So, I’m still on the fence about whether or not to keep the new TV. It’s big and pretty when it’s all lit up, but for something so expensive I expect it to be perfect all the time. I know that if it was there’d be no need for the model that cost two thousand dollars more, but it’s still frustrating when the TV shows its weaknesses. Like the other day when playing a Playstation2 game for the first time. Karaoke Revolution scrolls lyrics across the bottom of the screen which you have to sing in time and in tune or a virtual audience will humiliate you off of the stage. On my screen the text blurs. Not so much that it’s unreadable, but it’s definitely noticeable.
Then we watched The Aviator last night. Not a terrible movie, but definitely too long for a biopic that doesn’t even cover the guy’s entire life. Looked pretty good on the screen until they got to the golfing scene and all the grass looked blue. Turns out it’s one of Scorsese’s special effects, but I didn’t know it at the time and figured it was the TV. I blew away my calibration of the screen by adjusting every single config. I could trying to turn the blue to green, but still couldn’t manage to do it. Then I figured it must be a loose cable. I disconnected and reconnected the Playstation2 (which is doubling as my DVD player until I hear a good explanation of why it shouldn’t). No change. I pulled out each component connection from the back of the amplifier. No red. No blue. No picture at all. Wait…
…no picture at all? Is sync carried on the green component cable? I thought that idea went away about fifteen years ago. Guess not because when I yanked the cable (on either end) the picture dropped.
After a twenty minute delay we resumed the movie. Turns out the next scene is completely green, so I should have just been a little more patient. Played the DVD on the laptop later just to double-check that it was the way it was supposed to be. Freakin’ Scorsese. Maybe I should listen to the director’s commentary.