Gotta love PIP!

fnorre · April 6th, 2005, 9:36 PM

Picture-In-Picture on my widescreen TV... images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Xbox playing some car movie on the left, Chelsea beating Bayern Munchen on the right (4-2).

images/smilies/tvhappy.gif

Jostyrostelli · April 6th, 2005, 9:42 PM

Damn you.. images/smilies/vampire.gif

swek · April 6th, 2005, 9:44 PM

Who can watch two programmes simultaneously ? I think it is the most useless feature ever.

justin syder · April 6th, 2005, 9:45 PM

now that is very very cool. Only thing is, i dont like widescreen cause some shows are all wide n shit. Is that true or I just dont know shit bout widescreen tvs?

justin syder · April 6th, 2005, 9:47 PM

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Who can watch two programmes simultaneously ? I think it is the most useless feature ever.

Swek, you raise a good point but I guess you can momentarily pause look at the other screen then continue to play and monitor the tv side with ur ears.

does sound complicated, but heck we are the videogame generation. images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

jeffy777 · April 6th, 2005, 9:54 PM

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does sound complicated, but heck we are the videogame generation. images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

more like the lazy genraation: one show at a time isn't enough for the common couch potato: now we need 2! images/smilies/lol.gif

swek · April 6th, 2005, 9:57 PM

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does sound complicated, but heck we are the videogame generation. images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

How true, my father still can't believe that it is possible to speak on the phone while surfing the web, watch tv, play console etc. He refuses to speak to me if he notices that I'm doing something incidently.
How times change. Surely our children will do all these things while watching twenty programmes. images/smilies/lol.gif

Ultra_Kool_Dude · April 6th, 2005, 10:58 PM

I love multi tasking. I can be playing a game and having a conversation, but I still manage to say the lines of the Simpsons as it is playing on tv. 8)

SPG900 · April 6th, 2005, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by fnorre

Xbox playing some car movie on the left

Vatanen at Pikes Peak?

fnorre · April 6th, 2005, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fnorre

Xbox playing some car movie on the left

Vatanen at Pikes Peak?

You're clever images/smilies/wink.gif

fnorre · April 6th, 2005, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by justin syder

now that is very very cool. Only thing is, i dont like widescreen cause some shows are all wide n shit. Is that true or I just dont know shit bout widescreen tvs?

No, everything is in it's original proportion. Sadly, that means 80% of TV shows are in 4:3 which means black borders on each side. But Top Gear and Fifth Gear are good guys, both in 16:9 using my whole screen! images/smilies/smile.gif

Just got that TV by the way, very nice, cost only ~800 USD.

fnorre · April 6th, 2005, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by swek

Who can watch two programmes simultaneously ? I think it is the most useless feature ever.

The football wasn't that exciting at this point, but still wanted to be up to speed if somebody scored. But you don't need to split it:

Here's NRK1 (Norwegian broadcasting) actually showing Top Gear by coincidence, while I have my Xbox with XBMC down in the right corner.

It's not a very important feature in a TV, but sure is fun images/smilies/smile.gif

And sometimes practical.

For bonus points, which Top Gear episode am I watching?

SPG900 · April 7th, 2005, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by fnorre

For bonus points, which Top Gear episode am I watching?

October 31, 2004?

fnorre · April 7th, 2005, 12:27 AM

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For bonus points, which Top Gear episode am I watching?

October 31, 2004?

Right again, good episode.

jayjaya29 · April 7th, 2005, 2:25 AM

I remember my Dad hooking up the PIP box into our old TV. I thought it was the coolest thing ever, I wanted my Dad to hook it up to make it work with my SNES, but my Dad got pissed at the box and subsequently broke it with brute force and anger. images/smilies/lol.gif

I betcha PIP has come a long way since the early 90's.

jasonchiu · April 7th, 2005, 12:21 PM

thats old shit PnP i have it in my Sony TV. its a good function though. b4 i had to guess when the ads finshed, with pnp never! images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

fnorre · April 7th, 2005, 12:59 PM

What sucks though, is I have this digital decoder for my cable, and even though my TV has two tuners, I can only get the one digital signal... so I can only switch/PiP between the free (analog) cable channels, and not the full digital package. But good for playing Xbox or DVD's in a commercial break.

jasonchiu · April 7th, 2005, 1:05 PM

u mean like when u use pnp for them changes u dont see the pic yeah, same here

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jasonchiu Banned Joined: May 26th, 2004 Last Online: August 26th, 2005 Location: hong kong Posts: 5,216 Rep Power: 0	thats old shit PnP i have it in my Sony TV. its a good function though. b4 i had to guess when the ads finshed, with pnp never!

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fnorre Joined: Mar 25th, 2005 Last Online: May 4th, 2008 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 218 Rep Power: 19	What sucks though, is I have this digital decoder for my cable, and even though my TV has two tuners, I can only get the one digital signal... so I can only switch/PiP between the free (analog) cable channels, and not the full digital package. But good for playing Xbox or DVD's in a commercial break.

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jasonchiu Banned Joined: May 26th, 2004 Last Online: August 26th, 2005 Location: hong kong Posts: 5,216 Rep Power: 0	u mean like when u use pnp for them changes u dont see the pic yeah, same here

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