How would you sell TV's?

[Swampy]

Here's an interesting one.

As consumers go to iPads, iPhones and other gadgets, they're paying less and less attention to TV's. So TV manufacturers are trying to get attention by supersizing their screens or using super-high-definition whatever, but this seems to be acts of desperation.

I'm not sure anything can save the TV industry as it is, unless it's true holographic TV, as Apple is rumored to be designing.

[bluejay77]

Jan 8, 2013 2:34:06 GMT -5 Swampy said:

Here's an interesting one.

As consumers go to iPads, iPhones and other gadgets, they're paying less and less attention to TV's. So TV manufacturers are trying to get attention by supersizing their screens or using super-high-definition whatever, but this seems to be acts of desperation.

I'm not sure anything can save the TV industry as it is, unless it's true holographic TV, as Apple is rumored to be designing.

When I was visiting Portland, Oregon, I watched an LCD TV about the size of an iPad. They seemed to be popular.

[Swampy]

You're back in Finland?

[jerryfmcompushaft]

We may have come full circle - the first TV I ever saw had a 10" screen. Now we are going for even smaller.... life is curious....

[bluejay77]

Jan 8, 2013 9:58:16 GMT -5 Swampy said:

You're back in Finland?

Yes, unfortunately. The retired US Army captain with whom I was staying as a guest sent me away from his house; and I had to return to Helsinki, Finland.

That happened as I was in the process of seeking employment in the USA. That work was discontinued as I had to leave back for Finland.

And, more strange things happened -- the Linux Foundation in Oregon did not even answer my e-mails.

[Sir John]

jerry,

What was it like back in the days of the horse and buggy?


SJ

[jerryfmcompushaft]

Jan 8, 2013 15:03:10 GMT -5 Sir John said:

jerry,

What was it like back in the days of the horse and buggy?


SJ

Much quieter, more moral and much more enjoyable....

[Swampy]

Jan 10, 2013 14:12:48 GMT -5 jerryfmcompushaft said:

Jan 8, 2013 15:03:10 GMT -5 Sir John said:

jerry,

What was it like back in the days of the horse and buggy?


SJ

Much quieter, more moral and much more enjoyable....

But a lot harder cleaning up the streets.

[Sir John]

A small aside here.

A few years ago an 'expert' with far too much spare time on his hands, calculated that if the internal combustion engine had not been invented, and the city of New York had continued to grow, the population would need the labour of about 20 million horses to carry the freight and passengers etc all over the city.


Those 20 million horses would have produced 20 million gallons of urine, and 20+ million kilograms of excreta, and need 20 million Kgs of food EVERY DAY!

SJ

[Swampy]

Jan 10, 2013 16:27:35 GMT -5 Sir John said:

A small aside here.

A few years ago an 'expert' with far too much spare time on his hands, calculated that if the internal combustion engine had not been invented, and the city of New York had continued to grow, the population would need the labour of about 20 million horses to carry the freight and passengers etc all over the city.


Those 20 million horses would have produced 20 million gallons of urine, and 20+ million kilograms of excreta, and need 20 million Kgs of food EVERY DAY!

SJ

And all those horse farts would have caused global warming - better to use cars.