Retro TV Test Pattern Mouse Pad - Neatorama

Gen Y Neatoramanauts probably don't know what this is, but the rest of us could chuckle in nostalgia at these retro mouse pads over at the NeatoShop. They're made to look like obsolete test patterns for televisions.

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The test pattern mouse pads are missing the most historically sigficant and iconic 1939 RCA Indian Head monoscope pattern.

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not obsolete everywhere... still see them at the head of every camera tape I digitize...

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Aww, as a former broadcaster, those sure bring me back. For the news, those test patterns were to help calibrate the camera's colors.

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In fact, every movie set across the world still uses these today to calibrate monitors. Color bars come in handy when dealing with shades of black and matching color saturation.

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As a member of Gen Y, This totally brings me back to when I was a little kid waiting for the cartoons to come on on Saturday mornings. If you turned the TV on too early (like before 6) you got these. Or infomercials.

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