On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 23:58:36 -0800 (PST), Rich S
<richsulinengineer@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 6:54:26 PM UTC, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:17:16 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joeg...@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:55:34 -0800, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:37:54 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joeg...@comcast.net>
>> >>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:33:00 -0800, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
>> >>>wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>[snip]
>> >>>>
>> >>>>I got a beautiful set of razor sharp Wusthof knives. They slice
>> >>>>through Tartine sourdough like a chain saw. Pay no mind to the
>> >>>>band-aids.
>> >>>
>> >>>Yeah. They will dull gradually, and need whetting from time to time.
>> >>>What I use is a Norton double-grit waterstone and a very solid
>> >>>adjustable rubber clamp base so the stone doesn't slide around and/or
>> >>>damage the countertops.
>> >>>
>> >>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NFDOY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>> >>>
>> >>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NFB2MTI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>> >>>
>> >>>I just gave this set to a family member whose knives were essentially
>> >>>useless. I did the initial sharpening on two of them, and people were
>> >>>astonished at the difference, even though those blades were made of
>> >>>very soft steel. (Unlike Wusthof).
>> >>>
>> >>>She will also be getting a polyethylene cutting board - she used to
>> >>>cut on ceramic plates, ruining both plate and knife.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>I got Mo a 48" Sony oled TV. It's astonishing. It makes the old LCD
>> >>>>look washed-out and fuzzy.
>> >>>
>> >>>I got a 48" Sony for my wife a few years ago, with full HD (had to
>> >>>upgrade COMCAST service as well). The improvement was stunning,
>> >>>especially for baseball and football (US) games. She also likes to
>> >>>watch French movies on Netflix, to improve her French.
>> >>>
>> >>>Joe Gwinn
>> >>
>> >>I'm looking forward to more OLEDs in instruments. They are bright,
>> >>sharp, color saturated, and have great viewing angles.
>> >
>> >Beware burn-in (also called printing). I avoided OLEDs for just this
>> >reason. This will eventually be fixed, but very gradually.
>> >
>> >On your instruments, it may be necessary to have the fixed part of the
>> >display wander around a bit, like we did for CRTs, to smear out and
>> >thus reduce the visual impact of printing.
>> People tell me that they have had OLED TVs for years without problems.
>> But TVs are pretty sophisticated and have varying images. Instruments
>> with dumb OLEDs and fixed-position numeric displays might wear out the
>> pixels.
>>
>> If Mo's TV only looks fabulous for two or three years, I'll get her
>> another one.
>>
>> Slowly moving the image on an OLED instrument is a good idea. The
>> viewing angle issues on LCDs can be a problem and restricts color
>> choices. Both benchtop and rackmount instruments can be used at large
>> vertical viewing angles, which TVs don't have.
>> --
>>
>> I yam what I yam - Popeye
>
>congrats, John, a find choice. We've not experienced
>screen burn-in on the OLEDs (tho we only test them
>for about a week). Still, sensible to be cautious.
>If it gives you some comfort,
>Sony TVs have had very high predicted reliability
>and owner satisfaction scores, for many
>years in a row, per the CR survey results. And their
>OLEDs have performed excellently.
>(Of course, we aim for high-fidelity reproduction,
>turn off the image-boosting gimmicks, use the
>"custom" picture setting mode, and calibrate the
>image using CalMan setup. Luckily
>the model you bought has CalMan Software
>already built in! (XBR-48A9S) - though
>I dont know how they expect you to
>find the optical sensor.)
>Curious to know how you like the sound of
>the "Acoustic surface audio" feature
>(which uses the screen itself as the acoustic
>radiators, not conventional dynamic drivers.)
You're right, the sound comes out of the flat screen. Upper corners
are treble. It's amazing. Sounds great.
--
I yam what I yam - Popeye
Reply by Jan Panteltje●December 28, 20212021-12-28
On a sunny day (Mon, 27 Dec 2021 05:17:01 -0800) it happened
jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote in
<6vejsg10736f1vrhjbqit2s8b3sc53vdni@4ax.com>:
>The sound is fabulous on the Sony OLED tv. At first powerup it
>calibrated itself to the room acoustics!
