Hey, he said I was wrong when I wasnt. And I stand by what I said, life is too short to watch antique televsions when good recent ones are dirt cheap, far cheaper than good cameras and lenses are and thats the context of my posts and the forum we are in. Picture quality of a monitor, TV, HDTV should mean more not less in a photo forum and to photographers than the average person I would think. NO? jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: It's snowing in hell --OT Amazing. Someone emails the list with a good news, i bought a decent, cheap TV for my home entertainment, and it morfs in to this . Some days, even my Nikon groups seem civil. Gesssshhh D Quoting "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How am I wrong in my opinion? > I never said your set didnt > have video jacks, I stated that > I bought the very first sets > in america that did in '83 > and thats a fact because I had > to wait to get it and paid > a huge premium to get that feature > in 1983 because ONLY SONY had > it at first and ONLY on their top > line set in '83. If your > set has these jacks, good for > you, but I never said it didnt, > I just explained why it wasnt likely > or that possibly the set was newer > than 1983. > > Secondly, this isnt a flame war, > I just think that nobody should > be watching antique television > sets from a cultural standpoint > because good tv sets are now > so cheap, especially recent > used ones, that ANYONE who isnt > homeless can afford one. It's > like affording a telephone or > electicity or internet. its way way > cheaper in fact when you consider > the life of the product. And easily > just as important too. > > jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of graywolf > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:04 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: It's snowing in hell --OT > > > Golly, we have both JC and God on the list. I wonder if anyone else > has noticed that they both tend to preach from on high? > > Yes it has the RCA jacks, so once again JC is wrong in his opinion. > Only > > he could turn a farcical but accurate post into a flame war. > > JC, if you will send me a donation for the price of one of those > HDTV's, > > I will use the money to fix the car, thanks. > > > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> Not to push the issue, but does this set >> even have the very old by now "Composite" >> NTSC video input? I doubt it because I bought >> the very first set available in America >> back in 1983 that had one, a component >> system by Sony ( seperate tuner and monitor) >> called the Profeel, and it cost $1850 >> for the pair. If you are still using >> the old "RF" (channel 3 or 4 ) connection, >> thats even worse for DVD/VHS. If the set >> does have the composite input, its most >> likely a later model than 1983 date given >> because it took a long time for that >> to reach lower models and brands too, >> but its possible it came in in late '83 >> I guess but not likely, especially if >> its a console, those were earlier than >> monitors ( sets equipped with video inputs >> as well as a tuner) . > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
