The TV technology thread

[Fangirl Three]

I've just ordered a modern television, more than twice the size of my existing 1998 model. With the old one I had begun to have to keep getting up and standing closer to the screen to see what was happening.  

The new one will not only allow me to see New New Doctor Who on the 7th, but it will, additionally, in theory allow me to watch the new series of OITNB via Netflix. But I expect that last feature not to work, I'm keeping my expectations low to avoid disappointment.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

The new one will not only allow me to see New New Doctor Who on the 7th...

You'll be able to see Sheffield in widescreen.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

The view across the city of Sheffield was spectacular on the big screen.

https://www.blogtorwho.com/preview-doctor-who-the-woman-who-fell-to-earth-doctor-who-is-in-good-hands/

[Nightjar]

But Wendi, you won't be able to watch it.

[Nightjar]

Fortunately however you'll just have to pull the curtains back and peer out.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I am still very short of money. Therefore, I am going to buy a TV license in order to watch the new series of Dr Who on the iPlayer and then cancel my license the moment it ends.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Nothing will make me miss the greatest moment in Sheffieldshire's history. Nothing.

[Fangirl Three]

I am still very short of money. Therefore, I am going to buy a TV license in order to watch the new series of Dr Who on the iPlayer and then cancel my license the moment it ends.

I didn't think you could do that. I thought once you'd bought one, you were stuck for the year?

You'll be able to see Sheffield in widescreen.

Not to mention all the other ways in which TV has no doubt improved since I last saw it in July 2011

[Guest]

It's all OLED now.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I am still very short of money. Therefore, I am going to buy a TV license in order to watch the new series of Dr Who on the iPlayer and then cancel my license the moment it ends.

I didn't think you could do that. I thought once you'd bought one, you were stuck for the year?

You download a form from the licensing site, fill it in, send it off and they refund you for the months that you won't be needing the license for.

[Fangirl Three]

I wonder if I should sort the licence out now, or wait till the telly arrives? The former might put a jinx on my delivery.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I'd wait till I have the TV, just to be on the safe side.

[Nightjar]

My telly fell off the upturned cardboard box table it sits on at the end of the bed a while ago and it left the top right of the screen with a milky white patch that was visible when there was a dark bit in a programme.

But then one night several weeks later when I was in a drunken coma asleep I accidentally kicked the telly over again and when I woke up and realised and turned it on again the white patch had magically fixed itself.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I'd knock it over again. It might turn into a 3D TV.

[Fangirl Three]

I've just made my new television work.

But there's nothing worth watching.

I've got the strangest feeling of deja vu.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Has it got HD Freeview?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Can it stream off the Internettles?

[Guest]

Is it 3D?


Is it one of those curved ones?

[Fangirl Three]

Yes.

Yes - in theory - haven't tried it yet.

No.

No.

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