>
>It has overcome a major point of marital discord. I like the sound to
>be loud and Mo likes it low. This tv somehow makes us both happy.
Sony did acquire a bad name here in TV starting when the PAL system was introduced
they did not want to pay for the PAL patents so basically used a NTSC type decoder, losing
the advantage that PAL has no color errors.
The second thing was the 'trinitron' tube that was brighter than the normal shadow mask tubes in color TVs,
but had some drawbacks for example in case of vibration making support wires visible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitron#Visible_support_or_damping_wires
sold a lot with the very bright hype,
That was all many years ago so maybe they changed ways.
The sound of my Samsung TV is bad (acoustics), so I use external speakers or headphones, earphones.
Oh and Sony had the KV1810 TV chassis that used silicon switches_ not transistors, in the power supply and deflection too IIRC.
The sets manufactured in the UK had bad solder joints that would interrupt the switch-off and kill its supply.
They make good stuff too, had a Sony tape recorder and their camera sensors are OK too.
It is a good idea to look up a lot of reviews before buying stuff.
Reply by ●December 27, 20212021-12-27
On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 14:21:18 -0800, John Larkin
<jlarkin@highland_atwork_technology.com> wrote:
>
>I have a differential output from a fast CML flipflop, powered by +3
>and ground, and want to drive another CML-input part. If the load
>gadget was also powered from +3, I'd just connect them with a couple
>of 50 ohm traces. But the Vcc of the destination part could be
>anything from +3 to -2.
>
>I want full speed and DC coupling, so the ideal part to put in series
>with both runs is a battery of the appropriate voltage, namely the
>difference in supply voltages. Couldn't find anything that would work
>like that.
Here is a "feed-beside" version. It works but does some tricky,
barely-legal things to the CML source gate. CML gates can maybe
usually swing 800 mV down from their Vcc rail and maybe a bit above.
Version 4
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Dec 27 2021
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TEXT 352 856 Left 2 ;gnd2
--
I yam what I yam - Popeye
Reply by Rich S●December 27, 20212021-12-27
On Sunday, December 26, 2021 at 6:54:26 PM UTC, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:17:16 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joeg...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:55:34 -0800, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >>On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:37:54 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joeg...@comcast.net>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:33:00 -0800, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
> >>>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>[snip]
> >>>>
> >>>>I got a beautiful set of razor sharp Wusthof knives. They slice
> >>>>through Tartine sourdough like a chain saw. Pay no mind to the
> >>>>band-aids.
> >>>
> >>>Yeah. They will dull gradually, and need whetting from time to time.
> >>>What I use is a Norton double-grit waterstone and a very solid
> >>>adjustable rubber clamp base so the stone doesn't slide around and/or
> >>>damage the countertops.
> >>>
> >>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NFDOY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
> >>>
> >>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NFB2MTI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
> >>>
> >>>I just gave this set to a family member whose knives were essentially
> >>>useless. I did the initial sharpening on two of them, and people were
> >>>astonished at the difference, even though those blades were made of
> >>>very soft steel. (Unlike Wusthof).
> >>>
> >>>She will also be getting a polyethylene cutting board - she used to
> >>>cut on ceramic plates, ruining both plate and knife.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I got Mo a 48" Sony oled TV. It's astonishing. It makes the old LCD
> >>>>look washed-out and fuzzy.
> >>>
> >>>I got a 48" Sony for my wife a few years ago, with full HD (had to
> >>>upgrade COMCAST service as well). The improvement was stunning,
> >>>especially for baseball and football (US) games. She also likes to
> >>>watch French movies on Netflix, to improve her French.
> >>>
> >>>Joe Gwinn
> >>
> >>I'm looking forward to more OLEDs in instruments. They are bright,
> >>sharp, color saturated, and have great viewing angles.
> >
> >Beware burn-in (also called printing). I avoided OLEDs for just this
> >reason. This will eventually be fixed, but very gradually.
