I really like watching stuff on my computer. I don't know. Probably because I haven't had cable in over a decade and I am just used to it now and I don't have to be bound by someone's crappy tv selections. We also have a projector we use to project certain movies from our computer.
― Yerac, Sunday, 30 September 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
I have the attention span of a squirrel now, so when I watch a movie alone I have to black out my living room and actually turn off all my devices or I'll start pulling up IMDB profiles of performers who look familiar or looking up a song. Viewing anything on a computer just feeds into that.
― louise ck (milo z), Sunday, 30 September 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
My 2nd favorite way to watch Netflix/Plex is the iPad Pro in bed with good headphones.
― beard papa, Sunday, 30 September 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Probably because I haven't had cable in over a decade
I have seen cable TV on two occasions in my life, both in the '90s (once for five minutes, once for a few hours). This does not mean that cinematography looks good on a 10" screen.
― Ah, the minty egg bits (sic), Sunday, 30 September 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
for clarification, I don't associate watching stuff with watching it on a tv. It's just easier and I am more accustomed to watching things on my computer. Which I assume is the point someone was making above about the teens in the movie.
― Yerac, Sunday, 30 September 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
funny i associate watching tv with watching anything on a screen
so if someone says papa what were u doin this weekend i say o watchin tv (sometimes i say netflix)
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 30 September 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
tv is best. i hate watching on computer or phone
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 30 September 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
that is tru tho
if that tv isn't at least a 50 inch i'm bailing
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 30 September 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
gimme a tv & surround sound any day over a laptop screen
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 30 September 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
I've proselytized on other threads - getting a projector and being able to show movies on the side of a wall has improved things 1000%. Plus you don't have to commit to a flat-screen that you have to adjust your furniture for.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link
veg otm
ive been itchin like i got crabs to buy a stereo surround system
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
I saw that motion smoothing effect that tvs now have for the first time 2 years? ago. It drives me crazy. It makes everything look like a reality show/soap opera.
― Yerac, Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
i always see it in bar TVs. it drives this friend of mine so crazy that he takes it upon himself to ask for the remote so he can fix it for 'em when he sees it.
― omar little, Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
Surround sound drives me crazy too but that is probably just another weird sensitivity.
― Yerac, Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
I’m all about a 3.1 sound setup
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
xpost, seriously that motion smoothing thing looks like complete crap. I had to read up on why anyone thought it was a good idea just to understand what was going on and how to turn it off.
― Yerac, Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
anything with bass and clarity, not too loud, some popcorn, and i'm gucci
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
My in-laws LOVE that motion smoothing thing and it makes watching movies with them v v painful
― just1n3, Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
I moved the couch a foot closer to the TV, now I am living the dream
― Brad C., Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
i want a setup like soarin at disneyland where u can smell whats on tv
or the one where there were screens all around you and you sat down and things were coming from all angles, i dont think they have that anymore
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 30 September 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
It's completely reasonable to hate motion smoothing, and completely baffling that most new TVs come with it turned on. I nearly had a heart attack when I bought my TV, put on a favorite movie,cand it looked like utter shit. Then I turned off motion smoothing, and everything looked amazing.
The moral of the story is, a new, large screen TV is absolutely wonderful to watch movies,TV shows. YouTube videos, live streams, etc. Just remember to turn off the motion smoothing when you are first setting up your TV.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 30 September 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
I have to resist adjusting other peoples' TVs to kill the motion smoothing.
― louise ck (milo z), Sunday, 30 September 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
don't resist
― Ah, the minty egg bits (sic), Sunday, 30 September 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/christopher-nolan-paul-thomas-anderson-motion-smoothing-tvAction is being taken apparently
― circa1916, Sunday, 30 September 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
norm macdonald
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 30 September 2018 23:25 (five years ago) link
hitlers dog
gossip
and trickery
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 30 September 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
Although technically, it's nice to have the opposite of air-brushing happen to aesthetically charismatic people.
― Yerac, Sunday, 30 September 2018 23:49 (five years ago) link
I don't follow
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 1 October 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
It makes pretty people unattractive.
― louise ck (milo z), Monday, 1 October 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
They all look like they're under the lights of a set of an '80s courtroom show.
― louise ck (milo z), Monday, 1 October 2018 01:13 (five years ago) link
You can see a lot of pores and bad skin.
― Yerac, Monday, 1 October 2018 01:21 (five years ago) link
But why not just turn it off?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 1 October 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
It comes as the default on new tvs. A lot of people don't even know you can turn it off.
― Yerac, Monday, 1 October 2018 01:34 (five years ago) link
Uh
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 1 October 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link
I know, and that sucks. As I said above, I had the same experience, and it was very frustrating, but once I figured out what was going on, it was all good. If you know ahead of time that motion smoothing is a thing you'll have to turn off when you set up a new TV, is that really a reason to avoid TVs?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 1 October 2018 01:38 (five years ago) link
Maybe I'm just confusing myself for no reason, feel free to ignore.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 1 October 2018 01:40 (five years ago) link
So, new Chef's Table! (I didn't mean to make not having a huge tv a thing, because I have a huge tv right now that is on at night to watch netflix or while rowing. But it's just me where I don't like tvs being the focal point of a room or being on all the time. This probably comes from growing up around family who were hard of hearing or socially stupid and they can't be around people without having the tv on at full blast all day long.)
― Yerac, Monday, 1 October 2018 01:44 (five years ago) link
Makes sense, I'm pretty much planted in front of the TV all day, but we have it set up in a side room so that it isn't in the middle of the main living room, and guests don't have to deal with obnoxious TV.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 1 October 2018 01:55 (five years ago) link
Started watching Hilda, it is very much my shit. I love her chill world. Almost seems inspired by platform games, at times.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 1 October 2018 01:57 (five years ago) link
I remember when growing up the stats showed that the typical american watched something like 6 hours of tv a day or something?
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 1 October 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
Almost seems inspired by platform games, at times.I haven’t seen the series, but the albums* are lovely *big thin children’s hardcover comics
― Ah, the minty egg bits (sic), Monday, 1 October 2018 03:23 (five years ago) link
Ahh, I didn't realize that. I took a look at some samples of the comics, and can say the series is very, very similar. Same plots, even same color palettes.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 1 October 2018 03:35 (five years ago) link
When I finally buy a house I’m going to put the tv in a cabinet behind doors like my grandparents used to have. It looks like the 2001 monolith when it is not on.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 1 October 2018 04:19 (five years ago) link
what a waste of cabinet space though
― Nhex, Monday, 1 October 2018 04:31 (five years ago) link
agreei get it if you dont watch much tv but i feel like it’s for ppl who entertain & want to pretend to ppl that they dont watch tv (oh that old thing, no we play board games & do sudoku) when they do
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 1 October 2018 04:50 (five years ago) link
new jeremy saulnier is barely comprehensible
netflix marque is a kiss of death
― ||||||||, Monday, 1 October 2018 05:12 (five years ago) link
I guess we should poll this, but if we have company I’d rather have the AppleTV screensavers on than the blank screen and it seems no drama to put a door in front of it.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 1 October 2018 06:33 (five years ago) link
Also it won’t be quite like my grandparents Tv as it won’t have a very old jar of sugared almonds on top.