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ishikabibble posted:I never understood the argument that modular phones/laptops/etc could reduce e-waste. You're conflating "could modular computers reduce e-waste", to which the answer is objectively and undoubtedly "yes, since one doesn't need to scrap the whole shebang to replace one component", with "would I or people I personally know change my habits if we had a modular computer", to which your answer is "no". It's also irrelevant, because people on this very page say they would love to reduce waste in this way.
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Code Jockey posted:I'm writing this post on one! I have a Sager laptop (that's a rebranded Clevo) and yeah, it cost me a nice chunk of change new, but in theory I can swap out everything in it including the video card (not that I need to, it has a 2070). If I remember though, upgrading the video card is so expensive that I may as well just buy a new laptop, but I have upgraded the RAM, put in a second SSD, and some other stuff I forget now. It's quite serviceable inside for being so thin. Mine's from 2011 and it's still a solid laptop even if the 650gt won't do anything remotely stressful and the battery is present only for show. I've replaced said battery (replacement lasted three years, so I suspect it was old stock), added ram, replaced the fan when the old one started chattering and got a new keyboard two years ago when one of the keys got stuck. I wouldn't want to haul it around exactly, but at the time the only small laptops were MacBook airs or netbooks. Looks like the newest clevos can have 3080s in them for two and a half grand. Which, given the markup, may not be the worst way to go.
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Not obsolete or failed but I don't know where else this fits: apparently people are communicating with prisoners via MTV3:s text TV page 893 (the "Family Forum"). http://www.mtvtekstikanava.fi/new2008/893-01.htm
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Not obsolete or failed but I don't know where else this fits: apparently people are communicating with prisoners via MTV3:s text TV page 893 (the "Family Forum"). Thats rad as.
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May 18, 2021 08:47
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Not obsolete or failed but I don't know where else this fits: apparently people are communicating with prisoners via MTV3:s text TV page 893 (the "Family Forum"). Wow, is text-tv still a thing? All I ever used it for back in the day was to check the listings, but after I got regular access to the internet I just started checking online instead.
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The Snyder cut came out recently, in the superior IMAX picture format. As such, it must be played on a superiorly formatted TV:  Played through my PS3, which serves the movie in glorious 576i 50Hz PAL RGB from Universal Media Server on my laptop. The TV is a Bang & Olufsen MX7000. Also in my retro setup is a softmodded Wii for 240P emulators, a modded XBOX, a modded PS2 and a Pioneer DVD-player, all hooked up via SCART.
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evobatman posted:The Snyder cut came out recently, in the superior IMAX picture format. As such, it must be played on a superiorly formatted TV: Looks blurry as hell
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May 18, 2021 13:29
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That TV is cool as poo poo. B&O and Loewe put out some seriously sleek stuff in the 80s/90s. I dream of someday having a retro corner set up with a PVM and some kind of yuppie statement tv side by side.
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I had an MX8000 for a while, with the motorized stand. As an overall package, it's probably one of the nicest 4:3 CRTs ever made, two SCART inputs with full RGB and S-Video and really drat good sound. And fully adjustable from an on-screen display, no need to take the back off to mess around with picture geometry settings. I never got it working right with 240p, but I know it should be able to do it. In the end I had to sell it off, since it was huge, heavy (41kg!) and didn't get as much regular use as it deserved. GTA Vice City was absolutely glorious in full neon color from an RGB-connected PS2, though. KozmoNaut has a new favorite as of 14:12 on May 18, 2021 |
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KozmoNaut posted:GTA Vice City was absolutely glorious in full neon color from an RGB-connected PS2, though. Thanks for reminding me to actually try my PS2s component cables on my PSX
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sarcastx posted:Nomad Jukebox crap I now have a fully working OG Nomad Jukebox (mfd 2000) and a way to get music onto it. This took a frustrating amount of research and work, and I'm hoping to provide the information & files for whoever wants to do this next. What I don't know is the right site/location to put this stuff where it's available and easily locatable for whoever might need it. The guides I am looking to post: • Backing up the OS (your drive works) and/or writing the OS to a new drive (your drive's dead) • Accessing the disk diagnostic menu & formatting a new drive • Building a Windows 98VM, installing the required drivers and installing the Jukebox software • Updating firmware/rolling back earlier firmware The files I've gathered to this point: • OS Disk images: first 65,536 sectors of Jukebox drive w/firmwares 2.01 & 4.01 (+goofy Creative demo MP3's) • Firmware updaters (2.98, 4.01) • Windows Device Drivers (tested w/98 but may work with up to 2000 - IIRC things don't work well with XP) • an ISO of the CD that comes with the Nomad Jukebox which includes the software and an awful Flash autorun users guide All of the above I'm sure won't qualify as  but I do also have an image of some kid's whole 6GB HDD complete with awful pirated MP3s, complete with spammy metadata.  A hell of a time capsule haha
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May 22, 2021 23:31
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Humphreys posted:Thanks for reminding me to actually try my PS2s component cables on my PSX They don’t work do they? Unless they contain a transcoder like the us Retrovision ones, since the ps1 doesn’t output ypbpr.
