Comments on: Where Television Stands Today http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424791 Charlie Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:13:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424791 Google does pick the ads based on the content of the pages. Since the content varies so widely you get some weird, weird ads. Sometimes they are right on though. The best day we ever had on this site (ad revenue wise) was when I posted <a href="http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/07/the-gas-that-makes-you-laugh/" rel="nofollow"> this</a> article on how to make nitrous oxide. My first reaction to the ads on the page was: "Wow, you can buy whippets online? I'm going to get me some!" Apparently a lot of people thought the same thing because we had a few hundred ad clicks that day compared to the normal dozen or so. Google does pick the ads based on the content of the pages. Since the content varies so widely you get some weird, weird ads. Sometimes they are right on though. The best day we ever had on this site (ad revenue wise) was when I posted this article on how to make nitrous oxide. My first reaction to the ads on the page was: “Wow, you can buy whippets online? I’m going to get me some!” Apparently a lot of people thought the same thing because we had a few hundred ad clicks that day compared to the normal dozen or so.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424770 jayessell Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:05:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424770 I see this website uses artificially intelligent ad selection. At the top of the page are links to... PLASMA TV TV STANDS BUY TELEVISION STANDS MODERN MAPLE TV STANDS ... based on the title of the article. I wonder what ads would appear for "Miget Racing" (Small race cars.) I see this website uses artificially intelligent ad selection.

At the top of the page are links to…

PLASMA TV TV STANDS
BUY TELEVISION STANDS
MODERN MAPLE TV STANDS

… based on the title of the article.

I wonder what ads would appear for “Miget Racing” (Small race cars.)

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424694 Charlie Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:32:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424694 I knew someone was going to say something about LCDs! I almost added a caveat too. Yes I was not including LCD's, Plasmas, <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLP" rel="nofollow">DLPs</a>, lasers or what ever else anyone comes up with. Basically if the display requires more computing power than existed in the entire world at the time of the article, it's wasn't really a viable alternative. Interestingly if you read the wikipedia article about DLPs that I linked to, they explain that single chip DLP's actually use a spinning color wheel like the old color tv's did. I knew someone was going to say something about LCDs! I almost added a caveat too. Yes I was not including LCD’s, Plasmas, DLPs, lasers or what ever else anyone comes up with. Basically if the display requires more computing power than existed in the entire world at the time of the article, it’s wasn’t really a viable alternative.

Interestingly if you read the wikipedia article about DLPs that I linked to, they explain that single chip DLP’s actually use a spinning color wheel like the old color tv’s did.

]]> By: Casandro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424672 Casandro Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:16:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424672 Well today there are experiments to replace the CRT of modern televisions by even something different. So far the results have been meager. Liquid Crystal Displays still have inferiour contrast compared to CRTs of the same price while Plasma simply doesn't have enought resolution. Most promising seems to be Light Emitting Diodes based displays, but those are currently still very expensive, and the cheaper organic LEDs wear out to quickly. Well today there are experiments to replace the CRT of modern televisions by even something different. So far the results have been meager. Liquid Crystal Displays still have inferiour contrast compared to CRTs of the same price while Plasma simply doesn’t have enought resolution.
Most promising seems to be Light Emitting Diodes based displays, but those are currently still very expensive, and the cheaper organic LEDs wear out to quickly.

]]> By: fluffy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424671 fluffy Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:16:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424671 Not to nitpick or anything, but lots of TVs are built without cathode ray tubes nowadays. Not to nitpick or anything, but lots of TVs are built without cathode ray tubes nowadays.

]]> By: glindsey http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424650 glindsey Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:59:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/22/where-television-stands-today/#comment-424650 At this point, televisions were still using mechanical scanning disks and lamps to project the image on the screen. It wasn't until cathode-ray tubes became more practical and cheaper that the scanning could be done electronically. At this point, televisions were still using mechanical scanning disks and lamps to project the image on the screen. It wasn’t until cathode-ray tubes became more practical and cheaper that the scanning could be done electronically.

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