> >
> >On your instruments, it may be necessary to have the fixed part of the
> >display wander around a bit, like we did for CRTs, to smear out and
> >thus reduce the visual impact of printing.
> People tell me that they have had OLED TVs for years without problems.
> But TVs are pretty sophisticated and have varying images. Instruments
> with dumb OLEDs and fixed-position numeric displays might wear out the
> pixels.
>
> If Mo's TV only looks fabulous for two or three years, I'll get her
> another one.
>
> Slowly moving the image on an OLED instrument is a good idea. The
> viewing angle issues on LCDs can be a problem and restricts color
> choices. Both benchtop and rackmount instruments can be used at large
> vertical viewing angles, which TVs don't have.
> --
>
> I yam what I yam - Popeye
congrats, John, a find choice. We've not experienced
screen burn-in on the OLEDs (tho we only test them
for about a week). Still, sensible to be cautious.
If it gives you some comfort,
Sony TVs have had very high predicted reliability
and owner satisfaction scores, for many
years in a row, per the CR survey results. And their
OLEDs have performed excellently.
(Of course, we aim for high-fidelity reproduction,
turn off the image-boosting gimmicks, use the
"custom" picture setting mode, and calibrate the
image using CalMan setup. Luckily
the model you bought has CalMan Software
already built in! (XBR-48A9S) - though
I dont know how they expect you to
find the optical sensor.)
Curious to know how you like the sound of
the "Acoustic surface audio" feature
(which uses the screen itself as the acoustic
radiators, not conventional dynamic drivers.)
Reply by Phil Hobbs●December 26, 20212021-12-26
jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 17:57:39 -0500, Phil Hobbs
> <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
>
>> jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>> On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 20:47:01 -0800 (PST), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Friday, December 24, 2021 at 2:21:29 PM UTC-8, John Larkin wrote:
>>>>> I have a differential output from a fast CML flipflop, powered by +3
>>>>> and ground, and want to drive another CML-input part. If the load
>>>>> gadget was also powered from +3, I'd just connect them with a couple
>>>>> of 50 ohm traces. But the Vcc of the destination part could be
>>>>> anything from +3 to -2.
>>>>>
>>>>> I want full speed and DC coupling, so the ideal part to put in series
>>>>> with both runs is a battery of the appropriate voltage,
>>>>
>>>> So, do that. Just a capacitor, obviously, won't have the constant DC step
>>>> if there's any low frequencies present, but you can put a three-transistor
>>>> current mirror dual-source on the most positive rail, and another three-transistor
>>>> current mirror dual-sink on the most negative rail, and connect the input
>>>> transistors' bases of those mirrors with the appropriate resistor to make
>>>> a constant-current bias. Then, instead of coupling capacitor alone, you
>>>> put a bit of bypass resistor across each capacitor, and feed the high terminal
>>>> with one source, and the low terminal with one sink (and 'cuz it's differential, you'd
>>>> have the second source and sink for the other half's capacitor).
>>>>
>>>> As long as you don't dial the current up beyond what the CML sources , it'll drive
>>>> a lot like a battery in series. If the HF gets too much Miller effect, a few ferrite beads
>>>> can help, obviously.
>>>>
>>>> You do have to know polarity of the offset required at wiring-time,
>>>> but the mirrors' emitter supplies are places you can apply
>>>> dynamic controls of the amplitude and range of offset.
>>>
>>> The polarity can go either way, which sure doesn't help.
>>>
>>> In this case, I want to couple logic levels with features from maybe
>>> 50 ps to 50 years. I might grudgingly allow the two traces between
>>> chips to be half an inch long, with one sideways cap in the middle of
>>> each. That's no place for a dozen transistors or ICs. My circuit
>>> started as two floating programmable voltages across the coupling
>>> caps, and stepwise deteriorated to the simple thing I have now. The
>>> big resistors fake dueling current sources, and the dropping resistor
>>> across the cap turns out to work at infinite ohms.
