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Test Card TV Cozy Reminds Us That We're Old
Posted by Jason Chen at 8:10 AM on August 27, 2008
Do kids nowadays even know what TV test screens look like? In the world of 24 hour broadcasting, how often do stations prefer to put these up instead of some Everybody Loves Raymond rerun? Not very often, but if you want to re-live those glory days of annoyingly bright colours in felt form, there's this TV Cozy. The standard one costs US$25, but you'll have to pay more if you own a larger sized set. Putting these on when you're not watching TV should make the set last a few more weeks between dustings, plus also protects against errant baby spit. [Etsy via Boing Boing]
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BongoFury
Posted 8:54 AM 27/8/08
Errant baby spit is the bane of my HDTV's existence... that and greasy little fingerprints.
"Honey - take the ball gag and handcuffs off of Junior! Look what I found!"
BongoFury
DeadWriter
Posted 8:45 AM 27/8/08
Any body else here a 1000 hertz tone?
DeadWriter
PlayerX
Posted 8:43 AM 27/8/08
A screen cosy?!
Jeez.
This would have made a far better sort of hipster satchel pattern... perhaps with a bit of an old-school Trinitron border....
PlayerX
frigg
Posted 8:36 AM 27/8/08
@nilzxx: Sure, he might seem happy to put it on, and it does offer protection, which is good, but there's always some loss of sensitivity, and then there's having to put it on after the show's already started, which he may not be so happy about.
frigg
NilzXX
Posted 8:29 AM 27/8/08
My computer screen would love one of these. I might get him one to christmas ;)
NilzXX
frigg
Posted 8:28 AM 27/8/08
It's also cool for people who want their living rooms to seem less TV-ish. Like if they were Amish (or Mennonite) or something...
frigg
Nintenboy01
Posted 8:22 AM 27/8/08
Sally England, the designer of this thing, is quite hot! Check out her site.
Nintenboy01
nutbastard
Posted 8:17 AM 27/8/08
hey that would make a cool bath towel too.
nutbastard
bosskev
Posted 8:16 AM 27/8/08
bosskev
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 9:25 AM 27/8/08
@SlinkyDink: I agree on BOTH counts.
BiZarRroBALlmeR
jschell
Posted 9:16 AM 27/8/08
@bosskev:
The cozy wouldn't really be protecting the tv if I'm watching adult video on it, now would it?
jschell
Carmen: Lean Mean A Mans Dream Sex Machine
Posted 9:05 AM 27/8/08
Or you could pay half that price and make your own..ya crazy, uncreative bastards!
Carmen: Lean Mean A Mans Dream Sex Machine
SlinkyDink
Posted 9:04 AM 27/8/08
I'd like it better if it was the old indian head test pattern, assuming I would drop cash on TV cozy in the first place.
SlinkyDink
CrashOverride777
Posted 10:08 AM 27/8/08
They should make that into a full size blanket. What would really cool is if they made OS versions like Windows and Mac like a plain desktop.
CrashOverride777
bosskev
Posted 10:03 AM 27/8/08
@jschell: Aargh! You've exposed a fatal flaw in my otherwise perfectly Machiavellian logic...
OK. So, umm, make one out of Saran Wrap?
bosskev
SneakerFiend
Posted 10:53 AM 27/8/08
@bosskev: LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that had me rolling found it hiliarious. Speak for yourself tho buddy.
And this would prevent me from watching TV cuz i'd probably not want to go through the trouble of taking it off then putting it away or even throwing it on the floor would be too much since the colors would still be irking you from a distance. and no matter where you put it it'd annoy the shxt out of you cuz you cant get the colors out of your head. Ingenious invention a great way to stop people from watching tv.
SneakerFiend
jbmccle
Posted 10:49 AM 27/8/08
indian_h.jpg
jbmccle
combat chuck
Posted 11:59 AM 27/8/08
I recently hooked up a digital converter box for a friend who still rocks the rabbit ears, and lo and behold, I found a local station that runs the test screen 24/7 on one of it's extra dtv signals (you know, like 65.4 or something). Pretty amusing for about 30 seconds.
combat chuck
TVGenius
Posted 12:58 PM 27/8/08
Ah, good ol' SMPTE color bars. It's missing the pluge pulse though. (And a 1kHz tone too) But I'm not sure if felt comes in that many colors. I'd totally buy a king-sized blankie version of that though. Not that my wife would allow it on the bed.
TVGenius
strider_mt2k
Posted 12:56 PM 27/8/08
Looks kinda fuzzy from here...
strider_mt2k
strider_mt2k
Posted 2:15 PM 27/8/08
We now conclude our broadcast day...
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strider_mt2k
strider_mt2k
Posted 2:13 PM 27/8/08
@TVGenius: -and the Indian.
Also missing the Indian.
strider_mt2k
CapitalC
Posted 2:33 PM 27/8/08
I <3 it. I want one.
CapitalC
LittleJon
Posted 2:52 PM 27/8/08
Wow! I never thought I'd see Etsy blogged on Gizmodo. My wife has a store on there for her clothing line. I alway thought Etsy and Gizmodo were about as far apart as you could get!
LittleJon
Luziphir
Posted 4:22 PM 27/8/08
We still have test patterns these days on occasion. They're a bit snazzier though.
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Luziphir
GadgetPlay
Posted 4:43 PM 27/8/08
I hear the National Anthem, then the 1 khz tone. Does this remind anybody of the new Mac ad?
GadgetPlay
unspellable
Posted 8:28 PM 27/8/08
"...we're old?" Are we tasteless too?
unspellable
bbfreak
Posted 9:04 PM 27/8/08
You people are old? o.o;; Like are body parts falling off due to maximum use?
bbfreak
BlakeMunippus
Posted 9:51 AM 27/8/08
It looks like its missing the Pluge pattern. What were they thinking, how the hell do i set the black levels
BlakeMunippus
davekaybsc
Posted 4:04 AM 28/8/08
Eh, I'll just put my copy of DVE on pause. Same thing.
davekaybsc
infmom
Posted 4:27 AM 28/8/08
Oh, now that's funny.
I would totally buy one, except that I'm an old person who doesn't own a flat panel TV.
Maybe I can use this to make my own TV cozy instead.
infmomTV now concludes its broadcast day. Cue the fighter planes and flags.
infmom