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[Rob Lingelbach]

On Jan 13, 2007, at 1:16 , Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Rob Lingelbach wrote:
>>
>> Then an argument could be made that broadcast technology is  
>> improving so rapidly and in so appropriate a direction that now we  
>> need to find the digital equivalent, in the home receiver, of the  
>> rabbit-ears antenna.
>
> Maybe a "fuzz" dial is needed on the TV which cranks up the  
> gaussian noise generator.

fuzztone.   we used to get it by just removing one of the tubes from  
our guitar amps.

in video, it might make a great 3rd party product, which begs the  
question for me, has there been or will there ever be a 'loop'  
capability in televisions where you'll be able to add your own  
processing device, or upload your own algorithm?  (by 'loop' I'm  
referring to the ability in audio boards to export and reimport the  
signal through an external device; also done in video with patch bays  
etc.)    Which also makes me wonder if there are high-end TV  
receivers that have knobs instead of on-screen layered menus.

There's nothing like  the chunking/clunking sound of the multicontact  
ganged channel selector of old TVs, I wonder if any modern receiver  
manufacturers ever had the sound sampled for use... analogous to  
having the ringtone of an AT+T Bell set in your cellphone.    And  
before you think nostalgia is another form of Luddism, consider that  
changing the channel on my friend's interactive-digital cable system  
includes about a one-second delay, and then at least one momentary  
window that obscures the image, so doing program searches without  
referring to their approved "menu channel" is very difficult.

regards
Rob
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