Best invention during your lifetime?

[Member2019]

HDTV is a conflicting mess ...

HD TV! I recently purchased a 57" Mitsubishi DLP HDTV and I will NEVER go back to regular TV.

Hdtv

Actually, HDTV is a basket mess of conflicting standards.
Anyone in technology wanted 60Hz, non-interlaced, 1280x720 or 1920x1080 lines.
But the boys over in "Big Media" only cared about interlaced.

Reality ...

Consoles have just taken over PC sales this past year. Why?
HDTV is the main reason (whereas PCs used to be the only platform with better than 480p), and games are designed for 60Hz non-interlaced.
Another reason has to do with the commodization and sheer volume (especially over PCs designed for games), which results in price.
And lets face it, it's a crapload easier to support a console than a PC for gaming.

If I had to buy a HDTV today, I'd go straight to 1080p (1920x1080 progressive, 60Hz non-interlaced) or similar (e.g., 1920x1200, 16:10).
Don't even bother with 720p (1280x720 progressive, also sold as 1280x768 or 1366x768) or 1080i (commonly implemented as 540p, and not true 1920x1080).
The "wobble" (960x1080 progressive, scanned twice horizontally at 120Hz, resulting in 1920x1080) DLP Projection HDTVs are under $1,500 for a 60"+.

 

[Vanilla Bear]

Re: Marketing ...

It was more a joke than anything, infact i think the grill is a piece of crap.

Makes my bacon taste like chicken.

where is all the fat?
i wanna have it in my food!

 

[ZoWhat]

Re: Marketing ...

where is all the fat?
i wanna have it in my food!

Huge fan of the George Foreman Grill a Lot. I only have the small size. After using it for awhile you learn the times on how much food takes.

I just set the timer on my microwave and go do something.

I've gotten very good at cooking steak on it. Just make sure it's sizzlin hot when you start and Don't touch.

 

[Iamforever]

he's not the only one to say Hdtv but I must say I agree! Top 10 anyway!

i disagree. whats the point? tv already existed. now i need to pay more for another tv? i can see just fine with my tv. much like space exploration, hdtv is pointless.:2 cents:

 

[Legzman]

i disagree. whats the point? tv already existed. now i need to pay more for another tv? i can see just fine with my tv. much like space exploration, hdtv is pointless.:2 cents:

there was a time when i thought the same way. But I watched the last superbowl in HD and it was crystal clear, better than regular tv. I've also had my 360 hooked up to a LCD tv once. The difference in the quality of graphics and brilliance in color along with the subtle details in the games that now popped, blew my mind!

 

[ZoWhat]

The Hemcon bandage

I read about this in the March '07 Readers Digest. Basically it's a product that stops severe bleeding. It being used in Iraq. Its formulated from shrimp shells. Yes...shimp shells. What a nice relief to help your buddy who just received a gaping leg wound that is spurting blood everywhere. Slap a Hemcon bandage on it and the blood stops. Cool!!!

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/bown/2003/article/0,18881,537023,00.html

 

[squallumz]

i like what they say on the sonic commercial.

#1 is the doorbell
#3 is that shake they were eating
#2 was open to anyone, which turned out to be the visor in the car.

 

[pathfinder]

The Hemcon bandage

I read about this in the March '07 Readers Digest. Basically it's a product that stops severe bleeding. It being used in Iraq. Its formulated from shrimp shells. Yes...shimp shells. What a nice relief to help your buddy who just received a gaping leg wound that is spurting blood everywhere. Slap a Hemcon bandage on it and the blood stops. Cool!!!

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/bown/2003/article/0,18881,537023,00.html

Just a reinvented wheel. A pressure dressing is just as effective if done right.

But cool to bring up something like that.

 

[member006]

That effected me. The crock pot and I looked it up, it was in my lifetime. Although I never came to enjoy it for many more years. The fear of my mothers pressure cooker I had to use growing up, made it the first thing on my wedding registry. The crock pot is the greatest thing since the wheel.

LL

 

[HeartBroker]

The internet

Were it not for it I'd have never met the love of my life!

 

[drdeath67]

The internet

Were it not for it I'd have never met the love of my life!

Me too!:thumbsup:
I love you Hearty-B! LMAO

 

[Jason1]

Easy Mac

 

[Philbert]

While there are so many great inventions (Harleys that don't leak oil, vacines that save millions, PCs) my very favorite greatest invention is...
the COLOR TV!

(Once we had that, life was worth living!):bowdown:

 

[Smittmaestro]

GPS tracking in cars, no more having to ask for freaking directions from Earl at the Sunoco station in Booger City, USA!

-cs™

 

[glk35]

trijicon acog.

 

[Jagger69]

You asked the question "in my lifetime" so just a few that go back a bit further but were absolutely awesome nonetheless:

Automatic garage-door opener
TV remote control
Microwave oven
Garbage-disposal

Also, the Tivo/DVR is indispensible in my book....how did I live without it???

 

[dave_rhino]

I remember on my TV i had this little slot where you'd put the remote control and it would hide it. Then when you wanted it out, you pressed an eject button and it would pop out

That was a pretty god damn sweet invention...

 

[D-rock]

Squeezable condiment containers should be added here. It always did get annoying tapping the bottom of the bottle or reaching inside with a knife to get things to come out.

 

[ZoWhat]

I just bought a Roomba last week. I love this thing. You click it on....it does it's thing.....and then parks itself back in the charger. It picks up everything.

I love it.

 

[Icola]

the SEGWAY!!! jokes