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Re: Another reason not to get into the 3D fad.
ClubNeon #312822 06/30/10 01:15 PM
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Hi,

Plus a little-known fact about Sony's Beta. The hi-fi soundtrack (Beta Hi-Fi) audibly pumped its noise floor up and down. VHS Hi-Fi was an altogether superior system, very close in audio quality to digital recording.

When I pointed this out to Betaphiles, who would go on and on about Beta being a superior format, they'd get really angry.

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Re: Another reason not to get into the 3D fad.
alan #312826 06/30/10 01:39 PM
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LOL. I rember A/B testing Beta with VHS and the Beta had superior Video properties, but I never knew anything about the audio.

Re: Another reason not to get into the 3D fad.
CatBrat #312839 06/30/10 03:25 PM
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Well back then HT was almost non-existant. Back in the 80's I honestly don't remember being at anyone's house who had their tv's hooked up to external speakers. I'm not saying NOBODY did it, but it was extremely rare back then. So the vast majority of people just listened to their movies through their 'usually' mono tv sets.

I can remember back in 1991 when I was in the AirForce going down and buying my very first 27 inch 'BIG SCREEN' (it had a sticker boastng this fact across the screen) stereo television. I got it home, hooked up my new 'hi-fi' VHS player and thought I was the absolute shit because none of my friends had a stereo tv! So naturally my room was where everyone wanted to watch tv for a while, until everyone else caught on that the place I got mine at would issue anyone with a military I.D. a credit card with a $1500 dollar credit limit (I think the 27 inch tv was around $1200 bucks back then). They did this because the credt card had a 25% interest rate & they knew the military would MAKE their airmen pay their debts (getting into financial trouble in the military was a serious offense).

And besides, we didn't care what the damn percentage rate was so long as we had us a brand new 'stereo' tv in our room!!! laugh It wasn't until about 3 years later when I looked at my statement and still owed like $1000 dollars (the monthly payment was like $25 bucks, which I trusted would pay off my debt in no time flat) on that card that I never used after that initial purchase before I finally scratched my head and went, "hu"???


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Re: Another reason not to get into the 3D fad.
Micah #312847 06/30/10 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted By: Micah
had their tv's hooked up to external speakers. I'm not saying NOBODY did it, but it was extremely rare back then.
It was 1989 when I hooked up my 21" Mitsubishi stereo TV to my Fisher stereo system, the NES never sounded so good smile That TV is still working and the PQ is still pretty darn good too.


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jakewash #312851 06/30/10 05:02 PM
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When I was in photography school in 1984, I had my Sears TV hooked up to my Technics integrated amp, my Realistic speakers and....talk about being ahead of the curve.... a subwoofer!

Atlantic Technology, I think, was the first company to introduce and push sub/sat speakers in the market...

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Re: Another reason not to get into the 3D fad.
MarkSJohnson #312863 06/30/10 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson
When I was in photography school in 1984, I had my Sears TV hooked up to my Technics integrated amp, my Realistic speakers and....talk about being ahead of the curve.... a subwoofer!



Wow, you really ARE Ultraman aren't you!!

Did you have you one of them there jetpacks to get you back and forth to school as well? And did you wear one of those silver jumpsuits with the big gold V's down the front that matched your girlfriend...




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Re: Another reason not to get into the 3D fad.
Micah #312868 06/30/10 06:42 PM
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Seriously though. Even after I had put together that 'hi-fi' movie system in my barracks, it wasn't until about a year later that I was over at my girlfriends house and her dad had hooked up their tv to the stereo system. That was an eye opening (or should I say 'ear opening') moment because I can clearly remember being absolutely shooked and thinking to myself, "tv programs have bass"????? shocked

It had honestly never occured to me that tv stations included a bass signal in their broadcasts. I just assumed only movie's had bass tracks. So needless to say I thought her dad was an absolute genious for thinking to hook his tv up to his stereo. I thought he'd discovered something no human being had ever even thought about doing.

I wished I'd a grown up next door neighbors with Mark! laugh


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Micah #312870 06/30/10 06:47 PM
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Quote:
I wished I'd a grown up next door neighbors with Mark!

My roommates blew out those Radio Shack satellites during a party while I was gone for the weekend. It never occurred to them that a 12" high speaker isn't supposed to fill a 3 bedroom townhouse.

Plus, the place always smelled a bit of kerosene because we didn't want to pay for the electric heat in the place! smile


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Re: Another reason not to get into the 3D fad.
MarkSJohnson #312904 06/30/10 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson

Plus, the place always smelled a bit of kerosene because we didn't want to pay for the electric heat in the place! that's what we used to fuel our jetpacks. smile



I KNEW IT!!!


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Re: Another reason not to get into the 3D fad.
MarkSJohnson #313011 07/01/10 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson
When I was in photography school in 1984,


I had to wonder where you were going with this for a moment there. The thread got much more interesting the way I read the above quote.

Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson
When I was in pornography school in 1984,


They have a school for that??!

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