What TV series are you currently watching?

[NumberSix]

*Roger Moore as Ivanhoe*

Wow, I have never heard of this one! Nice find.

ETA: found it on Youtube. Will have to give it a look.

[Kalevala]

There's a very nice series that I stumbled across on PBS about three of the First Ladies.  Keep missing parts of it, but still enjoying it.  So far (at least), it's been going back and forth between Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama.

It's called:  The First Lady

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series)

K

[hopefullytrusting]

About to start Homeland Season 1, and I'm a bit worried because I recall not liking it when I first saw it, and it stars two people whose acting I find irksome (Danes and Patinkin), but it will cost me nothing but time, so there's that.

[AnotherSpin]

About to start Homeland Season 1, and I'm a bit worried because I recall not liking it when I first saw it, and it stars two people whose acting I find irksome (Danes and Patinkin), but it will cost me nothing but time, so there's that.

I remember I liked it much.

[vandermolen]

It's funny now to think about how much DVD sets were when they first came out. When I bought the Emma Peel collection (17 DVDs, if I remember correctly) about 20 years ago, it was something like $150.

A couple of years ago, I bought the two series of Emma Peel and the Linda Thorson season on amazon streaming for about $30.

What a great bargain! I've been enjoying both the Emma Peel and Linda Thorson episodes on TV recently.

[AnotherSpin]

Season 4 of Slow Horses. Gary Oldman is magnificent, his performance is perfected, I've been enjoying every word and each moment. Although it should be noted that in the 4th season, his role is somewhat moved back from the forefront. A few supporting characters are also very good. As for the plot, it seemed too contrived and fantastical.

[NumberSix]

What a great bargain! I've been enjoying both the Emma Peel and Linda Thorson episodes on TV recently.

Until it finally gave the ghost around 2015, I had a 19" CRT TV in my bedroom that had built-in VCR and DVD players. I had some VHS tapes, including a couple of Avengers tapes, and they looked great on the screen.

I miss that old TV.

[Kalevala]

Until it finally gave the ghost around 2015, I had a 19" CRT TV in my bedroom that had built-in VCR and DVD players. I had some VHS tapes, including a couple of Avengers tapes, and they looked great on the screen.

I miss that old TV.

Drat!  I still have a bunch of VHS tapes, but still also have a player.  Hard though to fit in yet another component.  I'd love to watch some old Inspector Morse tapes and some other ones.  Might have to rethink my setup.

K

[DavidW]

Until it finally gave the ghost around 2015, I had a 19" CRT TV in my bedroom that had built-in VCR and DVD players. I had some VHS tapes, including a couple of Avengers tapes, and they looked great on the screen.

I miss that old TV.

When I bought my first flat panel, there were a lot of things that I liked about it, but the contrast and colors were not nearly as good as the Panasonic CRT that I had before. I also had a lot of fond memories of watching movies and TV shows on that TV, but when I moved out after I defended my thesis, the TV set was just too big and heavy to take with me.

[Kalevala]

When I bought my first flat panel, there were a lot of things that I liked about it, but the contrast and colors were not nearly as good as the Panasonic CRT that I had before. I also had a lot of fond memories of watching movies and TV shows on that TV, but when I moved out after I defended my thesis, the TV set was just too big and heavy to take with me.

I had an older t.v. that I just had repaired.  It was in the back of my vehicle on a bit of an incline.  Well, I opened the hatchback and you can guess what happened; thus new t.v.   

K

[NumberSix]

I had an older t.v. that I had just had repaired.  It was in the back of my vehicle on a bit of an incline.  Well, I opened the hatchback and you can guess what happened; thus new t.v.   

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[Kalevala]

   

Yep!  It sucked!

K

[NumberSix]

Drat!  I still have a bunch of VHS tapes, but still also have a player.  Hard though to fit in yet another component.  I'd love to watch some old Inspector Morse tapes and some other ones.  Might have to rethink my setup.

K

One of the other things I briefly collected in the early 2010s were Star Trek TOS tapes, probably from the 90s. The HD revisions are nice, but I liked seeing them in the format I grew up with. After my CRT died, I got a cheap 32" flat screen, and the size was still good for watching VHS.

But I decluttered all that a few years back when I went on a massive youtube0inspired "get rid of stuff" binge. I don't regret it because I have moved twice since. But I did enjoy those things. 

[NumberSix]

When I bought my first flat panel, there were a lot of things that I liked about it, but the contrast and colors were not nearly as good as the Panasonic CRT that I had before. I also had a lot of fond memories of watching movies and TV shows on that TV, but when I moved out after I defended my thesis, the TV set was just too big and heavy to take with me.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind having one of those TVs again and playing tapes on them - and lets be honest, a lot of times older DVDs look better, too. (and I would love to get back into Laserdiscs)

But it's a lot of space and weight. (and expense, on LD players)

[hopefullytrusting]

I think my eyes just don't work all that well (ears, for that matter as well), but 360-480p has always been good for me, and beyond 720p - I see no difference, lol.

I think my setup would infuriate most on this forum, lol.

[Todd]

I think my eyes just don't work all that well (ears, for that matter as well), but 360-480p has always been good for me, and beyond 720p - I see no difference, lol.

I can see differences at 1080p, though sometimes it does not constitute an improvement as details not meant to be seen are clearly visible - eg, makeup, boundaries between physical sets and green screen projections.  I might be able to see improvements at 4K, with 4K source material, but it would likely not enhance the viewing experience.  I shoot stills at a roughly 9K resolution, and the main benefit there is that I can pixel peep, which one cannot do with movies.  720p is perfectly fine for just about any viewing.

[NumberSix]

My only real issue is that once the flatscreen becomes a certain size - for me, about 40" - then SD video gets a bit fuzzy. I can certainly watch it. I have enjoyed lots and lots of old rasslin footage, for instance, which is frequently from VHS and Beta.

I can watch it. But I do notice the difference.

[DavidW]

I can see differences at 1080p, though sometimes it does not constitute an improvement as details not meant to be seen are clearly visible - eg, makeup, boundaries between physical sets and green screen projections.  I might be able to see improvements at 4K, with 4K source material, but it would likely not enhance the viewing experience.  I shoot stills at a roughly 9K resolution, and the main benefit there is that I can pixel peep, which one cannot do with movies.  720p is perfectly fine for just about any viewing.

Even in my den, where I'm 8 ft away from a 77-inch screen, HD still looks great. I can see the difference between HD and 4k on that set at that distance... but it is just subtle sharpness.

[DavidW]

I think my setup would infuriate most on this forum, lol.

Oh, I bet you watch on your laptop!

[Karl Henning]

Just wrapped up Season 1 of The Fugitive. Srsly loving it. Tomorrow, I'll ask the librarian to reserve Season 2 for me.