TV For You and Me
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Friday, September 11, 2026
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Monday, September 7, 2026
The $10,000 Trinitron
No matter how high-tech the TV claimed to be, it still had the same fundamental limitations.
The computers that existed in the early 1980s generally output a 240p signal, although a few machines had options for higher resolutions.
In the 1990s, a friend of my mother's was showing off her 33-inch CRT TV. She asked me how much I thought it cost. I correctly guessed $3,000. Soon, however, that expensive TV would become obsolete as HDTV came along. Some of the final CRT televisions could accept an HD signal before flat-screen TVs became common.
In my final years in Utah, I saw someone giving away a 33-inch TV on the curb. I thought maybe I could use it as a video game display. It was so heavy—probably around 150 pounds—that a friend and I nearly killed ourselves trying to lift it together. I eventually had to give it away before I moved.
Shortly after arriving in Indiana, I saw another 33-inch TV sitting on a curb. I convinced the owner to haul it to my house. Again, I wanted to use it as a video game display, but I eventually gave it away. A young couple wanted it for their son's video game system.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Why Everything You Watch Sucks After Season One
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Monday, August 31, 2026
Eli Wallach was a MUCH better Mr. Freeze
Monday, August 17, 2026
Hayden Panettiere, star of 'Heroes' and 'Nashville,' dies at 36
Sunday, August 16, 2026
YouTube Shorts are going to change
Friday, August 14, 2026
The last 2 humans alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YTs_N18yD4
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole: The Voice of Hawaii That Touched the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Friday, July 17, 2026
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
What It Was REALLY Like Working With Chevy Chase?
Bill Murray about Chevy Chase: "When you become famous, you've got like a year or two where you act like a real a--hole... It happens to everybody. You've got like two years to pull it together — or it's permanent."
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Sunday, June 14, 2026
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Doctor Who Officially Cancelled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72riHRakW4k This is what happens when a once great show gets worse every year.
Sunday, June 7, 2026
The Pitt
The Pitt is an emergency room drama. You could call it a soap opera, but it is an exceptionally good one. The show gives us a large cast of characters to care about, and it does an impressive job of making each of them feel distinct and important.
This show is far more graphic than most other medical dramas, but tries to be a realistic depiction of an emergency room.