>>>
>>> There is a more general issue of splitting a signal into a number of
>>> bandwidths, transmitting, and then recombining neatly. Phil Hobbs
>>> recently needed to drive a ganfet gate with a fast-edge fairly long
>>> pulse, when the fet is riding hundreds of volts off ground. I don't
>>> know how he wound up doing that.
>>
>> Hasn't been implemented yet. Probably something like this:
>> <https://electrooptical.net/www/sed/IsolatedGaN.zip>.
>>
>> The Coilcraft transformer is way too clunky, so it'll either be an RC or
>> a much lighter-weight transformer--maybe one of your
>> coax-jumper-plus-potcore things. (The switch has to ride on top of a
>> -450V avalanche photodiode bias supply.)
>
> You could maybe use a memory element on the high side, a flipflop or a
> schmitt trigger or maybe even just a capacitor, and drive it from
> narrow positive and negative spikes through a transformer. That could
> be done with zero static power required on the high side.
>
> The non-inverting schmitt case has analogies to my pulse coupler. Cap
> to the schmitt input, feedback resistor to sustain. Might work.
>
>
>
There's a requirement for 10 ns recovery from overload, which would need
a reasonably-beefy driver even with GaN. In reality it's a nice-to-have
and not a deal breaker, but it presented a very interesting design
challenge--how do you make a capacitively-coupled APD bootstrap recover
that fast, and avoid dumping the fault current straight into the
bootstrap cap when the switch opens?
The APD gain is a strong function of bias, so you can't ignore that part
of the problem--otherwise it'll take tens of milliseconds to recover.
And of course it all has to float at -400 to -500 volts, with minimal
capacitance to ground because the local ground is being driven by the
bootstrap transistor.
Fun.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.nethttp://hobbs-eo.com
Reply by ●December 26, 20212021-12-26
On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:17:16 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:55:34 -0800, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:37:54 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:33:00 -0800, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>[snip]
>>>>
>>>>I got a beautiful set of razor sharp Wusthof knives. They slice
>>>>through Tartine sourdough like a chain saw. Pay no mind to the
>>>>band-aids.
>>>
>>>Yeah. They will dull gradually, and need whetting from time to time.
>>>What I use is a Norton double-grit waterstone and a very solid
>>>adjustable rubber clamp base so the stone doesn't slide around and/or
>>>damage the countertops.
>>>
>>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NFDOY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>>>
>>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NFB2MTI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>>>
>>>I just gave this set to a family member whose knives were essentially
>>>useless. I did the initial sharpening on two of them, and people were
>>>astonished at the difference, even though those blades were made of
>>>very soft steel. (Unlike Wusthof).
>>>
>>>She will also be getting a polyethylene cutting board - she used to
>>>cut on ceramic plates, ruining both plate and knife.
>>>
>>>
>>>>I got Mo a 48" Sony oled TV. It's astonishing. It makes the old LCD
>>>>look washed-out and fuzzy.
>>>
>>>I got a 48" Sony for my wife a few years ago, with full HD (had to
>>>upgrade COMCAST service as well). The improvement was stunning,
>>>especially for baseball and football (US) games. She also likes to
>>>watch French movies on Netflix, to improve her French.
>>>
>>>Joe Gwinn
>>
>>I'm looking forward to more OLEDs in instruments. They are bright,
>>sharp, color saturated, and have great viewing angles.
>
>Beware burn-in (also called printing). I avoided OLEDs for just this
>reason. This will eventually be fixed, but very gradually.
>
>On your instruments, it may be necessary to have the fixed part of the
>display wander around a bit, like we did for CRTs, to smear out and
>thus reduce the visual impact of printing.
People tell me that they have had OLED TVs for years without problems.
But TVs are pretty sophisticated and have varying images. Instruments
with dumb OLEDs and fixed-position numeric displays might wear out the
pixels.
If Mo's TV only looks fabulous for two or three years, I'll get her
another one.
Slowly moving the image on an OLED instrument is a good idea. The
viewing angle issues on LCDs can be a problem and restricts color
choices. Both benchtop and rackmount instruments can be used at large
vertical viewing angles, which TVs don't have.
