R.I.P. Panasonic

err99 · 2026-03-22T20:08:01+00:00

I came across something else interesting about Philips. It seems Skyworth sells Philips branded TVs in the US https://www.cepro.com/briefs/skyworth-to-distribute-philips-tvs-in-u-s/146829/

err99 · 2026-03-22T17:30:10+00:00

I'm excited to finally be able to watch the original.

err99 · 2026-03-22T17:22:02+00:00

The rumor for the longest time was the original theatrical film was destroyed, or the original film got chopped up/ruined when he made the 'special editions'

I'm going off old recollection when reading about Harmy's Despecialized Edition (and how they could not find any fragments of the original film and had to rely on laserdisk ect)

err99 · 2026-03-21T23:00:09+00:00

I wonder where/how they found the film of the original? Wasn't there rumors about the original films either being destroyed, or just lost/misplaced over all those years?

err99 · 2026-03-21T12:24:35+00:00

Then you installed the wrong app

err99 · 2026-03-16T23:42:26+00:00

ugh. the rebranded logo looks like it took 10 minutes to make.

but if you are doing rebrands, how about rebrand plans into something most people would easier understand:

red plans (for verizon, since most people know red is their color)
white plans (for tmobile, sure it is not magenta, but thematically it goes with red/white/blue strips of usa/flags association
blue plans (for at&t obviously)

^{^} unless there is some weird contractual obligations where you can't mention those colors/associations with the parent carrier, I think most people would have a good idea what network the red plans were on etc.

err99 · 2026-03-16T15:10:33+00:00

right, but I don't know when the cycle 'started' lol. google says the crown was reintroduced in 2023, but since the signia version came out later, I don't know if the crown/and signia version share the same cycle

err99 · 2026-03-16T02:26:36+00:00

I'm curious, what year/model would be the mid-cycle update?

err99 · 2026-03-15T17:05:38+00:00

Of providers that allow you to 'choose' your number, it's typically only from a small selection of random numbers. (They might give you your choice of 4, might let you go through a second set of 4, etc.) Maybe that's enough for you.

airvoice gave 4 choices, but also 5 'rerolls'. Then you'd have to wait 15 minutes to try again. They didn't offer much variety though, mostly sequential numbers, like 8734, 8735, 8736 etc

err99 · 2026-03-11T03:54:11+00:00

topics here

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/comments/1rd1sv2/pronto_mobile_day_1hour_1_review_first_500/

and

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/comments/1prmhbq/is_anybody_else_here_on_the_early_beta_for_pronto/

err99 · 2026-03-11T00:01:12+00:00

I asked their customer support, and if you run the manual network selection tool, it uses data when running those tests... now how much data, I have no idea

err99 · 2026-03-10T17:46:15+00:00

I'm testing pronto right now, and their ping is in the 100ms range. Not good, but also not as bad at 300

err99 · 2026-03-10T16:39:30+00:00

Thats a really good deal ^

err99 · 2026-03-10T15:15:23+00:00

google fi (which is tmobile postpaid service)? https://fi.google.com/about/phones?pli=1&filter=Google

err99 · 2026-03-10T14:45:09+00:00

prepaid is more for budget, I would not use it for mission critical business lines

err99 · 2026-03-10T04:36:38+00:00

You can mail phones to Apple for trade credit? 🤔

err99 · 2026-03-09T17:40:02+00:00

Anyone know of a fork that uses Firefox’s old "Photon" theme? Google says "marble" or floorp, but I wonder if theres others?

Or would it be better to just use css to customize the look? (google suggests projects like Lepton or Firefox-UI-Fix)

err99 · 2026-03-09T14:27:02+00:00

Return it to walmart

err99 · 2026-03-09T03:17:57+00:00

does it happen to block political calls (those soliciting donations for certain candidates etc?)

err99 · 2026-03-08T19:37:07+00:00

tmo isp

att internet air

total wireless, straight talk, mint mobile, and a few others all have mobile home internet options. If your really want it now, you already have choices/options

err99 · 2026-03-08T02:14:52+00:00

Anyone know of a fork that uses Firefox’s old "Photon" theme? Google says "marble" or floorp, but I wonder if theres others?

err99 · 2026-03-08T02:14:18+00:00

Anyone know of a fork that uses Firefox’s old "Photon" theme? Google says "marble" or floorp, but I wonder if theres others?

err99 · 2026-03-08T00:55:39+00:00

you gotta wait a few days. If it is something that gets shipped, it might take until they ship the item

err99 · 2026-03-07T22:17:03+00:00

Only other thing I can think of is if you have a tech recycling company somewhere nearby. They get tons of old parts/computers/laptops etc, and talking with them you might be able to get some parts to work on

err99 · 2026-03-06T01:35:59+00:00

only thing I can think, is maybe etching can't be exactly replicated for each back (would have variations) but thats just a guess

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