The value of recorded music has gone through the floor with the free availability of it.
Technology is weird - I was watching a gadget programme on telly the other day about the latest thing - curved-screen TVs. I mean - what's the point?

I think we're going to go full Matrix soon, and just become beings wired into completely immersive sensory stimulation devices.

Gradually and hopefully we'll die out.

My lunch was delicious - a homemade meatball wrap - it's Mrs V's birthday party this weekend, and she's using me as a guinea pig to test the dishes she's going to cook for it, which is nice.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:19, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Why make it gradual?
You could top yourself now.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:20, Reply)

I feel my mission is to encourage everyone else to do so first.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:33, Reply)

Curved tv screens apparently fit the curve of your eyeball, giving a better feel of depth or some other shit.
I would LOVE a 4k curved screen but I assume it would cost about 5 grand.

Technology does seem to be wanting us to sit watching the box, eating loads and becoming a fat whale. Far cry from the hunter-gatherers we are designed to be.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:22, Reply)

£7k at John Lewis
www.johnlewis.com/samsung-ke55s9c-oled-full-hd-3d-smart-tv-55-with-freeview-hd-and-2x-3d-glasses/p641811
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:25, Reply)

It's very pretty

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:37, Reply)

Typical woofter comment.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:38, Reply)

Wouldnt that only work if the screen was a parabola,
otherwise you would get different angles of refraction so the image would distort...

*has no scientific evidence just seems right*
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:26, Reply)

Dunno. I didn't make em :(

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:32, Reply)

I like the idea that you have to sit in exactly the right place to watch it, none of this having mates over and bringing in all the extra chairs.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:36, Reply)

Why on earth would you go to a friend's house to watch television?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:37, Reply)

DVD or Xbox.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:44, Reply)

DVD. Next question.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:45, Reply)

Smooth or crunchy?

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:49, Reply)

smooth.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:50, Reply)

Doesn't sound particularly sociable.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:50, Reply)

Hey, I just get invited round.
What he chooses to do in his own house when we're there is up to him.
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:51, Reply)

Do you want to come round to see my sex dungeon?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:53, Reply)

You bring the body and I'll bring the steam.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 13:13, Reply)

My new joint undertaker and laundry business is going from strength to strength.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 13:14, Reply)

'mates'?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:38, Reply)

or some other shit
Exactly. I can understand the military application of such, perhaps, but entertainment-wise - it all seems a bit overkill (ironically).

I mean - a video's a video. Clear, in colour, on a big enough screen is great. I don't see how a curved screen is really going to make any difference.

Mind - our telly's 20 years old and showing no signs of packing up, so I don't see why I'm so bothered.

I just get a distinct feeling that people are employed to create problems in order to sell us shit to solve them. No one knew they needed music while walking along until the walkman was invented.

I'm sorry - I appear to be taking the internet seriously. I still like breasts, though.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:37, Reply)

Plus also you get more floorspace per screen size because it's bent (but naturally the depth increases).
Where 'curved' comes into its own is with portable devices, imagine being able to 'fold' your phone in half, or having the sides as part of the screen for other functions (ie, in a 'closed' state, you can still recieve notifications on the side).

Flexable OLEDs doesn't always mean Bendable, but it does mean that you can have other shapes rather than flat rectangles.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:45, Reply)

I used to be able to fold my 'phone in half - it was called a clam-shell.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:54, Reply)

There is a new one that you can adjust between curved and normal using flexable OLED.
I think Sharp or someone just made a 80ish '8K' TV.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 15 Jan 2014, 12:43, Reply)