Topic: a recycled electronics clerk laughed at my reasonable inquiry about an adapter for my tube tv today

jodi !ariasXXmaE started this discussion 6 years ago #95,369

so I gave him a negative Google review which I have never before done
I wish upon him Death as i do all uppity nerds

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #1,076,812

Why isn't the power cable attached?

Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,814

I can't actually remember the last time I saw someone watching a tube TV (outside of 8 bit nostalgia stuff - I mean normal people using one to watch TV/DVDs).

I saw one on the curb a few days ago. A big one, like 24" Sony Trinitron. It sat there undisturbed until trash day. 20 years ago that was probably a $500+ TV and now you can't even give them away.

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,816

@1,076,812 (B)
not that adapter

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 13 seconds later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,818

@1,076,814 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
A few years ago my nephew was crushed by a tube tv at his mom's house. He almost died and it liberated his liver. I had a nervous breakdown and almost did a murder suicide. Then I got put on psych meds and gained a bunch of weight. The end

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 28 seconds later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,819

@1,076,814 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
well if i had my converter I could be playing my nostalgia games now wouldn't I

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,821

@previous (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
You don't need a converter for nostalgia games because NTSC analog tube TVs were the *only* kind of TVs when the games were made. The Sega Entertainment System and whatnot were designed for those TVs.

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,823

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
but all I have is the dumb fake Nintendo thing with the HDMI

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,827

@1,076,816 (jodi !ariasXXmaE)

Then what are you talking about?

@1,076,814 (Meta !Sober//iZs)

The Panasonic I have was a $1300 TV back in the day.

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,833

@1,076,818 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)

> A few years ago my nephew was crushed by a tube tv at his mom's house. He almost died and it liberated his liver. I had a nervous breakdown and almost did a murder suicide. Then I got put on psych meds and gained a bunch of weight. The end

wow so are you afraid of tube tvs now.
who did you almost murder
was this before you posted here

also I am livid. i hate nerds

Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,836

@1,076,818 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
That's awful. Those fuckers are heavy ?

Did you feel on edge before it happened?

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,839

@1,076,833 (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
No I did post here. I think it was 4 years ago

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC double-posted this 6 years ago, 15 seconds later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,840

@1,076,836 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
YES

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,846

@1,076,833 (jodi !ariasXXmaE)

Are you looking for a coaxial to rca adapter?

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,852

@previous (B)
no, HDMI to AV

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,859

@previous (jodi !ariasXXmaE)

Those exist, but don't cheap out on one. You want one that does upscaling, otherwise you'll wind up with one that just makes the pixels bigger. Resulting in a fuzzy image.

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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,863

@previous (B)
> uppity nerd

Dreamworks joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,865

@1,076,859 (B)
What why would you need to upscale an HDMI source for av input

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,874

@previous (Dreamworks)

I was thinking about upscaling retro video gaems for HDMI input. I honestly don't know why he would want it to go the other way. You can buy a small HDTV for a hundred dollars or less.

Anonymous B double-posted this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,875

@previous (B)

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,876

@1,076,874 (B)
Lmao @ playing video games in 2020 though.

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Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,877

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)

What was I thinking, I should have known this was some hipster nonsense.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,878

@previous (B)
It's probably to help watch betamax movies or some shit like that.

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,879

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)

Downgrading video outputs for... Some reason... Maybe ninjj has a DVD player that only has HDMI output?

Dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 38 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,880

@1,076,874 (B)
Because he is an hipster

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 29 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,885

@1,076,827 (B)
I remember vcrs being 200 dollars.

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,887

@OP
@1,076,878 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)

Apparently, these adapters do exist, so it was wrong of the clerk to laugh at OP.

https://www.ebay.com/b/RCA-Male-RCA-Female-Video-HDMI-Cables/32834/bn_92035067

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,889

@previous (B)
he googled it in front of me and when he saw them his demeanor changed

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,893

@previous (jodi !ariasXXmaE)

I didn't know if they existed or not, I didn't see a reason why they wouldn't. Especially since HDMI is phasing RCA out.

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,904

The common ones are white, unbranded, and apparently have bad quality control and can fuck up on you.

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Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,919

@1,076,823 (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
So if you had to choose between a real SNES on an HDTV through a converter or the fake retro HDMI-only mini SNES on a tube TV through a converter, which would you pick?

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 12 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,930

@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
probably fake retro through a tube tv.

Dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 8 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,934

Wtf just buy one of those retro consoles with analogue out I thought you were going to connect a Chromecast or something

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,955

@1,076,818 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Did your butt get bigger?

Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 25 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,957

TIL: Television, just like toothpaste, used to be sold in tubes.

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 6 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,987

@1,076,934 (Dreamworks)
I'm not doing this to game jfc

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,989

@1,076,955 (J)
Yes

Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,993

You could probably just go buy a used N64 or whatever you’re trying to emulate and it would be easier

Anonymous L double-posted this 6 years ago, 21 seconds later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,994

I know that probably wasn’t helpful but it would be cooler too

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 3 seconds later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,995

@1,076,993 (L)
Jesus IM NOT TRYING TO PLAY GAMES

Anonymous L replied with this 6 years ago, 39 seconds later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,076,996

@previous (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
Ok then what?

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,000

@previous (L)
idk probably Chromecast

Dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,013

@previous (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
oh ok that's what I thought there's a guy on youtube who did this and it was a whole thing

Dreamworks double-posted this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,015

https://youtu.be/1qBWSeGnOAs

jodi !ariasXXmaE (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 9 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,077,430

@1,077,013 (Dreamworks)
oh. well that's cool I guess

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