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[OwlHoot]

In the old CRT days I had about the biggest you could (sensibly) have at the time. Weighed literally 10 stone. Remember selling it on gumtree for £20 - was easier to get someone to help lug in to their car than for me to take it to the dump.

WHS - I had a Phillips TV, 32" I think, with a tube about four feet deep. Must have added £100 a quarter to the eleccy bills

Probably had loads of useful valves and suchlike that Zeity would drool over; but eventually I found some mug willing to take it off my hands for nothing.

[psychocandy]

In the old CRT days I had about the biggest you could (sensibly) have at the time. Weighed literally 10 stone. Remember selling it on gumtree for £20 - was easier to get someone to help lug in to their car than for me to take it to the dump.

[AtW]

Does that matter?

Errr.... yes it matters!

If TV can't handle features required by broadcast then it won't be able to display! For example right now one of the issues is that for TV Sports 60 fps required and there is even talk of higher refresh rates, which currently not supported by any 4k TV, nevermind old.

At the very least a new 4k TV should support all features necessary for UHD blu rays - players/movies not out yet (proper).

[IR35 Avoider]

Erm.. there is still no UHD/4k broadcast standard.

Does that matter? The TV is just a display. The signal will be coming via an external box, I assume the input to the TV will only differ from HD in terms of resolution and possibly frame rate, but I could be wrong.

BT Sport has just started "transmitting" in UHD. (Signal over the internet, I think, and you need high-speed broadband to get it.)

I admit I know little about UHD, if there is some issue that means current display hardware won't be able to handle future signals, I'm happy to be enlightened. For example, I know it's not just a question of supporting UHD resolution, apparently very high frame-rates for sport are part of the appeal, so early hardware could conceivably fall short there.

[IR35 Avoider]

Listen to Wibbly, a decent projector and a 100 inch screen will improve your life. Just imagine the detail you'll be able to see in your hot XXX 3D prawn flicks.

Surely a projector and 100 inch screen is for permies, a contractor would have a 100 inch flat screen that can be used without darkening the room?

(I've seen an LG 98-inch flat screen in the flesh. It looked reasonably good. )

Found it, much cheaper than I remember...

LG 98LS95A 98 Inch 4K Ultra HD LED Display | Appliances Direct

Edit: Sorry, I see someone has already linked to similar...

[d000hg]

I'm slowly starting to wonder if we might get a new TV - we have decent 42" HD-ready bought when full HD was still a premium and I figured a decent 720-line TV was better than a bargain 1080 one.

We're also equipping a 2nd sitting room and considering moving the old TV there.

Probably I'm now at the same cross-over point with HD Vs UHD; I don't want to spend a grand and I don't want a crap 4k set so maybe a decent HD set could be had for a bargain now they're not cool anymore... maybe something from a year ago?

[DimPrawn]

More than 9,000 homes still have black and white TVs - Telegraph

[AtW]

I shorted majestic and went long google and made tons of money

You dirty spekulant!!!

[OwlHoot]

You ain't gonna sell me a projector. Sorry.

Luddite!

[Andy2]

I've been spending every penny I've got shorting Google stock since AtW announced Majestic Search.

I shorted majestic and went long google and made tons of money

[BrilloPad]

I've been spending every penny I've got shorting Google stock since AtW announced Majestic Search.

Lucky you hedged with BTLs then. You have made about a zillion percent on them?

[AtW]

I've been spending every penny I've got shorting Google stock since AtW announced Majestic Search.

[DimPrawn]

Was that the results when you asked the majestic search engine for latest technology?

I've been spending every penny I've got shorting Google stock since AtW announced Majestic Search.

[BrilloPad]

Yep. Remember these?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_d...isc_format_war

Was that the results when you asked the majestic search engine for latest technology?

[AtW]

4k with HDR and 265 decoder seems like reasonably safe bet, HOWEVER there is a question of refresh rates - current are rather low, I am leaning towards waiting until they get 4k TV with at least 100 Hertz refresh rate and getting reasonably finalised broadcast standard.