My living room still has 3 TVs but I have regrets
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Re: My living room still has 3 TVs but I have regrets
#2I am running into the problem of "too many TVs" already with real televisions, computer monitors, etc. I kinda want to buy a fancy 4K and HDR TV but I don't need it and I'm not sure how I'll change my room to find room for it.
I have been thinking about hacking projects like making a tinkerbell-sized Pepper's Ghost machine with a small screen and piece of space blanket.
If you have a lot of screens don't you have to start putting information displays on them?
Re: My living room still has 3 TVs but I have regrets
#3Does 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
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#4I 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 primary monitor getting larger and taking up too much FOV. _Occasionally_ I'll run music videos in the "picture in picture mode" while working, but that's about it.
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#5I 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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#6I guess this is what happens when you're a couple that likes having TV on in the background all the time, but also want to do other things on the TV while still having one on in the background.
This looks insane, but I bet a lot of people do the same thing, just with their own games or shows on tablets, laptops, phones, Switches, or gameboys, and the biggest screen just doing the background-noise-TV thing. In that case, three TVs is just formalizing that situation.
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#7Controversial opinion: if your tv show or film isn't good enough to give it 100% of your attention, then don't watch it and give 100% of your attention to the competing multitask and do the other task better/faster.
Most tv and movies are simply not that good, and you can just ignore them.
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#8...think I'm fine just reading a book or using a tablet
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#9This person seems to have some sort of problem or emptiness that they are trying to fill with media. I wonder if they could sit in silence with their own thoughts for 30 minutes without losing their mind.
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#10I 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.