TV advice - Page 2

Elspode · 02-14-2007, 09:44 AM

Self-degaussing apparently works...

BigV · 02-14-2007, 02:56 PM

SD: Yes, do! It's fun, it's cool. You'll have the same mad scientist thrill your son had. You know you want to. Go on!

Els: Yes, that's certainly it. The degaussing power of the televisions varies widely and sometimes the distortions are too great for the little degausser to fix. I'm glad SD had a happy ending.

btw, I was so eager to help, I made my post after reading only the opener. Oops. I didn't bother to read on and learn that your problem had "fixed itself." Another brick in the road for me. Sorry.

SteveDallas · 02-14-2007, 03:08 PM

No, I loved the drill idea. I'm glad you posted it.

Flint · 02-14-2007, 03:09 PM

Me too. I wanna buy a crappy old TV from the thrift store and play around with this. Make some "art."

BigV · 02-14-2007, 06:52 PM

Why bother buying one? Just get some honking magnets and go smear the screens. Then walk over the the powertool graveyard and find one that spins without sparks and clean up your mess!

Better yet, do it at Sears, or Best Buy or WalMart!

Kitsune · 02-15-2007, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Me too. I wanna buy a crappy old TV from the thrift store and play around with this. Make some "art."

Palm a potent neodymium magnet in your hand and tap on the glass of other people's CRTs at work. Neat effect and won't screw with the monitor permanently if it was made in the last ten years.

Oooo... magic powers...

BigV · 02-15-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Palm a potent neodymium magnet in your hand and tap on the glass of other people's CRTs at work. Neat effect and won't screw with the monitor permanently if it was made in the last ten years.

Oooo... magic powers...

Hey, Flint. Here's what Kitsune meant to say. Find an old hard drive. Take it apart. On the mechanism that actuates the read/write head you'll find at least a pair of very very strong magnets. They're likely shaped roughly like a lima bean, and about that size. They may be chromed or painted white or orange. Interestingly, they're glued to the armature assembly. Try to scrape/pry them off. BE CAREFUL! They're very very brittle and fragile when subjected to hard shocks, like being attracted to it's mate of the opposite pole. They *will* shatter if you let them leap at each other. They'll still be just as magnetic-y but you'll have a handful of ceramic-sharp-shards much more difficult to handle.

These are the magnets Kitsune's talking about. I'm sure you already knew that though. You're some computer dude, neh?

edit--by the way, the magnets in the hard drive in the computer through which you're reading this post are guaranteed to perform as described. But you better print out these instructions because by following them you absolutely and irrevocably transform the hard drive from a computer component into a science project. This is a ONE WAY transformation only, no do-overs allowed and NO EXCEPTIONS. But you prolly knew that too. Carry on. [/mr science]

Kitsune · 02-15-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

BE CAREFUL! They're very very brittle and fragile when subjected to hard shocks, like being attracted to it's mate of the opposite pole. They *will* shatter if you let them leap at each other.

I have a set of these stuck to my whiteboard, but I don't mess around with them. Besides the ability to shatter, they pinch like a m-f'er. The skin between your thumb and index finger? Pinching it between two HD magnets will not only hurt it, it'll kill it.

I prefer the wee baby ones.

Undertoad · 02-15-2007, 06:09 PM

I have some very powerful ones in my bass speaker cabinets. Neodymium speakers!

The nice part is how a cabinet with such speakers weighs 20-40 pounds less than the cabinet with traditional magnet speakers, spending on how many speakers are used.

Flint · 02-15-2007, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

You're some computer dude, neh?

Not 5% as mush as most of you guys around here, but much moreso than my managers, so that's all that matters.

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I have some very powerful ones in my bass speaker cabinets. Neodymium speakers!

Oh! I want some neodymium-driven speakers (having just helped a friend move his Cerwin Vega 12" and 15" cabinets).
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Those are some strong magnets!

02-14-2007, 09:44 AM	#16
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02-14-2007, 02:56 PM	#17
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	SD: Yes, do! It's fun, it's cool. You'll have the same mad scientist thrill your son had. You know you want to. Go on! Els: Yes, that's certainly it. The degaussing power of the televisions varies widely and sometimes the distortions are too great for the little degausser to fix. I'm glad SD had a happy ending. btw, I was so eager to help, I made my post after reading only the opener. Oops. I didn't bother to read on and learn that your problem had "fixed itself." Another brick in the road for me. Sorry. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-14-2007, 03:09 PM	#19
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02-14-2007, 06:52 PM	#20
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Why bother buying one? Just get some honking magnets and go smear the screens. Then walk over the the powertool graveyard and find one that spins without sparks and clean up your mess! Better yet, do it at Sears, or Best Buy or WalMart! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-14-2007, 03:08 PM	#18
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	No, I loved the drill idea. I'm glad you posted it.

02-15-2007, 06:09 PM	#24
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have some very powerful ones in my bass speaker cabinets. Neodymium speakers! The nice part is how a cabinet with such speakers weighs 20-40 pounds less than the cabinet with traditional magnet speakers, spending on how many speakers are used.

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