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Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

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Sony and TCL Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Strategic Partnership in Home Entertainment Field

Sony Corporation ("Sony") and TCL Electronics Holdings Limited ("TCL") today announced that the two companies have agreed to move forward with discussions and consideration for a strategic partnership in the home entertainment field.
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Scott Greczkowski
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Jimbo said:
What Sony's do you have that you Dislike so much ?

Sony doesn't make thier own panels, they have been made by others for quite some time now.

What makes Sony stand out is thier Processing, thats what others have strived to compete with.

Some of you will say that they have been passed up, I will say, you haven't seen Sony's response to the newer stuff out there yet.
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Well I guess hes upset Sony wont be making Sony anymore as far as TV's go.

Last weekend I got a TCL QM6K Pro and am amazed at it. Had a friend come over with his analyzer and he was shocked and said for the price its calibration was one of the most perfect sets out of the box that he has seen.

And I don't know what moving from a Sony X90J to this TCL has done to my sound system, but the sound is amazing and supports (and passes through) more formats then the Sony did. Its almost like I got a new sound system as well.
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Scott Greczkowski said:
Last weekend I got a TCL QM6K Pro and am amazed at it. Had a friend come over with his analyzer and he was shocked and said for the price its calibration was one of the most perfect sets out of the box that he has seen.
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Is this the exact TV you got?

TCL 85 Inch Class QM6K Series | Mini LED QLED 4K HDR | 85QM6K, 2025 Model | 120HZ-144HZ High Brightness Smart Google TV Dolby Atmos Onkyo Audio | Voice Remote Alexa Gaming Streaming Television

I am considering getting that one. But it doesn't have the word Pro in it. It just says TCL QM6K Series.
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b4pjoe said:
Is this the exact TV you got?
TCL 85 Inch Class QM6K Series | Mini LED QLED 4K HDR | 85QM6K, 2025 Model | 120HZ-144HZ High Brightness Smart Google TV Dolby Atmos Onkyo Audio | Voice Remote Alexa Gaming Streaming Television

I am considering getting that one. But it doesn't have the word Pro in it. It just says TCL QM6K Series.
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Its possible that the word PRO was a Coscto add on to designate thier particular one, if they don't do PRO elsewhere.
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Jimbo said:
Its possible that the word PRO was a Coscto add on to designate thier particular one, if they don't do PRO elsewhere.
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I'm willing to bet it's the same set but with different model numbers so they don't have to price match!!! walmart or target can have the same set but with different model numbers
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John2021 said:
I'm willing to bet it's the same set but with different model numbers so they don't have to price match!!! walmart or target can have the same set but with different model numbers
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The features are pretty similar and the one on Amazon is $2.00 cheaper but the Costco one has 3 year protection plan bundle. The nearest Costco is about 100 miles from me so I don't have a Costco membership plan. I could still order it from Costco though but they have 5% extra fee if you don't have a membership plan so that would add about $60 dollars to advertised price.
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John2021 said:
I'm willing to bet it's the same set but with different model numbers so they don't have to price match!!! walmart or target can have the same set but with different model numbers
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Costco units will have a C in it where the regular model will not ... I'm sure Walmart and otherrs have thier own deals too.
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b4pjoe said:
The features are pretty similar and the one on Amazon is $2.00 cheaper but the Costco one has 3 year protection plan bundle. The nearest Costco is about 100 miles from me so I don't have a Costco membership plan. I could still order it from Costco though but they have 5% extra fee if you don't have a membership plan so that would add about $60 dollars to advertised price.
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So .... is it still cheaper ... ?

Costco did away with the addl extended warranties on a lot of electronics a while back, have they brought it back I don't know.
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So .... is it still cheaper ... ?

Costco did away with the addl extended warranties on a lot of electronics a while back, have they brought it back I don't know.
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Yes the one on Amazon is cheaper.

Not sure as I have never dealt with Costco before but it showed the extended warranty on the link Scott posted.
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Jimbo said:
Costco units will have a C in it where the regular model will not ... I'm sure Walmart and otherrs have thier own deals too.
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i bet there all the same tv's under the hood but different model numbers on the tags to prevent price matching!!!
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b4pjoe said:
Yes the one on Amazon is cheaper.

Not sure as I have never dealt with Costco before but it showed the extended warranty on the link Scott posted.
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i bet costo lost there ass on the extended warranties with some fools returning 5 year old matteress... it's amazing some of the sh*t people do
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Scott Greczkowski
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John2021 said:
i bet there all the same tv's under the hood but different model numbers on the tags to prevent price matching!!!
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You would lose that bet. As someone got both the Costco version and non costco version and the Costco version did have the anti glare and in their testing was better then the non costco version. That was one of the reasons I went with the costco one (in addition the delivery fee was cheaper from costco plus it came with an extended 3 year warranty making it 5 years on the warranty.
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Scott Greczkowski said:
You would lose that bet. As someone got both the Costco version and non costco version and the Costco version did have the anti glare and in their testing was better then the non costco version. That was one of the reasons I went with the costco one (in addition the delivery fee was cheaper from costco plus it came with an extended 3 year warranty making it 5 years on the warranty.
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ok what i am saying is they never used to cut corners and just slapped different models numbers on the tag LOL. now yes they do cut corners on the cheaper versions though they never used to!!! i missed that boat :biggrin
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John2021 said:
ok what i am saying is they never used to cut corners and just slapped different models numbers on the tag LOL.
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This is no excuse for making false claims.
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Is this the start of the Sony roll-back in their TV functionality?
arstechnica.com

