▲ 175 ▼ What produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs? (upload.wikimedia.org) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments Media alt text: 3D render of old tv set with animated static on its screen, as if tuned to a dead channel.
[–] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) Let me turn that around: Would a TV still show static if you disconnected the input and amplification circuit outside a Faraday cage? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago Likely a uniform white picture since the impedance of the input wire is too high for ambient noise on the line to result in any differentiated interlacing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Input yes, amplification no permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago Likely a uniform white picture since the impedance of the input wire is too high for ambient noise on the line to result in any differentiated interlacing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Input yes, amplification no permalink fedilink source parent
