to save room by using only the 'best'
pictures, don't believe a word of it.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

Smart TVs
 

On 10/15/2013 9:21 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/15/2013 8:56 AM, True North wrote:
My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple
seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple
seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up
to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and
movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb
drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load
Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's
worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can
monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years...
loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last
trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.


BTW, the old Sony Trinitron TVs were actually fairly lightweight
compared to non-Trinitron CRT sets of the same size. Sony's Trinitron
design utilized one electron "gun" instead of three used in
conventional sets. The one gun design eliminated the requirement to
"converge" three independent electron beams, one each for blue, green
and red through the mask resulting in a much clearer and focused
picture. Perfect convergence using three guns was impossible to achieve
on a curved screen and if you looked closely at the edges, you could see
three independent dots of blue, green and red.

Donnie must have been the last luddite to exit the stone age.

Smart TVs
 

On 10/15/13, 10:31 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:56:59 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years... loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.

I have had a PC connected to our main TV for over a decade. There are
quite a few TV services you can get over the net now but it is also
good for slide shows, playing MP3s (if you have a good sound system)
and playing your own home videos.
When we were in Oregon I set my video camera next to the mini rapids
behind the house we rented and got a view of that from a couple
angles. Then when we were in Yachats I got some good video of the surf
crashing on the rocks.
We put those up on the TV with the MP3 player running in the
background for a soothing diversion.

Do these TVs have a blue tooth mouse and keyboard?


I used my bluetooth Apple keyboard to set up some of the "extra"
services that came with a TV I got my wife for her birthday. Didn't try
a bluetooth mouse, didn't notice whether I could.

Smart TVs
 

On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 11:31:03 UTC-3, wrote:
snip...

Do these TVs have a blue tooth mouse and keyboard?

No, 'smart' remote acts as a pointer for on screen keyboard.
Still fiddling with it.

Smart TVs
 

In article , says...

On 10/15/13, 10:31 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:56:59 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years... loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.

I have had a PC connected to our main TV for over a decade. There are
quite a few TV services you can get over the net now but it is also
good for slide shows, playing MP3s (if you have a good sound system)
and playing your own home videos.
When we were in Oregon I set my video camera next to the mini rapids
behind the house we rented and got a view of that from a couple
angles. Then when we were in Yachats I got some good video of the surf
crashing on the rocks.
We put those up on the TV with the MP3 player running in the
background for a soothing diversion.

Do these TVs have a blue tooth mouse and keyboard?


I used my bluetooth Apple keyboard to set up some of the "extra"
services that came with a TV I got my wife for her birthday. Didn't try
a bluetooth mouse, didn't notice whether I could.

My wifi tv can use a bluetooth mouse or keyboard or both.

Smart TVs
 

In article , says...

On 10/15/2013 8:56 AM, True North wrote:
My old Sony Wega Trinitron HD tv finally started acting up. a couple seconds after I turned it on it would shut off.. I had a couple seconds of audio but no picture.
After exploring a couple of self help sites, I decided to move on up to the 21st century and get an LED TV.

Decided on an LG 47" 'Smart TV'
It has multiple USB and HDMI inputs for I can play the series and movies my son downloads on his computer and brings to me on a thumb drive... such as Sons of Anarchy.
I now have it hooked up to my wireless computer router so I can load Netflix, YouTube etc.

It was only $100.00 more than the standard 47" HDTV so I hope it's worth it.
Anyone have suggestions on uses.. so far I haven't found out if I can monitor newsgroups while enjoying network viewing.

Oh yeah.. that old tube style TV that served so well for 8 years... loaded it and the wife's tv on my Mission utility trailer for a last trip to the electronic recycle depot.
That thing weighed 142 pounds... I could feel it in my back the next day.


BTW, the old Sony Trinitron TVs were actually fairly lightweight
compared to non-Trinitron CRT sets of the same size. Sony's Trinitron
design utilized one electron "gun" instead of three used in
conventional sets. The one gun design eliminated the requirement to
"converge" three independent electron beams, one each for blue, green
and red through the mask resulting in a much clearer and focused
picture. Perfect convergence using three guns was impossible to achieve
on a curved screen and if you looked closely at the edges, you could see
three independent dots of blue, green and red.

Sony produced the Sun Microsystems 20" monitors in the mid 90's and they were freaking heavy
*******s. They weighted about 60 to 70 lbs each.

http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/sun/gdm20d10.html