Science and Technology thread

[Rollins]

costco and amazon are having their huge sale on OLED televisions right now. think i'm going to finally make the plunge.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Damn, $1200 for the LG C1 55". These are finally coming down to a decent price range.

 

[physicsfactor]

Nice! Need the larger ones to drop more, and I’ll pull the trigger.

 

[ZackM]

omg I need a big ass OLED.

 

[Rollins]

does anyone here religiously subscribe to the recommended viewing distance for these?

 

[rome8180]

I wonder if this will translate to other types of cancer.

A Cancer Trial's Unexpected Result: Remission in Every Patient

It was a small trial, just 18 rectal cancer patients, every one of whom took the same drug. But the results were astonishing. The cancer vanished in every single patient, undetectable by physical exam; endoscopy; positron emission tomography, or PET scans; or MRI scans. Dr. Luis A. Diaz Jr. of...

news.yahoo.com

 

[rome8180]

My stepdad used to work for Glaxo, btw, back before they merged with other companies. They were on the cutting edge of HIV/AIDS treatment at the time.

I remember going there and being blown away as a child by their employee cafeteria. That company had more money than they knew what to do with.

 

[aiw]

Checkpoint inhibitors are used in many different cancers. The lung cancer drug you see commercials for all the time is in that class of drug. I see patients with Lynch syndrome that have had metastatic colon cancer, including skin metastatic deposits have all evidence of cancer disappear on these drugs. No idea how long the response will last though.

 

[bdotling]

Cancer is also very heterogeneous so this treatment won't

 

[rome8180]

Cancer is also very heterogeneous so this treatment won't

Yeah, my understanding is that's why phrases like "cure for cancer" are sort of silly. It's not really one disease.

 

[CK86]

This is wild to me.

 

[aiw]

anyway, it’s from 2016 and the earth doesn’t seem to move very much (sun moves a bit, but not much)

 

[rome8180]

I still haven't bought a 4K TV to use as a monitor for my laptop. Honestly, the main reason is because the smallest 4K TV is 43". I'd really rather have a 34" for my purposes, but those only seem to exist in 1080p or lower.

However, this one seems like a good deal.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/westinghouse-43-4k-uhd-smart-roku-tv-with-hdr/6489041.p?skuId=6489041

 

[Pantone287]

Are 34" 4K "monitors" more expensive than TVs despite being the same thing or something? Because those definitely exist.

 

[rome8180]

In my experience monitors are significantly more expensive. But maybe I'm just not looking in the right place.

Also, my other theory was that it could double as a TV when I'm not doing music.

 

[deepdarkblue]

Yeah, monitors cost a whole lot more than TVs.
Amazon Prime Day is this week - Tuesday/Wednesday, I think. You might be able to find a deal there, but I don't know that you'll find a 4k smaller than 43in.
I don't know that there's much if any noticable difference between 4k and 1080p on a smaller screen anyway. The reason for higher resolution is bigger screens.

 

[rome8180]

Yeah, monitors cost a whole lot more than TVs.
Amazon Prime Day is this week - Tuesday/Wednesday, I think. You might be able to find a deal there, but I don't know that you'll find a 4k smaller than 43in.
I don't know that there's much if any noticable difference between 4k and 1080p on a smaller screen anyway. The reason for higher resolution is bigger screens.

This is what I was thinking was the case. I also thought it might be a matter of market demand. Anyone who cares enough to spring for 4K is going to want a fairly large screen.

 

[ZackM]

I don't know that there's much if any noticable difference between 4k and 1080p on a smaller screen anyway. The reason for higher resolution is bigger screens.

While true for video and images, there's a huge difference when you're looking at text and icon based content.

 

[rome8180]

I don't know that there's much if any noticable difference between 4k and 1080p on a smaller screen anyway. The reason for higher resolution is bigger screens.

While true for video and images, there's a huge difference when you're looking at text and icon based content.

I'd be using it to edit stuff that looks like this:

 

[deepdarkblue]

@rome8180 Not sure if this is what you're looking for but since Amazon just sent this to my email, and it's showing up as $199 for me, I thought you might be interested.

4k 43in Pioneer TV