How old is your TV? Is it a CRT TV? Get a converter box. I know people who still use them.

We used to do something similar with a crappy video camera and CRT TV about 20 years ago. It would create all sorts of crazy fractal type images. The sharpness wasn't there, but it looked much more natural than this.

I re(member/call) when my huge CRT monitor went bonker when one/1 of the work people brought in a cart near my cubicle. I think there were magnets in it.

This was roughly 13-14 years ago. It was a 17" CRT from TigerDirect (maybe a ViewSonic? not sure), and a TigerDirect CS Rep handled my friend's call. I kinda doubt it was a common issue, but the guy on the phone was an American (or had a US accent at least), and sounded like a knowledgeable IT guy (nerd like us).

We weren't particularly impressed with the quality of parts coming from TigerDirect back then, but at least that one service call went about as well as one could hope for.

I still use my Sharp CRT TV from January 1996, VCR from Y2K, VGA, etc.

I still have my Toshiba VCR from Y2K, but it only to connect between my very old video card and 19.5" Sharp CRT TV (January 1996).

That's almost exactly what I just said 17-18kg in earth terms. Do you think laid on your back you could easily throw a 17kg object 1.5-2m upwards?

He's not doing a push up he's trying to jump upright. Launching nearly 20kg of weight far enough to get to your feet would take some doing that way I'd say. Just lifting 20kg with the arms alone is an effort never mind throwing it which is effectively what's happening here.

This is part of the reason I defaulted to thinking in terms of rocketry as it's not as simple as just someone trying to lift something, they are trying to propel themselves 1-2m upwards with only a thrust from the arms. Much better to wiggle around/push up to get to your knees so one could bring one's legs muscles to bear (made very difficult by hard to bend suit).

Frankly I think it would be a total pain in the arse getting back upright. If it weren't for the suit you could easily push up to your knees and then straighten your legs but the inflation is going to make that very hard work (but doable after a struggle to one knee as other video footage proves).

The alternative however which sparked this whole argument i.e. lay on your front and push off with your arms. That I think would be considerably harder than you are making out. Throwing a 17kg weight with only your arms over 1m in height is not what I'd call effortless.

My old CRT monitor probably weighs about 20kg, it'd take everything I had to throw that over 1m up into the air. Without the power of your thigh muscles and the rigidity of your spine 20kg is quite a lot really.

How high can you "jump" with only your arms? (like those super push-ups where you clap your hands in between to show off) maybe a foot or two if your really really strong? So with the extra weight of a suit and reduced gravity multiplying the result by 6 under lunar gravity, 6feet is probably just about attainable for someone in peak physical shape. But it's defiantly not what I'd call easy!


Re: conspiracies The only one I really take at all seriously any more is the idea that 2001 (esp the book) was perhaps (very) loosely based on actual events. I have time for it simply because of Arthur C. Clarke himself who was going to give an interview (which he rarely does) on Project Camelot of all things but died about 2 weeks before it happened. If you know anything about project camelot you'll know whatever he had to say was going to be mental but then again he was very old and eccentric and plenty other people involved in the space program have "jumped the shark" so to speak. (Edgar Mitchell talks about aliens on a regualr basis, Buzz Aldrin has spoken about monoliths on Phobos, pilots being followed by "Foofighters" in WW2 etc. etc.)

But it's basically wishful thinking on my part, the story and implications are remarkably plausible for what they are but that is all they are. Combined with the whole Jack Parsons/Alastair Crowley connection to the JPL my creative juices start flowing. However the obvious counter argument i.e. that the world is largely run by genuine lunatics is never far from my mind either (look at the whole "men who stare at goats" thing).

I'll listen to anyone and some I'm even prepared to believe on their own terms but I have to defer to actual evidence where it exists (or does not exist). Consequently while I'll listen to someone like John Leer talking about stuff that would seem outlandish even in a science fiction story, people why claim the moon landing was a hoax tend to get the cold shoulder as it's pretty demonstrably not true/hard to believe.

I realise that's kind of backwards but willing suspension of disbelief is a lot easier when there's really no tangible evidence either way. (why I suspect huge incomprehensible delusions like those espoused by many religions get so much traction. It's easier to believe the big lie than the small one)

Jolly entertaining though regardless

wow, 972 dpi CRT... no idea that was possible.
I'm not suggesting a 20-pound tube-based iPad, just interesting to know.

A few interesting creative decisions here:
first, no weapons (at least not in any of the reports so far)
second, no HUD. You can look at the motion sensor, but it cause the rest of the screen to lose some focus (depth of field effect)
finally, it's all designed to look like Alien... down to the CRTs and clunkly keyboards

quietly optimistic for this.

*wtf

Wow, an old CRT TV like mine!

84" and 4K??? TVs are getting bigger and bigger!!! My old school Sharp 19.5" CRT TV, from January 1996, is still good enough since I don't watch it much these days.

I remember this on my previous (not the current January 1996) CRT TV.

This is why I try to avoid subscriptions, DRMs, etc. I want to keep them forever if I want to like my CRT TV, VCR, tapes, etc.

I am thoroughly enjoying my ability to use the related tag haha
http://videosift.com/video/The-Internet-circa-1995-Dial-up-Pentiums-Giant-CRTs-FTP