I try to spend my time outside of work not staring at a screen, running, cycling, walking, swimming, cooking. I cannot imagine spending time and money perfecting a three television setup? Is there no regret for time wasted? A life wasted?
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#12I try to spend my time outside of work not staring at a screen, running, cycling, walking, swimming, cooking. I cannot imagine spending time and money perfecting a three television setup? Is there no regret for time wasted? A life wasted?
I agree with you wholeheartedly. However, there is occasionally something magical about a living room with a television that brings a group of friends together. Especially for a new movie we all get excited about. It's too bad that is so rare.
Yes, but a room with two TVs on which two family members can play their own games is, to me, a step in the wrong direction :(.
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#13I used to have a double monitor setup and would program / play games / browse around on primary while watching a series on my secondary. But since some years ago I noticed that I can't do both at the same time anymore. Definitely programming while a series is on the background is a no-go, but if I play games I also just entirely miss the series (or vice versa). Not sure if it has to do with getting older, or my prima…
I started realizing that I wasn't picking up that much of the tv/movies that I'd have on in the background. I tend to do one thing at a time for the most part. Sometimes with background music but mostly not.
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#14Does anyone make a TV that can show PIP from different inputs? Seems like it'd be better to have one large display and then pipe everything into it I was surprised/annoyed to find our new cable box (Spectrum) doesn't even do PIP at all - the previous Cisco one did, but it was very sluggish and eventually died
PIP stopped being cheap when everything started getting high bandwidth. I've never been a fan of the concept, but some of my screens can do it but only with some inputs, depends on the screen. Some screens can do side-by-side as well (usually messes up the aspect ratio), and I'd guess you can find some that will do a 2x2 grid, but you might need a video processor for that.
Re: My living room still has 3 TVs but I have regrets
#15Does anyone make a TV that can show PIP from different inputs? Seems like it'd be better to have one large display and then pipe everything into it I was surprised/annoyed to find our new cable box (Spectrum) doesn't even do PIP at all - the previous Cisco one did, but it was very sluggish and eventually died
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08KFNPTS7
I have one of these with 4 Roku's for sports & watch parties. It works pretty well.
Re: My living room still has 3 TVs but I have regrets
#16They most likely are also using their phones during loading screens and commercial breaks. I would be interested to see if someone who has a setup like this could meditate or some other activity that doesn't have sensory overload.
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#17I try to spend my time outside of work not staring at a screen, running, cycling, walking, swimming, cooking. I cannot imagine spending time and money perfecting a three television setup? Is there no regret for time wasted? A life wasted?
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#18You can get a refurbished Epson Home Cinema 1080p projector on eBay for like ~$350 and have a huge screen in your living room. It has a nice immersive effect that reduces the draw to engage in other content.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. However, there is occasionally something magical about a living room with a television that brings a group of friends together. Especially for a new movie we all get excited about. It's too bad that is so rare.
Yes, but a room with two TVs on which two family members can play their own games is, to me, a step in the wrong direction :(.
Not sure why this sensible comment is being downvoted. The living room used to be a place for a family to congregate and spend time together doing shared activities. If everyone is on their own device… there is no opportunity for quality time and shared connection.
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#20I try to spend my time outside of work not staring at a screen, running, cycling, walking, swimming, cooking. I cannot imagine spending time and money perfecting a three television setup? Is there no regret for time wasted? A life wasted?
To each their own I guess. But I'm with you, I got rid of my TV in the living room and put some house plants on the table instead. Now I just sit there in chill, no entertainment necessary. Sounds boring, but idk, I can just drink tea and daydream and be lazy for hours.