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by throwawayffffas 155 days ago
Do you remember analog TVs? Switching channels was a sub second affair.
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It was sub frame. You would literally see the set re-sync to the new timing (since each station's vblank would not necessarily be happening at the same time).
I remember our first digital TV crashing and needing to reboot it.

"Wow"! we said. This is the future. Having to reboot the TV.