Hey everyone,
Last week I, as I'm sure many others have, watched Nexpo's Disturbing Things Vol. 13, and the missing person's TV case presented at the end of the video really stood out to me. I found it incredibly disturbing for basically all the same reasons Nexpo mentioned, but what stuck with me the most was the fact that this kind of situation really is kind of a real-world analog horror situation. To note: I don't mean to devalue or downplay the situation of the missing woman, of course. The lack of information and follow-up is incredibly heartbreaking. Everything about this event, however, felt like what I have come to expect from analog horror: This strange case happening twice seemingly randomly at the late hours of the night/very early hours of the morning, the obviously disturbing presentation and, in the second case, the quick transition to "no signal" screen (I forget what it is called, sorry!).
This had me really curious about other famous or perhaps unknown cases of real-world analog horror. I can't imagine that this case is the only example of disturbing or unsettling TV broadcasts, and I'd love to get a conversation started on learning about others. Off the top of my head, two cases come to mind:
- The infamous "Max Headroom" incident that I am sure most on here are already familiar with.
- The incredibly strange "Would you? Could You? On a train?" incident. (Edit: I just realized that this was already covered by Nexpo, but I don't feel like undoing all the text here so if you are familiar with the situation feel free to skip this). For those who don't know, years ago there was a horrific train crash at a terminal in New Jersey. I forget the outcome, but nevertheless, it was a devastating accident. Before the accident, (I can't remember if it was the night before, exactly, but definitely around the same date as but before it) a news station in New York was hosting its nightly news broadcast late at night when an emergency alert appeared at the top of the screen. It wasn't one of those major EAS interruptions that completely overtake the screen, just a red bar at the top with the normal EAS alert sounds playing. The interesting thing about this alert was the text that described a "hazardous materials warning" and included the phrase "Would you? Could you? On a train?" which is apparently a quote from Dr. Seuss.
Does anyone know of any other cases of real-world analog horror? I'd love to dive into a rabbit hole about this topic so feel f
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These would both be great if they existed, the first would ensure safety from e.m.f technologies, and the second could be hopefully used for a higher fidelity additional window beside the computer for analog content, interfacing with the internet, if there was an analog scanner it would be possible to send analog photographs with something closer to 1 to 1 replication. Anyone have any ideas about this technological strand? The microfilm in libraries was also something along this road, as well as analog computers, analog photography development, the telautograph, the dot matrix printer, analog printmaking/illustration, making your own paper, linear tape open, metal etching, stone carving, magnetic tape/cassettes, electroencephalograms, and ultrasound technology.
Analog TV is just a signal at a high frequency. Analog audio is only like 20kHz so it's easy to simple it using PCM to make digital audio, but analog video is like 6MHz. According to Nyquist we need to sample at twice that, so we sample at 12MHz. Would it be possible to create digital video from an analog video signal with PCM? Would it look just like the original signal?
So sometimes when you watch TV shows on DVD, sometimes the episode will be a clear, good quality image. But in other episodes there's tons of analog artifacts such as bob crawl, rainbows, and the image will look "soft". Why is this? Can't all the episodes be mastered in digital instead of analog?
https://i.imgur.com/X5ARnFO.png (It's all soft and grainy, signs of it being from an analog source)
I know that this is the vintage television subreddit and not the tv dxing subreddit, but that's a very inactive subreddit and I doubt I'd get much information from it. I've got an analog station about 50 miles from me (Wadena, MN K17FE, I live in Fergus Falls, MN.) and I can't quite pull it in here. I know it wouldn't be much of a DX, but it is a low power station and 50 miles for a low power station is pretty good. With rabbit ears, I can get rolling and slanted horizontal lines on channel 17. With my cheap Walmart attic antenna I get the same thing. Is there anything I can do without putting a roof antenna up to receive this station? I'd really like to, I've never seen analog TV except for the few times I've been in Wadena with my watchman and I'd like to get my vintage televisions able to run with their original tuners.
I still use a Roku with the Amazon Prime app connected via analog video and audio to an older CRT television (it's a large format one and I like it, OK?). My Roku model is the newest revision with analog outputs and worked fine until a few days ago when Amazon updated the Roku app. The updated Amazon Prime app no longer allows any video to play through the Roku to an older television. Even when playing old SD content (e.g. Family Ties), the app only throws HDCP (HD Content Protection) errors and refuses to stream videos.
I contacted Amazon customer support and told Mohammed over there that as I understand it, this push for HDCP has been going on for the past few years and has even affected people using HD TVs and not using the right cables. Reading forum posts seem to indicate since around 2015, people's complaints about HDCP to Amazon have been falling on deaf ears. I just happened to be one of the last holdouts using an older CRT television, I guess. But, now Amazon's HDCP policies have finally locked me out, as well.
Mohammed with Amazon was kind enough to confirm that "The Prime video developer team has set the HDCP restrictions for better viewing of videos on HD TVs. I hope you understand."
I replied that HDCP restrictions do not ensure "better viewing" of videos on HD TVs. HDCP is only there to lock your paying customers into only watching content on certain devices that have the right encryption chips. I just wanted to say that Amazon's policies are hurting customers like me and doing nothing to prevent piracy (which is, I assume, Amazon's true motivation for employing HDCP tactics).
So, this is just a reminder to everyone that when you pay for a streaming service, enjoy it while it lasts. Your streaming provider may decide that their pretending to fight piracy is more important than ensuring that you continue to have access to your content. And I certainly wouldn't recommend "buying" any digital content that locks you into Amazon's platform and policies. What affects me and my old television today could affect you and your current television in the future (i.e. when they revoke the HDCP keys used on older HD televisions to "stop the pirates").
I remember seeing a youtube video where someone said that back in the day a lot of hams had an old analog CRT tv in their ham shack always on. Said they used it as a propogation tool for 6M. whenever they got a clear picture on channel 2 or 3 that it meant 6M was up and running and everyone would jump on it. Are analog CRTs useful in these days for Hams?
Maybe the picture sucked, but at least the audio was in sync with the video...
I'm doing research on analog and digital television in the Philippines. According to Wikipedia, NTC mandated that the country's broadcasters terminate all analog services by 11:59PM on December 31, 2015.
Interestingly, a number of stations already broadcast in digital, such as ABS-CBN, GMA, and TV5. However, it is only recently that ABS-CBN launched the digibox, or the ABS-CBN TVplus, a DTT receiver that provides 5 premium channels in addition to the ability to clearly display digital broadcasts.
Once the analog signals are terminated, would normal television sets still be able to receive and display digital signals? From my understanding, analog services use VHF so does this mean all VHF channels will cease to exist, leaving only UHF? Is having a digibox like the ABS-CBN TVplus a necessity for digital television? Or does it merely act as a booster for digital signals, ensuring clearer reception, in addition to decoding certain encrypted "premium" signals?