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May 22, 2021 23:36
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sarcastx posted:I now have a fully working OG Nomad Jukebox (mfd 2000) and a way to get music onto it. Congratulations! It's not something I would have pursued, but I'm glad to hear about your success. Always nice to see successfully running old tech.
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May 23, 2021 01:07
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GutBomb posted:They don’t work do they? Unless they contain a transcoder like the us Retrovision ones, since the ps1 doesn’t output ypbpr. On the way to finding that cable I found a PS2toHDMI adaptor and tried that. No dice. I then got busy playing Neo Geo.
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GutBomb posted:They don’t work do they? Unless they contain a transcoder like the us Retrovision ones, since the ps1 doesn’t output ypbpr. PS1 outputs component just fine. It expects a 200uf capacitor in the cable that is built into the PS2 bit that should only cause video noise as I understand it.
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May 23, 2021 06:18
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So apparently OLED displays are prone to screen burn-in? Lmao.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:So apparently OLED displays are prone to screen burn-in? Lmao. Yes. Ever since my Galaxy Note I have specifically looked for non-OLED phones.
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SEKCobra posted:Yes. Ever since my Galaxy Note I have specifically looked for non-OLED phones. Oh gently caress I wasn't even thinking about phones. Then again I don't know if I'd give a poo poo if my (work) phone got burn-in so 
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Fantastic Foreskin posted:PS1 outputs component just fine. It expects a 200uf capacitor in the cable that is built into the PS2 bit that should only cause video noise as I understand it. I’m not trying to get into a whole thing about this, but it definitely does not output component video as it’s traditionally known. I know technically “component video” just means a video signal made up of multiple component signals (like red, green, blue, and sync) and technically even s-video is a form of “component” video but… the console itself does not output video in traditional YPbPr component video that people mean when they are talking about component video. No capacitor is going to make it do so. I think you might be conflating something where you shouldn’t use a ps2 SCART cable on a PS1 because of the caps.
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My galaxy S2 got some status bar burn-in over time, but even at the end of its long life it was not especially problematic. I have had other OLED phones since, and I can't remember it being an issue on any of them. On the other hand, the small OLED screen on my USB DAC is almost unreadable now - but that's a cheap monochrome part. (Using the old trick of each part of the screen being monochrome in a different color, so you get colors "for free").
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GutBomb posted:I’m not trying to get into a whole thing about this, but it definitely does not output component video as it’s traditionally known. I know technically “component video” just means a video signal made up of multiple component signals (like red, green, blue, and sync) and technically even s-video is a form of “component” video but… the console itself does not output video in traditional YPbPr component video that people mean when they are talking about component video. No capacitor is going to make it do so. Indeed I was.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:So apparently OLED displays are prone to screen burn-in? Lmao. The generations of TVs from about the 7-8 iteration of LG's line have active measures to prevent it (localized luminance dimming for logos, brightness limiter, sub-pixel mitigation, etc). You can still roll a bad screen or abuse it and get diminished quality though. I'm wondering what the car manufacturers that have them as sweeping 30" dash sections are doing to mitigate the potential. That doesn't seem like a great implementation for the tech.
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GutBomb posted:I’m not trying to get into a whole thing about this, but it definitely does not output component video as it’s traditionally known. I know technically “component video” just means a video signal made up of multiple component signals (like red, green, blue, and sync) and technically even s-video is a form of “component” video but… the console itself does not output video in traditional YPbPr component video that people mean when they are talking about component video. No capacitor is going to make it do so. I only have vague knowledge of the physical modding scene, but can a PS1 be modded to output higher quality? I know there are things like that for the SNES
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FilthyImp posted:Yeah, it's been a known problem forever. I bought my Sony Bravia in like 2010 maybe? and when and if it breaks down, I'll just dig out a CRT from my storage. (I know CRTs have burn-in but I've never actually seen it myself, and I'm old.)
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My old college had a 286 PS/2 hooked up as a Novell print server and the monitor had been displaying the same print queue screen 18 hours a day for probably 10-12 years. You could read every word even with the screen switched off.
