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hdmi out tvs

do there exist tvs with hdmi out on them ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.35.15.46 (talk) 02:03, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Not that I'm aware of (and a blu-ray recorder with HDMI input seems to be equally absent from the store shelves). Maybe they are afraid you will be recording HD TV shows and distributing them on the internet for free. Astronaut (talk) 08:47, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Just curious: what would it be for? I'm not sure what the use would be, since most of the things that a TV displays are the results of other devices being sent in. (cable boxes, DVD players, Blu-Ray, cameras, etc.) Other than the light and sound being sent out for us humans to process, is there any other output originating directly from TVs? Mingmingla (talk) 00:17, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Recording is the obvious purpose, but you might also have another TV hooked in, either in another room or in the same large room (like a sports bar). StuRat (talk) 02:12, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Except that you don't record from the TV. You record from the signal that goes into the TV. The TV doesn't produce any signals of its own, so there is no need for an output, excepting as perhaps a pass-through. Sound outputs on TVs basically do this, they pass the sound signal through the TV so it can be sent to an external amplifier. I'm not sure why you would need to do that with a video signal. If you want to record what the TV is showing, split the signal and send it to a recording device. --Jayron32 02:16, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Let's say you have inputs to the TV from cable, satellite, the internet, broadcast TV and your DVD player. You want to be able to record any of that or play it on a second TV simultaneously. The easiest way would be if you had an HTML output from the TV and input into the recording device/2nd TV. Otherwise a rat's nest of wires and switch boxes would be required. StuRat (talk) 05:59, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

NOFX song "the cause"

I am trying to figure out a lyric in The Cause by NOFX, a song on the album Punk in Drublic. The line begins, "It's a scheme, a dream..." but I'm not sure how it ends. All of the lyrics websites say it's either "barterine" or "baterine", but those are not words. It sounds a little like "product ring" to me, but I'm not really sure. --130.56.71.52 (talk) 02:25, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Bands and songwriters are not immune to making up words. See Pompatus. --Jayron32 21:20, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Searching the internet for lyrics websites is what I do when pondering song lyrics. I sometimes check out a few different sites in case they have slightly different words, but in this case they seem to be settled on "It's a scheme, a dream, a barterine" Astronaut (talk) 08:39, 17 May 2012 (UTC)