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eti:

--- Quote from: rdl on October 27, 2022, 08:55:23 pm ---Is all this streaming TV free? I'm guessing no, because if I was paying to watch something and they tried to stack ads on top of that, I'd be pretty ticked off too.

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Netflix now have a tier that does that. The CHEEK! Talk about "Wanting to have your cake AND eat it"!
PlainName:
Sky have been doing that since forever.
nctnico:

--- Quote from: tooki on October 25, 2022, 07:26:09 pm ---The very, very best CRT displays ever made could be pushed (beyond their published specs) to 2560x1920 dpi at 75Hz, but individual pixels were quite blurry at that point. And don't forget that CRTs have convergence and focus errors, various geometric distortion, etc. The best ones kept those things under control quite well, but they couldn't reach the absolute perfect geometry of flat panels.

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IIRC LG Flatron monitors had excellent geometry. The best I have seen ever. The high end brand Eizo had CRT monitors that used digital convergence control which worked very well on big monitors. But yes, flat panels kick the crap out of CRT. Unfortunately software makers have started to blur lines and text that basically undo all the sharpness we can get from TFT screens  so we are back to blurry images again that are worse than a good CRT monitor :palm:
james_s:

--- Quote from: rdl on October 27, 2022, 08:55:23 pm ---Is all this streaming TV free? I'm guessing no, because if I was paying to watch something and they tried to stack ads on top of that, I'd be pretty ticked off too.

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There is free ad-supported streaming, subsidized ad-supported streaming that you pay something for, and paid ad-free streaming, the latter is the only one I would consider. I've hosted my own streaming service with Plex for several years now and it is "free" in that I don't pay for the service itself but I bought most of the content and ripped the discs.
eti:

--- Quote from: PlainName on October 27, 2022, 09:19:37 pm ---Sky have been doing that since forever.

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What annoys me is the NERVE of how the system works; you watch a video, and are FORCED to watch two UTTERLY inane, idiotic GenX-designed ads.... app crashed? Ooops, sorry Sir, not OUR fault Sir, here's two MORE ads (often the same ones) - thankfully ALL my gadgets block them stone cold.

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