What is it about the WOW factor of composite video?
soshimo
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This is probably a non sequitur, but I was so affected by my observations that I wanted to know if anyone had any similar reactions.
Some background first. Got the prop chip about 2 weeks ago. Played with typical lcd, servo, rs232, and dabbled in some i2c. Created a demo using a "robot head" (really the top of a box mounted to a DIY tilt/pan servo combo) and the Wii nunchuck. While that brought some oohs and ahhs, especially from the kiddies, the wife had "that" look, you know the one, the one that says, "you've been spending nights till 1:00am in the shop for that?".
Okay, so enters composite video - thank you yet again prop design team and all the people who wrote software for composite video generation. I create a very simple demonstration where I put my son's name, along with some text in a letter format. I hide the setup in side a drawer in the entertainment center and I set them up to turn on the TV (babe, check the weather =]). Now, that brought out the oohs and ahhs. The wife thought I was a genius and my son was in shock. I had to tell them that I only made the video DAC circuit (I'm prototyping the prop) and I rode on the shoulders of giants for all the rest. That didn't matter to her or my son. I was a hero once again in their eyes.
Thank you yet again Parallax.
Some background first. Got the prop chip about 2 weeks ago. Played with typical lcd, servo, rs232, and dabbled in some i2c. Created a demo using a "robot head" (really the top of a box mounted to a DIY tilt/pan servo combo) and the Wii nunchuck. While that brought some oohs and ahhs, especially from the kiddies, the wife had "that" look, you know the one, the one that says, "you've been spending nights till 1:00am in the shop for that?".
Okay, so enters composite video - thank you yet again prop design team and all the people who wrote software for composite video generation. I create a very simple demonstration where I put my son's name, along with some text in a letter format. I hide the setup in side a drawer in the entertainment center and I set them up to turn on the TV (babe, check the weather =]). Now, that brought out the oohs and ahhs. The wife thought I was a genius and my son was in shock. I had to tell them that I only made the video DAC circuit (I'm prototyping the prop) and I rode on the shoulders of giants for all the rest. That didn't matter to her or my son. I was a hero once again in their eyes.
Thank you yet again Parallax.
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We don't often get control of the thing. We play games, we watch dramas, enjoy sports, and catch news, but it's a one way thing. Even the games are one way. We get to do stuff, but rarely do we get to do just any old stuff on that TV.
When we get the beam, and we light up the pixels, it's different! We have the control, however minor, and that's special, if anything because only a few of us ever realize it.
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Playing with this stuff all the time we forget how this looks like "magic" to
the rest of the world. Load up a couple games, modified to include your
son's name somewhere... he'll really trip. [noparse]:)[/noparse]
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an attractive selling point for some. The medium, in such cases, is more important than the message — or, rather, is the message, according to Marshall McLuhan.
-Phil
And glitter, sparkle, shine and sizzle! A hat trick on these, and you get double bonus late night TV points, and front shelf space on the deep discount rack next quarter!
We need a retro style Propeller AD, with the 70's forced happy family people props, gathered around the mess of wires, blinking lights, soldering station, all looking at a coupla blobs on an old school TV! As seen right there on the TV. If it's on the TV, it's cool man!
I would make an office poster out of this. Somebody here has the photo shop time, and here's a base of ads to work from:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/08/08/101-classic-computer.html
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http://vectrex.classicgaming.gamespy.com/vec-ad.jpg
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Hmmmm
Why is does that Star Trek game look so familiar?
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It might be the Information Age but the Eon of Ignorance has yet to end.
I caught myself doing that recently at a concert. I was about 8ft from the stage and the performer was standing about 2ft back from there, so he was all of 10ft in front of me, and I found myself watching him on the big screen at the back of the stage instead. He was far larger and in better detail to look directly at but I guess I'm so conditioned to any movement on a screen I just automatically focussed on it.
I corrected that behaviour really quick!
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Cardinal Fang! Fetch the comfy chair.
My grandfather felt the same way about radio...
A few years ago when I was first married I used to dread going to
Thanksgiving dinner because I would have to hear my grandfather
tell me about how I should quit playing with this computer stuff and
get a real trade like plumber or electrician. A couple years later I
was invited to Co-host a local computer talk show on radio...
After hearing me on the radio, he decided there was something to
all this computer stuff and I never heard another word about it. [noparse]:)[/noparse]
People have the perception that if it airs on TV (or Radio) it must be valid.
(Used to think that until I discovered the FOX network. heh. )
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Post Edited (Oldbitcollector) : 12/31/2008 2:10:40 AM GMT
I fixed it for ya
Somehow, television legitimizes things and makes them more "fun". A cool TV just amplifies these effects.
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