ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoWhat produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs?upload.wikimedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkWhat produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs?upload.wikimedia.orgALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
Media alt text: 3D render of old tv set with animated static on its screen, as if tuned to a dead channel.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoAfaik the antenna is picking up the background waves/radiation and the TV is displaying that background waves/radiation. If you disconnect the antenna, the TV will have no signal to display, it’ll be as blank as it can get.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoNah, the antenna is tuned to pick up vhf/uhf, but the wire / traces and even the legs of the amplifier are sufficient to pick up cmb
Afaik the antenna is picking up the background waves/radiation and the TV is displaying that background waves/radiation. If you disconnect the antenna, the TV will have no signal to display, it’ll be as blank as it can get.
Nah, the antenna is tuned to pick up vhf/uhf, but the wire / traces and even the legs of the amplifier are sufficient to pick up cmb