Sometimes small systems are plenty
Friday my wife suddenly got the urge to camp. Immediately. All the TT has is the original Group 24 battery, 5w solar to maintain it and a 700w/1500w inverter I've never even run under significant l...
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Anyway... How small is "small". Iphone screen is small for a good movie for sure. Primitive shows with cartoon-like colors and standard "props" are OK for that, I guess.
Squeaky Iphone sound sucks, and it is still poor in a laptop, and not much better in 27" flat TV. Old CRT boxes had better sound even if it was a single speaker, because the box was big and heavy and speaker wasn't too small either. 27" TV is still small for a really good watching of widescreen movie, but for killing an hour in rainy weather it will do. And so will 17" laptop, especially for one person, so what the heck... I would love to watch everything from laptop on a screen bigger than 17", but this would mean a separate big monitor, not my idea of a "small" system, more energy draw and one more item that can break down or get stolen.
Anyway... How small is "small". Iphone screen is small for a good movie for sure. Primitive shows with cartoon-like colors and standard "props" are OK for that, I guess.
Squeaky Iphone sound sucks, and it is still poor in a laptop, and not much better in 27" flat TV. Old CRT boxes had better sound even if it was a single speaker, because the box was big and heavy and speaker wasn't too small either. 27" TV is still small for a really good watching of widescreen movie, but for killing an hour in rainy weather it will do. And so will 17" laptop, especially for one person, so what the heck... I would love to watch everything from laptop on a screen bigger than 17", but this would mean a separate big monitor, not my idea of a "small" system, more energy draw and one more item that can break down or get stolen.
