#hdmi player

[unzip-your-guts]

I set up our CRT in our bedroom! We're currently watching The Emporers New Groove in bed and I'm so comfy cozy happy

[regicidal-defenestration]

Frequently Linux will just take the proper piss but sometimes the problem is actually on you. The fun part is figuring out which one applies this time something has broken

[diseaseriddencube]

is $140 a worthwhile pricetag for the akudrive stage play 😍

[cloudy-with-a-chance-of-chaos]

was omw to watch Alice in Wonderland (the Tim Burton one bc homie made me want to) and the thingies supposed to roll the movie are not rolling

so i'm kinda upset yea

thank u disney+ now not even the ancient methods (DVDs) work to watch your movies if i'm not using your platform

that i can't use

bc i can only access on computer

bc the TV isn't new enought to support the disney app

THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG IN THE WORLD

[nero-neptune]

call me old fashioned, but since getting a new phone (they took the headphone jack away from me!!!) and a fucking wired headphone adapter (bc i refuse to pay for bluetooth earbuds that i will 100% misplace within the Week), everytime i momentarily misplace the stupid fucking adapter "dongle" that lets me listen to my tunes, my vision goes red and there's nothing but angry static in my head

[robotpussy]

my grandma threw away the scart cables whilst i was away 😟

[ierogenvy]

so why don’t mac computers come with regular usb ports ?

[caztiel]

dvd players are like cats they come to you when you least expect them and you need to buy things for them

[petrichor-and-moondust]

NO SERIOUSLY. I MISS THESE. WHAT THE FUCK. WHERE IS MY SECOND DISK OF SPECIAL FEATURES. MY DIRECTORS COMMENTARY. MY THEATRICAL TRAILERS?

if it weren't for special features on DVDs i *genuinely* would not be on the path I am now. Some Studio Ghibli disks have a special feature called "storyboard mode" where the original animatic of the animation is played instead of the finished movie. That's what inspired me to want to be an animator! That's what lit that fire! Kids today are LOSING that! Give us the DVDs back! Give us back Xtra-Vision and Blockbuster and video rental stores!

And you can't even rely on a streaming service for movies because they can be removed at any time. I have my own collection of DVDs because of this fact. I have films you can't get on streaming over here because of whatever the fuck reasons. I have six disks of tobey's spider-man films; 3 film features, 3 special features. I have A Silent Voice. School of Rock. I have Into The Spider-Verse with a director's commentary. I have the Care Bears movie from 1985! KEEP YOUR MEDIA PHYSICAL. That way it can't be taken away for bullshit reasons.

the death of dvds is so fucked. what about bonus features

[robinsnest2111]

would love to stay in bed and recuperate further but duty calls... (thankfully normal for once inheritance proceedings for my late maternal grandma's remaining funds at the bank, awkward family coffee date, weekly grocery shopping)

After everything is said and done I'm 100% gonna slip back into bed and not leave until probably Saturday morning...

[james-p-sullivan]

one thing that makes me lose my mind is when im asked to help with something (aka do it for the other person because ‘i don’t know how!’) and i get there and it’s obvious they never even tried to do it in the first place

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

Why did we have to get rid of disc players and hdmi cords? Why is everything usb

[cowboyhat]

Really though why is it that so many old people are helplessly clueless when it comes to basic everyday technology like

[bread-tab]

i'm trying to make an old DVD work on my PC using VLC media player and OMG. the technology nostalgia is hitting hard. and it's *weird.* i grew up installing everything from CDs (floppy disks were phasing out when i was learning to computer) and obviously there was no concept of an alternative at the time. the "cloud" wasn't a thing. and here i am fumbling my way back out of that cloud, leaning away from my PC tower as it loudly whirs at me... and this all transpires because i got a DVD player for free from a thrift store liquidation sale a few months back and. uhhh. forgot to look for a remote

[iocheaira]

craziest thing about that is the tv is like. fairly old. my dad perseverated over it for YEARS and its like hilarious thick front to back for a flatscreen today. but on god i do not trust (with limited real tech knowledge) that one of those skinny little tvs with the sticky outy legs would have an hdmi port.

[skittlespizza]

some of you have asked me about my crt setup!!

some basic materials you'll need.

CRT TV (duh)

computer or laptop (duh)

HDMI2AV (NOT AV2HDMI)

RCA cords (the red, white and yellow ones)

HDMI to USB converter if your laptop doesn't have HDMI like mine does.

here is the setup, this is a multi monitor setup but you can just do this with one CRT.

step one: plug in your crt. cord in the back. that will power your crt!

step two: plug in the RCA cables like this.

step three: plug your RCA cords into the HDMI2AV adapter like so. you'll plug in an HDMI cord on the other side. MAKE SURE IT'S SET TO THE CORRECT SETTING. THERE'S NTSC AND PAL

if you don't know what yours is, check this map that explains where each one was sold.

PAL is just a different color encoding system, a bunch of technical stuff you can learn on your own.

step four: plug your HDMI into the USB adapter if you need it. YOU MIGHT NOT. DEPENDS ON YOUR DEVICE.

i use a windows surface pro and it requires i use this adapter. sucks ass but whatever.

OPTIONAL: if you have ONLY ONE usb port in your computer, consider getting a USB splitter so you can plug multiple things in. i have one.

and voila. a set-up!

you can treat these like different displays.

mines connected by the 3 cords in the front, but if you have more money and can get another adapter and etc etc, you can make these all different.

a few FAQ since i assume quite a few of you have never used crts or vhs players:

whats the ringing sound?: its a ringing sound caused by the transformer in the back, its the 15kHz tone. as you get older, you stop hearing it because you lose high frequency hearing. i cant hear it in one ear because of a radio accident and i bursted my eardrum.

can i stop the ringing?: buy a crt pc. theyre smaller and dont ring as much/at all depending on which one you have.

how do i use my vhs player: you plug the cords into the back of the vhs player and then into the crt.

where do i buy a crt: theyre not in production anymore so you will have to buy it secondhand on markets.

where did you get all your cords: most stores with an electronics section will have it but consider secondhand computer parts store.

what do you do with it: literally watch YouTube, vhs tapes, make vhs tapes (whole different thing) or play video games.

can it run bad apple?: yes

can it run doom?: yes

anyways yeah. end tutorial. 🥳