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flat screen picture in picture ( poll)

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November 05, 2017, 11:55 AM
bendable
flat screen picture in picture ( poll)
they were putting p.i.p. in a lot of tv's , for a whiledoes you flat screen have p.i.p. ?I don't knowfer sure, yeppersnoone does, the other does noti do not have a tv





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November 05, 2017, 02:28 PM
Sock Eating Golden
Yes! BUT, it will only display the main screen from the HDMI, and the PIP from the TV tuner.

I use an antenna for OTA TV so it is usable. But, changing the audio from main to sub is a process that is longer than it needs to be. Also wish I could keep the audio on the main screen and swap them back and forth.

60" non-smart Samsung Plasma.


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November 05, 2017, 05:55 PM
flashguy
I voted no, but I have an old CRT TV. The Spectrum cable box does put a small picture in the corner when one is searching the On Demand, but it's not under the viewer's control.

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November 05, 2017, 06:22 PM
rusbro
Yes, but like Sock Eating Golden indicated, it's limited, and I never am aware of a situation where it would be useful to me.
November 05, 2017, 07:17 PM
zoom6zoom
it does, but I think I may have used the feature once. It's more annoying than useful. I guess someone trying to watch two games might find it useful.




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November 05, 2017, 07:21 PM
StorminNormin
I have not had a tv capable of PIP in a while. Currently I control everything to my tv through my Xbox One and it used to have a function to where you could play a game and watch tv at the same time. They removed that and it is one or the other.




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November 06, 2017, 09:43 AM
henryaz
 
macOS Sierra has a neat PIP feature for Safari and YouTube. You can pop a YouTube video out of the browser into its own window off to the side, so you can continue browsing SIGforum while the video plays next to it.
 
November 06, 2017, 11:21 AM
Audioholic
Neither of my flat screens will do PIP. I previously had 2 Pioneer Elite RPTVs before authoritarian HDMI connections were shoved down our throats. Both had dual built-in tuners that enabled a great feature that (to me) was better than PIP: split screen. You could watch two programs and switch sound between them as needed with the touch of a button. It would also split between a program and multiple PIP-sized video of what was on other channels. Split also had a mode that showed what was playing on other inputs. Pioneer RPTVs had some well though-out features in their day.




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November 06, 2017, 11:41 AM
Copefree
Good point -- I haven't really thought about this for years, but it's true -- TVs used to always have PIP capability.

I've got a new 70" 4K Vizio and I'm not sure if it can do PIP. Confused


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November 06, 2017, 11:46 AM
molachi
Mine doesn't do PIP but I wish it did.
November 06, 2017, 12:17 PM
flashguy
There have been times when I had wished I could follow 2 programs at the same time on my TV, but I've never had one with that capability. (I don't agree that there was a time when all TVs had PIP, because I've never had one that did.) I'm still using a 90-lb 27" CRT TV that's been running non-stop for more than 5 years.

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