Roast Grumpy Old Thread II - the grumpiness continues

[Gasometer]

The whole of katamatite isnt even big enough for an 89inch tv!

You can blame the “fixture”

The fix

 

[Samsquanch]

You can blame the “fixture”

The fix

I hope you didn't pronounce that as fix'ure.

 

[rickety]

rickety are you and your's all ok?

Yes mate, thank you. Obviously there was a bit of chat on the floor this morning and 1 or 2 reckon they know who the folk are .... Apparently it's not the streets first scrape with this sort of trouble ...

 

[Gasometer]

I hope you didn't pronounce that as fix'ure.

Well if you can’t attend you need a BIG Tv

 

[Samsquanch]

Well if you can’t attend you need a BIG Tv

I can visualise the big footy crew spending weekends at gaso's place for interstate games, especially on gather round when the place is empty.

And that sweeeeeet 85" telly.

Hope you're going to disable all those motion settings, blur and judder reduction, sharpness, black stretch, dynamic contrast and brightness etc. so that the picture is optimal. Otherwise I'll do all that for you when I get to your place.

 

[Nate7]

The experience in the Telstra shop is abysmal.

I understand that some customers need time to set up accounts or to resolve billing issues and so-forth, but a straightforward retail sale ought never require an "appointment" which requires a 30 to 40 minute wait, especially when the "consultant" took time to explain the process and then had to search out the person with the iPad who was making the appointment bookings - they wasted more than the 3 or 4 minutes it would have taken to make the sale.
It's always been the same.

The Telstra shop is awful.


Over to you Gasometer

As you know I'm with optus and their b/s is never-ending.
My recent phone and plan upgrade, I said to the "optus concierge", "this better not take 65mins like my last visit". He assures me it'll be quick.
Move to this seat, now this desk, just under 90 minutes. Go **** yourself optus!

I saved $1200 on a new 86 inch tv

I like Black Friday

What brand and tech?

Is this likely to be caused by a bloody dog?
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Female dog piss.

 

[Samsquanch]

Female dog piss.

Oh. Now I understand the term golden showers.

I think I know which neighbour walks their dog on our side of the street.

 

[Samsquanch]

As you know I'm with optus and their b/s is never-ending

It is completely illogical that they should take as long as they do to sell you a phone, especially if you're already a customer.

At the very least, in that 90 minutes they should have transferred all of the crap off the old phone onto the new one.

On second thoughts, maybe it's better that they didn't.

 

[Nate7]

It is completely illogical that they should take as long as they do to sell you a phone, especially if you're already a customer.

At the very least, in that 90 minutes they should have transferred all of the crap off the old phone onto the new one.

On second thoughts, maybe it's better that they didn't.

It's an easy transfer, but the campaigners didn't do a smart switch ( I did) and the instore bullshit was over an hour plus the 11 hours of smart switch at home

If our discussed HFC provider eventually does mobile, I will pay a mint for that!

 

[SpiderBurton22]

I can visualise the big footy crew spending weekends at gaso's place for interstate games, especially on gather round when the place is empty.

And that sweeeeeet 85" telly.

Hope you're going to disable all those motion settings, blur and judder reduction, sharpness, black stretch, dynamic contrast and brightness etc. so that the picture is optimal. Otherwise I'll do all that for you when I get to your place.

IUB stay at Gaso's?

 

[Samsquanch]

If our discussed HFC provider eventually does mobile, I will pay a mint for that!

Apparently, that's being considered.

And remember, our discussed Internet provider has an extra discount for those getting the NBN FTTP upgrade. They can tell you the exact details if you call them, expecially as you are one of those special HFC people.

 

[koshari]

So people complaining that Hong Kong owned pubs selling japanese owned brands of beer for 17bucks ea wont be celebrating Australia day....

Local brewpub for me.

 

[Gasometer]

As you know I'm with optus and their b/s is never-ending.
My recent phone and plan upgrade, I said to the "optus concierge", "this better not take 65mins like my last visit". He assures me it'll be quick.
Move to this seat, now this desk, just under 90 minutes. Go **** yourself optus!


