I've got SCART cables for all of my RGB-capable consoles and a multitude of displays (both CRT and LCD) capable of receiving 240/288p-480/576i RGB input, and without spending a fortune to boot. You make it sound like it's way more difficult than it really is.
What would one put into a search engine to find a modern TV that takes 240p or 480i RGB, doesn't introduce excessive lag, ships to a given country, and is in stock? Or is it a matter of bringing your sources into a showroom to try them with each make and model of TV?
Also there is a huge logical fallacy in the articles argument, which is that you will subscribe full-time to these services instead of switching every few months.
Rotating among services won't remain so practical as these OTT VOD services start to encourage an annual commitment by raising the monthly price. In addition, live sports streaming services tend to be sold by the season.
Rephrased: "And they wanted me to pay an amount per month that totals $12,000 a decade or more for that?"
Perhaps your point is that the OTT VOD services don't require a long-term commitment from subscribers. But EzInKy's point is that some people are capable of planning for the longer term.
The key issue people have had with the subscription service we call "cable TV" is their (former) monopoly status.
"Former"? In many areas, the incumbent cable ISP retains a monopoly on home Internet access with a data transfer quota exceeding 100 GB/mo. This lets the cable ISP dump TV service on its Internet subscribers by pricing a bundle of Internet access and basic TV the same as Internet alone, leaving the subscriber to pay only the local network affiliate retransmission consent royalty and the regional sports royalty. The competing ISPs would charge several times more for the same cap, as they're limited by their satellite or cellular last mile.
Suggesting costly high-value-labor- and resource-intensive projects to produce alternatives to literally HUNDREDS of different proprietary products is... unhelpful.
Yet an effort to produce replacements for proprietary software resulted in Linux, GNU, X.Org X11, and hundreds of different applications that run under them. I concede, however, that DSP might be difficult because more specialized labor is more expensive.
Regarding the Wii : - lots of modern consoles (all the way back from the SEGA DreamCast and some of the early PlayStation 1s) are actually able to emit VGA 480p signal or higher, if you provide the correct cable. (usually a resistor between some pin to signal the console to emit VGA, and the component output wired to a VGA connector)
Lots of 16 bits consoles are actually able to output separate RGB components (the Genesis does) because that's what was used in the European scart *cables* (as opposed to simple connectors that convert from composite to scart).
I live in the United States, the land of no SCART. I think Europe got SCART because of the SECAM/PAL split. Besides, the output from 16-bit consoles is 240p, and I've seen modern TVs that sync to 480i component and 480p component and RGB but fail to sync to 240p component or RGB. One would need an adapter that line-doubles 240p to 480p. And a lot of consoles lost their RGB output in later revisions because not enough end users were using the output for the manufacturer to find it profitable to maintain it.
VCR are able to emit S-Video
Most do not. Though I've used S-Video with my Super NES, N64, and GameCube, I've never seen a VHS (not S-VHS) VCR in mainstream electronics stores in the United States that outputs S-Video when playing VHS. I've seen VHS/DVD combo players with S-Video and component outputs, but the S-Video and component outputs are inactive when not playing a DVD. And with VHS VCR production having been terminated, I doubt that there are enough VCRs with S-Video out to replace all those that lack it.
- Only extremely old stuff (like NES) are actually limited to composite-only without mods.
Unfortunately, that's a big one, as the NES is the only console for which I've been paid to develop games. Is the RetroUSB AVS worth $180?
at this point, the best advice (instead of trying to plug the VCR into a monitor) would be to plug the VCR into a capture device (one capable of S-Video input for slightly better results) and try to save all old movies onto the NAS.
Until the capture device pauses the recording, with the resume button grayed out: "Paused (gain control copy protection)"
This stuff is almost all copyright-protected, proprietary software, not open source.
So is Windows. Yet a binary-compatible free replacement for Windows userspace exists, and it's called Wine. GNU itself is a source-compatible free replacement for UNIX. So why not commission a free replacement for these proprietary plug-ins?
Sliders mean precisely one thing in audio: attenuation.
And just about every continuous value in analog synthesis can be expressed as attenuation of a control signal.
If you need to make a specific visual distinction between sliders that were always sliders (such as the fader) and sliders that used to be knobs, then give the faders a rectangular thumb button and the former knobs a round one. A pan knob, for instance, could turn into a short horizontal slider with a round thumb button.
