@BruceCM Yeah, back then, they did actually build things to last. You could also slam or kick the side or top of the box, to improve the image, or just out of frustration, without having to fear that you've instantly wrecked your newly acquired priceless screen, such as is the case with today's wafer-thin TV's.
As for Pong on a touch screen: that just doesn't fly with me. You need the controllers with the turning knobs. Swiping your finger across the screen to place the bat where it should be to hit the ball almost feels like cheating to me. Same as how some people I know used to play Duck Hunt on the NES by literally pressing the point of the gun directly onto the TV screen, to get perfect scores...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
Yeah but we looked after our stuff, @ThanosReXXX .... But I can't say I'm interested in Pong now, so I'm certainly not looking for it on my phone, @BabyYoshi12 That colour one was better, having a tray with tuning wheels for each channel but it was still a bit tedious & needed little tweaks every now & then
@BruceCM If by different you mean "ugly as f*** Pikachu impression", then I'd agree...
All these kick boxer images are exactly the same, save for the colors and different heads or on the odd occasion some other limbs or attributes. It's starting to feel a bit like a one-trick pony thing. (although: starting... )
Concerning look after your stuff: even if you do, especially with TV's and other bigger electrical appliances around the house, you'll be lucky if any of them will last for longer than 5 years. As you already mentioned, those old TV's were like a brick house. Not just in weight, but also in longevity.
Oh, yeah, they were well-built, @ThanosReXXX .... Mind you, my parents still have their 1st flat-screen TV upstairs & that must be 15 years old now I'm not even too sure exactly why they got a new one for downstairs, since it obviously still works fine but I think it was some deal with a dvd player/ recorder or something
@ThanosReXXX "All these kick boxer images are exactly the same, save for the colors and different heads or on the odd occasion some other limbs or attributes. It's starting to feel a bit like a one-trick pony thing. (although: starting... )"
... this is EXACTLY how it is in my mind but I did not want to say it out loud.
And now for something completely different, or rather: two completely different, but still VERY cool things, in my humble opinion...
I came across these during my (unfortunately fruitless) hour long search for the right Pong home console, as so often happens when you're looking for one thing, and you don't find it, but the internet is always ready to offer up all kinds of weird and seemingly unrelated stuff (well, far as the second link is concerned, anyway), that is still interesting enough to persuade you to click on it.
So, here they are. Give 'em a look and let me know what you think. The second link instantly made me think of @Heavyarms55, by the way...
@BruceCM Yeah, but that's probably a flat screen with a tube behind it, no? Can't imagine that it's one of those millimeter thick TV's. Perhaps it was something like this? @Zuljaras Well, I always speak my mind, regardless of what others think. It may come across as harsh at times, but I'd rather just give people my honest thoughts, than to convert them into something that might sound nicer/more polite, but isn't my sentiment at all. I'm the original WYSIWYG person...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
Pretty much, although I think it was Panasonic, @ThanosReXXX .... The downstairs one is 'only' 5 years old but that's still going strong & really is a lot thinner, with a very thin border around the screen
@BruceCM My granddad had that exact screen that I posted, cabinet included, which is why it was the first one I thought about. I myself never had one of those older flat screens with a tube. My first own TV, when I moved out of my parent's house, was a Philips Matchline widescreen CRT:
After that, I bought my first true flat screen, a non-HD Panasonic Viera LCD:
And about 6 years after that one was well and truly done, I bought my first full HD screen, also a Panasonic Viera, but instead of LCD, I chose a plasma screen, because of the better blacks, for gaming and movies:
And that's the one I'm still using to this day, because due to several reasons, I simply don't have the funds to buy a new TV, so it'll have to last me a bit longer still, even though it has quite a bit of burn-in due to channel logos and subtitles, resulting in light blue smears all over the screen. Luckily, they're not always visible, so sometimes it's less annoying than other times, but it's definitely due for a replacement, so fingers crossed my funds will be replenished before the screen says poof...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX Brown, orange, tan......man, I loved 70's design..... 50's had all the pastels.... 60's had bright primary colors. Since the 90's all we get are shades of white and shades of gray, and far, far less than fifty.....
@Zuljaras To be fair, despite the sameyness Anti's "one trick pony" art, has all the makings of a market explosion. That's the kind of thing that becomes "the big thing" to the middle school set where they must collect all 800 and every arts & craft store has them by the registers, much to the confusion of adults. Then comes the tie-in merch.
Think Funko. And the many things before it.
That's you're problem. You're an "artist"....Anti's a merchandiser. Anti's self-derivatively endless work has the makings of global market expansionism.
It would be better if you guys could make up your minds and finally click on "ignore". It's honestly annoying to see the usual "vs anti-matter" tirade flood the thread every other week or so.
This goes to you too, anti-matter, if they bother you so much, click on ignore too.
And no, I don't care if any of you think adding a person to the ignore list is somehow a 'weak' thing to do or something like that, so please don't bring it up.
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