Date   : Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:10:07 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Electric Dreams last night.

I've yet to watch it, but got it sat on the sky waiting...

On 07/10/2009, Michael Firth <mfirth@...> wrote:
>
> Alright, as they said, most people didn't have proper monitors, but I think
> a lot of people had their computers connected to portable second TVs,
> rather than the main lounge one.

Indeed. Although I did do my first programming on a borrowed ZX80 with
it connected to the living room telly, I was bought a cheap B&W
portable when I built the ZX81.  T then moved to Beebs, and eventually
the B&W portable got demoted to the BBS when I found an old green
terminal in a junk shop that used composite video in (and built in
keyboard, straight matrix to connector on the back).  I eventually got
an electrohome monitor from a show, and later added in a hitachi
"monitor style" portable telly that had an RGB input on the back..


> I think their claims that modern technology can just be plugged in and work
> was also very dubious - I think many people still have a lot of
> difficulties setting up a new TV, connecting up a new DVD player (or games
> console, or set-top box),

Yups.. I'm always round at my in-laws sorting out the tellys...  This
digital lark really has them confused; not helped by every TV
manufacturer doing things differently as far as menus and buttons go.


Rob