Anyone can run their own XMPP server which will talk to any other XMPP service in a similar way to email
Any email server can refuse to accept connections from other email servers. One example of this is blacklisting known sources of unrequested advertisements. Likewise, any XMPP server can refuse to accept connections from other XMPP servers. Spam control is ostensibly why Google Talk defederated from other XMPP servers when it became Hangouts and switched to a proprietary protocol.
This is an automated reply to let you know that your email is 276,709th in line to be answered, and we will get to it as soon as possible.
By itself, this appears a step in the right direction. If I know your company's small army of support staff answered, say, half a million messages last week, I know to expect information on which I can act in three business days.
But then Marvin blows it with this refusal to provide any sort of scale for how quickly the queue moves:
Your estimated wait time is, well, you don't want to know. You really, really, do not want to know.
Write something to the effect "Instructions to turn on your device are on page 2 of the Setup Guide." and give a link to the HTML version of the guide.
Small businesses often thrive because they have the flexibility to provide personalized support to their clients.
Then why not structure a large business as a collection of small businesses?
You have the choice not to do business with those companies.
Technically correct, but it ends up being a Hobson's choice. Some businesses are monopolies, such as the power company, the water company, the natural gas company, and in many cases the wired Internet company. Good luck doing without those, especially if you are a landlord who is required by law to offer these utilities to tenants.
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Xbox One runs an edition of Windows 10 that's closer to Windows 10 S in its capability. Games need approval for what input devices they can use.
I've got SCART cables for all of my RGB-capable consoles and a multitude of displays (both CRT and LCD) capable of receiving 240/288p-480/576i RGB input, and without spending a fortune to boot. You make it sound like it's way more difficult than it really is.
What would one put into a search engine to find a modern TV that takes 240p or 480i RGB, doesn't introduce excessive lag, ships to a given country, and is in stock? Or is it a matter of bringing your sources into a showroom to try them with each make and model of TV?
Also there is a huge logical fallacy in the articles argument, which is that you will subscribe full-time to these services instead of switching every few months.
Rotating among services won't remain so practical as these OTT VOD services start to encourage an annual commitment by raising the monthly price. In addition, live sports streaming services tend to be sold by the season.
Movies and CDs I can check out from the library.
Good luck getting to the library branch before 6 PM on Friday evening when it closes for the weekend. (Citations available upon request)
Rephrased: "And they wanted me to pay an amount per month that totals $12,000 a decade or more for that?"
Perhaps your point is that the OTT VOD services don't require a long-term commitment from subscribers. But EzInKy's point is that some people are capable of planning for the longer term.
Or do you think "Disney" when you say "Star Wars"?
Do you think "Disney" when you say "Tangled" or "Frozen"? Of course you do, unless you're talking about the other Tangled or the other Frozen .
Sports don't make it to DVD. Nor does audiovisually presented left- or right-wing political commentary.
But in what language must you think for Chrome or Edge?
The key issue people have had with the subscription service we call "cable TV" is their (former) monopoly status.
"Former"? In many areas, the incumbent cable ISP retains a monopoly on home Internet access with a data transfer quota exceeding 100 GB/mo. This lets the cable ISP dump TV service on its Internet subscribers by pricing a bundle of Internet access and basic TV the same as Internet alone, leaving the subscriber to pay only the local network affiliate retransmission consent royalty and the regional sports royalty. The competing ISPs would charge several times more for the same cap, as they're limited by their satellite or cellular last mile.
Suggesting costly high-value-labor- and resource-intensive projects to produce alternatives to literally HUNDREDS of different proprietary products is ... unhelpful.
Yet an effort to produce replacements for proprietary software resulted in Linux, GNU, X.Org X11, and hundreds of different applications that run under them. I concede, however, that DSP might be difficult because more specialized labor is more expensive.
Regarding the Wii :
- lots of modern consoles (all the way back from the SEGA DreamCast and some of the early PlayStation 1s) are actually able to emit VGA 480p signal or higher, if you provide the correct cable.
(usually a resistor between some pin to signal the console to emit VGA, and the component output wired to a VGA connector)
NTSC Wii consoles support only YPbPr, not RGB. And citation needed that the original PlayStation and Nintendo 64 could do 480p at all. They struggled to do even 480i; most games were in 240p.
Lots of 16 bits consoles are actually able to output separate RGB components (the Genesis does) because that's what was used in the European scart *cables* (as opposed to simple connectors that convert from composite to scart).