Sony killing features for antenna, set-top box users of Bravia smart TVs in May

Some 2023 and 2024 models are also affected.
arstechnica.com arstechnica.com
Seems that we're headed into a Strange New World where some TVs can't be used to watch Television channels.
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Former member 208119 said:
i bet costo lost there ass on the extended warranties with some fools returning 5 year old matteress... it's amazing some of the sh*t people do
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Costco will still take Almost anything back, even years old.
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Jimbo said:
Costco will still take Almost anything back, even years old.
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this is correct, but they did put a rule in place for electronics and computers. because people were bringing that stuff back every couple years for "free upgrades." that policy is 90 days
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savarese04 said:
this is correct, but they did put a rule in place for electronics and computers. because people were bringing that stuff back every couple years for "free upgrades." that policy is 90 days
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Correct ... they also have added rules to "Other" things as well.

Probably no more 4 year old Beds, Couches ect.
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Man falls to his death on roller coaster at 6 Flags in GA

Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.

www.dailymail.com

Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster

Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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Back on the Goliath Roller Coaster ... I'm interested to find more details as well ...
Like where on the track did this happen (somewhere I read that it was on the climb up the top), which is impossible ...

They really need to take that ride and add at the very least, seatbelts ...

The Park is opening back up on Friday, the ride will Not be opening ... personally, I would keep it closed until different type of restraints can be designed and installed (over the winter).

I find it hard to believe that this ride is even allowed to be running with the restraints that exist at the moment, there are other rides that use the same type and they have been shut down across the country.

You got to believe that every ride has at least 2 types of restraint systems in place.

I wonder what and when we will hear from the Manufacturer ... and whatever governing bodies control these ...

Just think, this is a Major Amusement Park .... I would not have any problem getting on the Roller Coasters I have rode ...

Imagine what these County Fairs and others like them, I would not be caught Dead on one of them ... they get put up and tore down every other week, where is the safety for those rides ... No Thank You.
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Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?

Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
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Jimbo said:
I would not be caught Dead on one of them
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Yet IF you were on one, you might be caught dead.
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dishstaller
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Jimbo said:
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Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?

Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
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dishstaller said:
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.
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It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.

Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...

NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system :)
I'm glad to see ...
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with a Seat belt as last resort.
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According to the article, when you see a seat belt on a ride like this, it is basically used as a way of making sure the rider isn't too large/fat to safely ride the ride.
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Hughesnet cancelling email addresses

Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.

I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.

Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Doing a Google of the HughesNet Email notice, it seems that HughesNet has been trying to eliminate hosting emails since 2019. And with HughesNet filing Chapter 11 back in August, it would be a smart move to switch to a more stable Email provider. Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

SpaceX's Starlink and the Cellular 5G Home Internet solutions have pretty much relegated HughesNet and its high latency, low bandwidth Internet service to History. If Earth had shorter days, maybe a Geostationary Internet Solution might have stood a fighting chance…
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Well, I helped him set up a gmail acct....I actually wanted to see what the new process is for setting up a gmail acct since it had been years since I set mine up. Anyway, I showed him how to forward the emails he wanted to keep over.
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Site is slooooow

For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Ok the update is complete. :)
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Scott, I was having major issues getting connected around noon ET. Looks fine now. I captured a Safari session that was showing high CPU utilization in the Rendering of the page, like 90+%. I have a JSON file I created that I could share.
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Been using the site at that time and saw no issues. A quick look at the logs shows nothing strange.
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Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.
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I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now. :) We are rocking now!

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OTHER  Mini Multiswitch

I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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Have you tested using external power? Over the years, have found unpowered polarity switching to be unreliable. Especially problematic when used with DiSEqC motors or switch stacking.
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No I have not. I just got it the other day and it is connected to six receivers working just fine. What I do is non power mini multi-switches work best with LNBF's and with LNB's
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Tech News Weekly 459

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NCIS

Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.
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Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.
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Was Gibbs still there when you quit watching ?
If so, A Lot has happened ....

It's been pretty good all along , once you get use to Gibbs being gone.
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Jimbo said:

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BIdMzUBHvjw?feature=share
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Jimbo said:
Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Tony as the director.🙄
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Howard Simmons said:
Tony as the director.🙄
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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Meet up in San Francisco! NVIDIA RTX Spark Meet & Greet 10/16!

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Apple's New Smart Home Ecosystem

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4 ft LED tube bulbs now come with color selector

I bought the fixed color version of these bulbs for my store several years ago...work great and no more replacing ballast. Finally had one go out and when I went back to Amazon I saw that now they come in selectable versions so no more guess work as to what color light would do best in a certain area. They are now double OR single ended...used to be strictly one way or the other. If any of you are looking at replacing the old style 4 or 8 ft bulbs, you might want to give these a try. The 8 footers are BRIGHT. I put 5 in my shooting/target shed and you can get a decent tan if you are in there long enough.

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When we re-lamped my in-Laws' house for sale last year, we were able to get all the Edison bulbs and a few fixtures with switch-selectable Color Temperature. We tried a few and settled on 3000°K as the best fit for the house. Matching the lighting in all the rooms made for an inviting experience. The Shop was the only place that we went with 4000°K for the LED 4' fixtures.

The house was sold within a month of going on the market, so we must have done something right.

The other advantage is if the new owners decide that they prefer a warmer light, they can unscrew the bulbs (I think it was close to 70 bulbs) and set them to the 2500K/2700K settings.

I'll have to check these out. Thanks!
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