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Bouncing DVD Logo
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Re: Bouncing DVD Logo
#62In 1999, my DVD player could do this smoothly without any hitches or glitches. In 2020, my Xeon can't render this fast enough to avoid stutters. Either code quality has gone way down or my DVD player had a faster CPU.
It's just a less-than-ideal implementation, your CPU is most definitely not suffering. Here is a completely smooth version: https://codesandbox.io/s/nostalgic-cherry-wwpzj?file=/src/in... (I made the exact same thing last year as a joke for our team monitors)
I am sorry to say, but my MacBook Pro 2014 i7 is stuttering in Safari 11.1 on a 4k external screen.
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#63Is there a screensaver version of this? Or a way to turn this into a screensaver?
Try https://gif.com.ai
to turn it into a gif. You can set timing with a bouncing tag to make it move from end to end. I’m not aware of any tools to turn gifs into screensavers however. I’m pretty sure they exist though.
I made one a little while ago https://imgur.com/7t9svTV
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#64Is there a screensaver version of this? Or a way to turn this into a screensaver?
Oh my, what is wrong with people?? Or maybe it's just me. I have a PTSD like reaction instead. I was a DVD programmer for 10 years, and every where I looked would be a screen with a DVD player connected doing this. I'm so glad to not be in the shiny round disc business any more.
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#65Gives rise to a quick brainteaser (perhaps depending on whether you've given number theory any thought before): under what conditions is it guaranteed to hit a corner (regardless of where it starts)? Also assume it's traveling with slope 1.
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#66Is there a screensaver version of this? Or a way to turn this into a screensaver?
Try https://gif.com.ai to turn it into a gif. You can set timing with a bouncing tag to make it move from end to end. I’m not aware of any tools to turn gifs into screensavers however. I’m pretty sure they exist though. I made one a little while ago https://imgur.com/7t9svTV
That's got to be one of the least efficient suggestion I've read in a long time. GIFs are horrible, except they are awesome. In a 90s sense of awesome.
It would be much more efficient to turn it into a proper video.
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#67As a historical note, the bouncing logo wasn't just for fun, but was important to prevent screen burn-in on CRTs. If you had a static image on a CRT for a long time, it could damage the phosphor. Sometimes you could even see the image when the screen was off! This was the original purpose of screensavers, which saved your screen from damage. Displaying a dynamic image prevented one part of the screen from being overu…
As to why they are not necessary anymore: we just turn the screen off (some displays, especially OLED, are still prone to burn-in).
This was not necessarily wanted in OLD CRTs, where the startup sequence could take a while (and possibly other factors, such as reducing the lifespan, but I'm not sure about this).
Funnily, we are starting to see a bit of a comeback of these in OLED smartphone that have an always-on display to show time and a few things: the illuminated portion generally moves over time.
You can see some burn-in on old phones, in the notification areas, the taskbar for computers, or sometimes the always-on TV panels at airports or train stations.
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#68As a historical note, the bouncing logo wasn't just for fun, but was important to prevent screen burn-in on CRTs. If you had a static image on a CRT for a long time, it could damage the phosphor. Sometimes you could even see the image when the screen was off! This was the original purpose of screensavers, which saved your screen from damage. Displaying a dynamic image prevented one part of the screen from being overu…
That you feel the need to inform us of this "historical fact" makes me feel especially old... having lived through the CRT -> LCD transition period when buying an LCD made going to LAN parties a lot easier
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#69As a historical note, the bouncing logo wasn't just for fun, but was important to prevent screen burn-in on CRTs. If you had a static image on a CRT for a long time, it could damage the phosphor. Sometimes you could even see the image when the screen was off! This was the original purpose of screensavers, which saved your screen from damage. Displaying a dynamic image prevented one part of the screen from being overu…
Just following this thread to see if anyone here thought screensavers were just for fun :)
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#70A while ago I made a bouncing DVD logo that would actually hit the corner every few bounces with high probability: https://nikital.github.io/screensaver (But then it would troll you just before hitting it)
I spent way too much time watching this but eventually the trolling part was worth it.
It startled me a bit, lol.