What brand and tech?



Female dog piss.

LG QLED

My eyesight is meh so I could barely tell the difference between the next $2000 level up

It’s fantastic and it’s weird af having people life size in your living room

Can’t wait to watch the footy

 

[Nate7]

LG QLED

My eyesight is meh so I could barely tell the difference between the next $2000 level up

It’s fantastic and it’s weird af having people life size in your living room

Can’t wait to watch the footy

I recently got an LG OLED (not QLED), smaller size than yours and love it.
Even the sound shits over other models before adding surround sound.

 

[koshari]

LG QLED

My eyesight is meh so I could barely tell the difference between the next $2000 level up

It’s fantastic and it’s weird af having people life size in your living room

Can’t wait to watch the footy

Footy season

Countdown timer showing how much time left until Sunday, May 25, 2025 12:00:00 AM in timezone Melbourne, Australia (UTC+10:00)

www.tickcounter.com

 

[Gasometer]

IUB stay at Gaso's?

I can visualise the big footy crew spending weekends at gaso's place for interstate games, especially on gather round when the place is empty.

And that sweeeeeet 85" telly.

Hope you're going to disable all those motion settings, blur and judder reduction, sharpness, black stretch, dynamic contrast and brightness etc. so that the picture is optimal. Otherwise I'll do all that for you when I get to your place.

86

 

[Gasometer]

IUB stay at Gaso's?

He’s at Gumbuya Park

 

[Samsquanch]

86

I stand corrected.

Have you disabled all of the smart picture settings yet?

 

[Gasometer]

I stand corrected.

Have you disabled all of the smart picture settings yet?

No

The things come with no manual anymore

I haven’t been home enough on weekends to have a thorough look

What should I do for Sport?

Did watch a Kayo Mini of this years finals and the long shot from the wing was a little below wat I expected

 

[Samsquanch]

No

The things come with no manual anymore

I haven’t been home enough on weekends to have a thorough look

What should I do for Sport?

Did watch a Kayo Mini of this years finals and the long shot from the wing was a little below wat I expected

All motion settings to off (or low). Preferably off.

Same for judder and other image "enhancement" settings like noise reduction and blur reduction.

Sharpness to a low-ish setting.

It all seems counter-intuitive to disable the features that the manufacturers add in, claiming improvement to image quality but there you go. Most of these things add digital artefacts and / or create intermediate frames which can really mess up sports broadcasts.

Some TVs allow you to set the picture settings to all inputs, others require each input to be set individually.

Do you use Foxtel or Kayo? Do you have any other devices plugged in like blueray or DVD? Do you use an external audio system or soundbar etc?




Just realised that you said Kayo. Is that from a built in app or a device like a Chromecast?

 

[Gasometer]

All motion settings to off (or low). Preferably off.

Same for judder and other image "enhancement" settings like noise reduction and blur reduction.

Sharpness to a low-ish setting.

It all seems counter-intuitive to disable the features that the manufacturers add in, claiming improvement to image quality but there you go. Most of these things add digital artefacts and / or create intermediate frames which can really mess up sports broadcasts.

Some TVs allow you to set the picture settings to all inputs, others require each input to be set individually.

Do you use Foxtel or Kayo? Do you have any other devices plugged in like blueray or DVD? Do you use an external audio system or soundbar etc?




Just realised that you said Kayo. Is that from a built in app or a device like a Chromecast?

Kayo built in to tv

 

[Nate7]

No

The things come with no manual anymore

I haven’t been home enough on weekends to have a thorough look

What should I do for Sport?

Did watch a Kayo Mini of this years finals and the long shot from the wing was a little below wat I expected

LG has a guide, more user friendly than the other brands.

 

[Gasometer]

LG has a guide, more user friendly than the other brands.

Did it get thrown out in the unpacking?

 

[koshari]

Did it get thrown out in the unpacking?

Washed away by the gushing boosey creek? I did see the king river was close to flood this week?

 

[Nate7]

Did it get thrown out in the unpacking?

The start up guide should've done it.
There's also the manual settings on the homepage.