I live in the United States, the land of no SCART. I think Europe got SCART because of the SECAM/PAL split. Besides, the output from 16-bit consoles is 240p, and I've seen modern TVs that sync to 480i component and 480p component and RGB but fail to sync to 240p component or RGB. One would need an adapter that line-doubles 240p to 480p. And a lot of consoles lost their RGB output in later revisions because not enough end users were using the output for the manufacturer to find it profitable to maintain it.
VCR are able to emit S-Video
Most do not. Though I've used S-Video with my Super NES, N64, and GameCube, I've never seen a VHS (not S-VHS) VCR in mainstream electronics stores in the United States that outputs S-Video when playing VHS. I've seen VHS/DVD combo players with S-Video and component outputs, but the S-Video and component outputs are inactive when not playing a DVD. And with VHS VCR production having been terminated, I doubt that there are enough VCRs with S-Video out to replace all those that lack it.
- Only extremely old stuff (like NES) are actually limited to composite-only without mods.
Unfortunately, that's a big one, as the NES is the only console for which I've been paid to develop games. Is the RetroUSB AVS worth $180?
at this point, the best advice (instead of trying to plug the VCR into a monitor) would be to plug the VCR into a capture device (one capable of S-Video input for slightly better results) and try to save all old movies onto the NAS.
Until the capture device pauses the recording, with the resume button grayed out: "Paused (gain control copy protection)"
The difference is that with a PC,* you can buy games from Itch or GOG or wherever, not just one single store.
* Excluding Windows RT and Windows 10 S
This stuff is almost all copyright-protected, proprietary software, not open source.
So is Windows. Yet a binary-compatible free replacement for Windows userspace exists, and it's called Wine. GNU itself is a source-compatible free replacement for UNIX. So why not commission a free replacement for these proprietary plug-ins?
Sliders mean precisely one thing in audio: attenuation.
And just about every continuous value in analog synthesis can be expressed as attenuation of a control signal.
If you need to make a specific visual distinction between sliders that were always sliders (such as the fader) and sliders that used to be knobs, then give the faders a rectangular thumb button and the former knobs a round one. A pan knob, for instance, could turn into a short horizontal slider with a round thumb button.
From the linked help page:
What error message do you get when you try your non-Verizon mobile phone number? Or do you have only a landline or landline-equivalent VoIP number?
When the web is decentralized, you can choose to omit domains from your view of the index.
Anyone can run their own XMPP server which will talk to any other XMPP service in a similar way to email
Any email server can refuse to accept connections from other email servers. One example of this is blacklisting known sources of unrequested advertisements. Likewise, any XMPP server can refuse to accept connections from other XMPP servers. Spam control is ostensibly why Google Talk defederated from other XMPP servers when it became Hangouts and switched to a proprietary protocol.
customers who reply with inappropriate things, like requests for support on a sales announcement, or other nonsense
Replies to an announcement should go to the keyword filter. If it looks like support, send it to support.
They don't want tech questions coming to the finance department. No marketing vendors emailing the ops team and so on.
That's why the inbound mail processor trusts the keywords in the body more than the address when routing a message sent to a role account.
Why is this vacation auto-reply not rate-limited to one mail per (sender, recipient) address pair per week?
This is an automated reply to let you know that your email is 276,709th in line to be answered, and we will get to it as soon as possible.
By itself, this appears a step in the right direction. If I know your company's small army of support staff answered, say, half a million messages last week, I know to expect information on which I can act in three business days.
But then Marvin blows it with this refusal to provide any sort of scale for how quickly the queue moves:
Your estimated wait time is, well, you don't want to know. You really, really, do not want to know.
Is your customer base small enough? Hint: if you have e.g. millions of customers, no-reply is a must.
It's not the absolute size as much as the ratio of tier 1 support personnel per customer.
Like hi I just bought X how do I turn it on?
Write something to the effect "Instructions to turn on your device are on page 2 of the Setup Guide." and give a link to the HTML version of the guide.
Small businesses often thrive because they have the flexibility to provide personalized support to their clients.
Then why not structure a large business as a collection of small businesses?
You have the choice not to do business with those companies.
Technically correct, but it ends up being a Hobson's choice. Some businesses are monopolies, such as the power company, the water company, the natural gas company, and in many cases the wired Internet company. Good luck doing without those, especially if you are a landlord who is required by law to offer these utilities to tenants.
This is a non-story
The remainder of your comment relies on relative privation.
Then replace two knobs top and bottom with two vertical sliders side by side. This way your 24 channels get 48 sliders across.