Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Xocyll Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 06:46:31 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <19nb3k5q4pho824jtoqf3kbrsned4n7db6@4ax.com> <1015m1m$2t1jh$1@dont-email.me> <101brqf$d9mh$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 12:46:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1256fcd98b836749ff6fc5ad774343ef"; logging-data="483111"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+d+/n63evSb8nJpW1McZFS" Cancel-Lock: sha1:xF0Uf67m3H8WLKc8mv7IZoUcd6c= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.640 X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250529-4, 5/29/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 3234 JAB looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: >On 29/05/2025 22:21, Xocyll wrote: >>> My last TV purchase, in 2016, I specifically asked for a 1080p dumb TV >>> after everything had pretty much gone to 4k, because I*thought* there >>> would be a price break. >>> >>> They had what I asked for, but the 4k was cheaper. In the same sizes. All >>> the smart TVs were also inexplicably cheaper. (*shrug*) > >> It's like car transmissions; Used to be manual was standard and >> automatics cost more. Now auto is standard and you pay more to get a >> manual (at least on a sports car.) > >The UK has seen a dramatic shift to automatic cars in the last twenty >years from something that was quite niche (and people would wonder why >you'd want an automatic) to now been the majority of car sales. > >I came late to the driving club and when I took my test I didn't bother >to even learn how to drive a manual just because I thought why have that >extra complication for something I'll never need. I've still had a >couple of people say but what if you have to drive a manual in an >emergence. My response is, have you or anyone you know ever had to do that? It's not really difficult. I was ragging on a friend's driving years ago (Chevy Citation, manual gearbox, no power steering or brakes.) He pulled into a parking lot and said "Fine, you drive then." I did, with no trouble whatsoever. Helped that I rode a motorcycle and was used to a non-automatic (albeit with different controls,) but then the friend had been riding for years more than me. Xocyll -- I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com