With this kind of setup, you can enjoy things in an optimal way..
1) You never have to endure even one millisecond of a commercial or any kind of ad, you can just watch EXACTLY what you want to watch
2) You can pause it at any point, resume it at any point, skip or back up to any point
3) You can watch any part or all of it as many times as you want, in any order you want, you name it. Anything about any video or TV episode or movie you want to watch, any way you want to watch it, you can.
4) You can adjust anything and everything - scale, size, aspect ratio, brightness/colors/etc., zoom, playback speed (slower, faster, etc.), volume (even boosting it if necessary), again, you name it.
5) Deinterlacing on-the-fly
6) You can still play it on a TV if you really want, there are TV-outs and other solutions (plenty of others as well) for that, you can use multiple monitors or monitor(s) and TV(s) simultaneously, the possibilities are so numerous, I can't list it all
7) Timing - you can watch it at any time you want, stop watching it at any point, pause it at any point - you can continue tomorrow or two years from now exactly where you left off, if you want. You don't have to be DICTATED by some corporation when you can watch it
8) You choose your 'cut' - you don't have to be under the tyranny of the corporations ('networks') or anyone else but yourself. You can watch fully uncensored, original forms of the shows and movies, and they will always remain exactly like that on your harddrive (unless your HD crashes - and I say 'HD' to mean HARD DRIVE, don't steal our old terminology, damnit, it does not mean 'High Definition', as such doesn't exist - there's only 'high resolution', and even that's subject to relativity and opinions). No one dictates to you that your 'The Terminator (1984)' gun sounds are suddenly wimpy or that your 'Pink Panther' shows are suddenly cropped (I call it 'datarápe', because that's what it is, destroying art just so it fits)
reply
share
avortac4 (3752)
2 years ago
I mean, I could list more, but it's like.. why would anyone EVER watch movies or TV shows any other way?
The only reason I can think of is 'the social aspect' - when the corporation is brainwa.. I mean, PROGRAMMING (sounds better... or does it?) the whole village at the same time, everyone can talk about what they saw tomorrow at the water cooler.
That's it.
Why don't the masses ever compare my 8 points (and more) to the ONLY other point on the other side and see which weighs more..?
(Or maybe they do, and make the stupid choice)
You have to remember that on the OTHER side, you have to suffer the OPPOSITE of these points.. you can't go to relieve your bladder because it's not time for the 'commercial break' yet, you have to be sitting in front of the stupidity box EXACTLY when the show starts, or you'll miss it or part of it, there will be obnoxious ads crammed down your throat, you can't pause or rewatch a part you missed or whatnot and so forth and so on.
Yet people STILL choose this horrible way of 'being programmed' instead of just 'enjoying entertainment', the way I heard some people have been able to do for decades already..
(Remember, this is just HEARSAY! It could be sarcasm..)
DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for anything anyone decides to do or cause SUPPOSEDLY or ALLEGEDLY because of what THEY decided to read on some internet discussion board.
All rights reserved.
reply
share
jonathan_k80 (6436)
2 years ago
"The only reason I can think of is 'the social aspect' - when the corporation is brainwa.. I mean, PROGRAMMING (sounds better... or does it?) the whole village at the same time, everyone can talk about what they saw tomorrow at the water cooler."
That worked back before there were hundreds of sources to choose from. When there were only four commercial networks, plus PBS and a few independent/unaffiliated stations, the odds were higher that you could find someone who watched the same thing you had watched the previous night and would have something to discuss. Today there are cable/satellite channels, streaming services, online channels and personal collections of digital media. The audience is extremely fragmented.
What made the holiday programs and The Wizard of Oz so special was the fact that they could be seen only once a year. These presentations were more like events, and kids would anticipate the upcoming broadcasts and would talk about it on the playground the next day. The advent of VHS tapes and subsequent home video formats marked the end of this era. Today, when you can watch these programs on demand at any time of the year, there is no longer anything special about them. It's kind of sad. I wonder what today's kids look forward to during the holidays.
reply
share