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Johnny Aztec posted:I only have vague knowledge of the physical modding scene, but can a PS1 be modded to output higher quality? Yes, recently-ish someone came up with a digital-out mod for the PS1. Correcting my earlier mistatement, in the analog domain it natively outputs rgb, so you just need an rgb capable setup or rgb to component transcoder. PS2 rgb cables lack a capacitor PS1 rgb cables have so while it's my understanding they do work, they might have artifacts a proper cable wouldn't. Some people make cables they claim work fine for both though.
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I've used the same cheap ebay cable for scart RGB on a PSOne, PS2 Fat, PS2 Slim and PS3 Super Slim. This is all with 50Hz PAL though, if you're in another region YMMV.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I bought my Sony Bravia in like 2010 maybe? and when and if it breaks down, I'll just dig out a CRT from my storage. (I know CRTs have burn-in but I've never actually seen it myself, and I'm old.) You are so lucky if you didn't have an aged relative with the Fox News logo burned into the corner of their CRT. OLED screen burn-in is not really an issue unless you literally only watch one thing, and even then it would have to be a static portion with your brightness cranked way too high.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I bought my Sony Bravia in like 2010 maybe? and when and if it breaks down, I'll just dig out a CRT from my storage. (I know CRTs have burn-in but I've never actually seen it myself, and I'm old.) Every CRT used for a POS system ever. I suspect it's entirely possible they were sold with the screens pre-burned in.
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It was always fun to run across a screen saver made by someone who didn't quite get the whole "saving screens" thing, so it had elements that were always on, in the same spot on the screen.
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I kind of miss seeing outlines of the Goldeneye pause menu every time a screen shows something dark.
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FilthyImp posted:I'm wondering what the car manufacturers that have them as sweeping 30" dash sections are doing to mitigate the potential. That doesn't seem like a great implementation for the tech. If I remember the AI rants I've read correctly, most modern cars are designed to last one lease period (so what, 5-7 years?) and drop off a cliff afterwards. I would not be surprised if, ten years in, the screens are both nigh-impossible to replace, equally hard to find replacements for, and in a state where you'd definitely want to replace them.
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sarcastx posted:I now have a fully working OG Nomad Jukebox (mfd 2000) and a way to get music onto it. A github repository is pretty much exactly what you want. Write a nice detailed README and you're off to the races.
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evobatman posted:I've used the same cheap ebay cable for scart RGB on a PSOne, PS2 Fat, PS2 Slim and PS3 Super Slim. This is all with 50Hz PAL though, if you're in another region YMMV. Back in the day I used to use a generic RGB SCART cable for both my PS1 and PS2 and yeah, it worked just fine. Probably would've for the PS3 too although by then I'd moved on to HDTVs and HDMI cables. I later bought the official component cable for the PS2 specifically to get the best quality out for HDTV use and I'm glad I did because SCART disappeared way faster than component did, and never existed on AV receivers to begin with. The SCART cable did actually have one (deliberate, built-in, because Sony was a bunch of paranoid fucks) flaw when used with the PS2: the colors would be all hosed up when watching a DVD. It'd be all green as to deter piracy, apparently. I think I used my PS2 for DVDs like three times overall because who the hell didn't have a proper DVD player at that point so it didn't really matter.
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Ruflux posted:I later bought the official component cable for the PS2 specifically to get the best quality out for HDTV use and I'm glad I did Oh man, I used to play Gran Turismo 3 on my 42" rear-projection HDTV, and it looked pretty good when you were in the sweet spot with the force feedback steering wheel. Is 16 years long enough for nostalgia?
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Thomamelas posted:Every CRT used for a POS system ever. I suspect it's entirely possible they were sold with the screens pre-burned in. Also every single ATM had "INSERT CARD TO BEGIN" seared into the screen
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Nocheez posted:Oh man, I used to play Gran Turismo 3 on my 42" rear-projection HDTV, and it looked pretty good when you were in the sweet spot with the force feedback steering wheel. Didn't get a PS3 until like 2011, so it helped making the PS2 less obsolete. Speaking of things being used way past its predicted death: That TV, a Samsung LE46C series, is still going strong as my daily driver. The panel has a bit of fading at the sides from sun exposure, and the lamp assembly takes a little while to reach sort-of-max brightness; the screw holes for the foot are stripped from many a dis- and reassembly due to moving, so it holds on by weight alone. But it hasn't died yet *knocks on wood* e: for a few years it was on 8-16 hours a day, it's insane. Not a single dead pixel either. Kinda amazed that I can now get a 55" 4K TV for 2/3 of what I paid for it back then. F4rt5 has a new favorite as of 12:58 on May 25, 2021 |
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endocriminologist posted:You can get one of those terrible Chinese emulation handhelds with fake wood Why not just use bamboo like every other cheap wooden thing? Fake wood won't develop that nice patina of sweat and cheeto dust.
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