--
I yam what I yam - Popeye
Reply by Jan Panteltje●December 26, 20212021-12-26
On a sunny day (Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:17:16 -0500) it happened Joe Gwinn
<joegwinn@comcast.net> wrote in <fnbhsg1ok5tr08guoj0vqjeorkha895266@4ax.com>:
>On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:55:34 -0800, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:37:54 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:33:00 -0800, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>[snip]
>>>>
>>>>I got a beautiful set of razor sharp Wusthof knives. They slice
>>>>through Tartine sourdough like a chain saw. Pay no mind to the
>>>>band-aids.
>>>
>>>Yeah. They will dull gradually, and need whetting from time to time.
>>>What I use is a Norton double-grit waterstone and a very solid
>>>adjustable rubber clamp base so the stone doesn't slide around and/or
>>>damage the countertops.
>>>
>>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NFDOY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>>>
>>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NFB2MTI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>>>
>>>I just gave this set to a family member whose knives were essentially
>>>useless. I did the initial sharpening on two of them, and people were
>>>astonished at the difference, even though those blades were made of
>>>very soft steel. (Unlike Wusthof).
>>>
>>>She will also be getting a polyethylene cutting board - she used to
>>>cut on ceramic plates, ruining both plate and knife.
>>>
>>>
>>>>I got Mo a 48" Sony oled TV. It's astonishing. It makes the old LCD
>>>>look washed-out and fuzzy.
>>>
>>>I got a 48" Sony for my wife a few years ago, with full HD (had to
>>>upgrade COMCAST service as well). The improvement was stunning,
>>>especially for baseball and football (US) games. She also likes to
>>>watch French movies on Netflix, to improve her French.
>>>
>>>Joe Gwinn
>>
>>I'm looking forward to more OLEDs in instruments. They are bright,
>>sharp, color saturated, and have great viewing angles.
>
>Beware burn-in (also called printing). I avoided OLEDs for just this
>reason. This will eventually be fixed, but very gradually.
I second that, I replaced the OLED in my clock last month,
became unreadable, segments of numbers burned in.
After 7 years that is, for a TV you would want it replaced much much earlier.
But I already told him that month ago.
My Samsung LCD TV keeps amazing me after how many ? 9 years or so.
>On your instruments, it may be necessary to have the fixed part of the
>display wander around a bit, like we did for CRTs, to smear out and
>thus reduce the visual impact of printing.
On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 09:55:34 -0800, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:37:54 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:33:00 -0800, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
>>wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>>
>>>I got a beautiful set of razor sharp Wusthof knives. They slice
>>>through Tartine sourdough like a chain saw. Pay no mind to the
>>>band-aids.
>>
>>Yeah. They will dull gradually, and need whetting from time to time.
>>What I use is a Norton double-grit waterstone and a very solid
>>adjustable rubber clamp base so the stone doesn't slide around and/or
>>damage the countertops.
>>
>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NFDOY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>>
>>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NFB2MTI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>>
>>I just gave this set to a family member whose knives were essentially
>>useless. I did the initial sharpening on two of them, and people were
>>astonished at the difference, even though those blades were made of
>>very soft steel. (Unlike Wusthof).
>>
>>She will also be getting a polyethylene cutting board - she used to
>>cut on ceramic plates, ruining both plate and knife.
>>
>>
>>>I got Mo a 48" Sony oled TV. It's astonishing. It makes the old LCD
>>>look washed-out and fuzzy.
>>
>>I got a 48" Sony for my wife a few years ago, with full HD (had to
>>upgrade COMCAST service as well). The improvement was stunning,
>>especially for baseball and football (US) games. She also likes to
>>watch French movies on Netflix, to improve her French.
>>
>>Joe Gwinn
>
>I'm looking forward to more OLEDs in instruments. They are bright,
>sharp, color saturated, and have great viewing angles.
Beware burn-in (also called printing). I avoided OLEDs for just this
reason. This will eventually be fixed, but very gradually.
On your instruments, it may be necessary to have the fixed part of the
display wander around a bit, like we did for CRTs, to smear out and
thus reduce the visual impact of printing.
