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Posted by Citizen Bob on 12/21/06 14:22
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:59:11 -0800, "Bill's News"
<BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote:
>Bob, you do manage to find some things of interest!! JP1,
>hmmmmm!
It comes with having too much time on my hands. I am retired which is
an unnatural condition for me. I have always been very active and now
I have to create my own active world.
JP1 appears a bit daunting at first glance but if you get Remote
Master instead of Key Master, it becomes straightforward and can be
fun making your own code sets. An 8910 costs only $20 at amazon and
the JP1 parallel cable costs only $14. You can easily consume whole
days with for only $34 and end up with something you will use
everyday.
I am not the person to be commenting on the more arcane issues of
media center equipment. There are others who are qualified. Maybe they
can advise you. I am learning from them.
>"Indian test pattern?" No comment.
I grew up in the era when we did not have TV. When we did get it, it
was B&W. The stations would run the Indian Test Pattern when they were
not running programs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head_test_card
"The Indian Head Test Card was a black and white television test
pattern that was introduced in 1939 by RCA of Harrison, New Jersey as
a part of the RCA TK-1 Monoscope. Twentieth century television became
so important socially that this mere technical image, covertly
identified as a branded industrial product, has become a historic
cultural icon."
The reason I use it is to guage circularity across the screen.
>Were I a Cox-man, I'd ask for a service call so that the tech
>can see what I mean and suggest or make the fix - since the
>tele-tech can't visualize it.
You will have to figure it out for yourself by experimenting.
--
"All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient
and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of
God's universe. Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is
the task of religion to fit man into this lawfulness. Religion
must remain an outlet for people who say to themsleves, 'I am
not the kind of person I want to be'."
--Frank Herbert, "Dune"
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