>Comcast gets maligned a lot, but they have been great for us. They
>keep upgrading speed and video quality to be competitive. I'm now
>getting 130+40 mbps on the basic plan, which is about as fast as
>anyone needs.
That's been the pattern in the Boston area as well. Of course, they
have Verizon with Fios snapping at their heels. And vice versa.
>The pattern is that bandwidth is essentially free to the providers, so
>if you complain about anything they upgrade your speed to appease you.
>Both Comcast and Suddenlink did that for us when we had a complaint.
I haven't tested that gambit here.
What's going on in New England with Verizon is that they are going to
drop all analog land-line telephone service (over copper), but when
asked about how long things work when the power is out, or what the
achieved operational availability is, they disappear into a cloud of
sales happy-talk.
For the record, the traditional holdup time is 48 hours on the
central-office battery (time for the diesel generators to arrive), and
five nines (0.99999).
Joe Gwinn
Cell phones don't last a day, and struggle to achieve one nine.
Reply by ●December 26, 20212021-12-26
On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:37:54 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:33:00 -0800, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
>wrote:
>
>[snip]
>>
>>I got a beautiful set of razor sharp Wusthof knives. They slice
>>through Tartine sourdough like a chain saw. Pay no mind to the
>>band-aids.
>
>Yeah. They will dull gradually, and need whetting from time to time.
>What I use is a Norton double-grit waterstone and a very solid
>adjustable rubber clamp base so the stone doesn't slide around and/or
>damage the countertops.
>
>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NFDOY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>
>.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NFB2MTI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
>
>I just gave this set to a family member whose knives were essentially
>useless. I did the initial sharpening on two of them, and people were
>astonished at the difference, even though those blades were made of
>very soft steel. (Unlike Wusthof).
>
>She will also be getting a polyethylene cutting board - she used to
>cut on ceramic plates, ruining both plate and knife.
>
>
>>I got Mo a 48" Sony oled TV. It's astonishing. It makes the old LCD
>>look washed-out and fuzzy.
>
>I got a 48" Sony for my wife a few years ago, with full HD (had to
>upgrade COMCAST service as well). The improvement was stunning,
>especially for baseball and football (US) games. She also likes to
>watch French movies on Netflix, to improve her French.
>
>Joe Gwinn
I'm looking forward to more OLEDs in instruments. They are bright,
sharp, color saturated, and have great viewing angles.
Comcast gets maligned a lot, but they have been great for us. They
keep upgrading speed and video quality to be competitive. I'm now
getting 130+40 mbps on the basic plan, which is about as fast as
anyone needs.
The pattern is that bandwidth is essentially free to the providers, so
if you complain about anything they upgrade your speed to appease you.
Both Comcast and Suddenlink did that for us when we had a complaint.
--
I yam what I yam - Popeye
Reply by Joe Gwinn●December 26, 20212021-12-26
On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:33:00 -0800, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:
[snip]
>
>I got a beautiful set of razor sharp Wusthof knives. They slice
>through Tartine sourdough like a chain saw. Pay no mind to the
>band-aids.
Yeah. They will dull gradually, and need whetting from time to time.
What I use is a Norton double-grit waterstone and a very solid
adjustable rubber clamp base so the stone doesn't slide around and/or
damage the countertops.
.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NFDOY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NFB2MTI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details>
I just gave this set to a family member whose knives were essentially
useless. I did the initial sharpening on two of them, and people were
astonished at the difference, even though those blades were made of
very soft steel. (Unlike Wusthof).
She will also be getting a polyethylene cutting board - she used to
cut on ceramic plates, ruining both plate and knife.
>I got Mo a 48" Sony oled TV. It's astonishing. It makes the old LCD
>look washed-out and fuzzy.
I got a 48" Sony for my wife a few years ago, with full HD (had to
upgrade COMCAST service as well). The improvement was stunning,
especially for baseball and football (US) games. She also likes to
watch French movies on Netflix, to improve her French.
Joe Gwinn