#test patterns

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Diana handed over the phone to her cousin, who smirked as she climbed up the stairs and locked the basement door behind her. Today’s shoot was a hard one. Namely due to the design, which was now cooling on a mannequin, with a fire extinguisher nearby just in case. It was a black pinstripe suit, with television screens, cut into diamonds, embedded in the front panels and the back. When working, the screens would broadcast anything that was programmed into the small computer chip inside. Diana knew nothing of the Overlords known as the V’s, but they meant a lot to Venus, especially since it was her cousin’s dream to work and design for Velvette. It was the only reason she was allowed to show off what she made online (with heavy restrictions)-with the hope of getting their attention. Naturally, when Venus told her about Vox and his encounter with the Radio Demon back when the Hazbin Hotel was first built, it got her ideas going.

This was her hardest project yet, she realized as she laid on the small twin mattress. Hopefully it would be worth it.

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[Velvette] Vox, do me a favor.

[Velvette] See if you can find this sinner for me. Can’t find her at all on socials.

In January 2023, a friend of mine recommended me a show called Test Patterns. She described it as an action/mystery about codebreakers working the night shift at a television programming studio, when messages start to appear in the static. She said any more detail would be a spoiler and I just had to watch it for myself

Every time she mentioned it I promised I would watch it as soon as I got a chance, and things kept getting in the way (it didn’t help that I’m one of those people who takes ages to actually start watching shows)

She’s also been begging me to watch Dune for eternity, and this morning I told her that I don’t have three spare hours, but I will watch Test Patterns as soon as possible

Listen/purchase: Test Patterns : Vol. 1 by MONSTER MAGNET

Test cards (or test patterns) of old. Ah, I remember the 7th one best. Of course, on our 1970s television it didn’t look as sharp—more like image 8. Young people: imagine having to wait for a cartoon or movie to start on TV, and seeing this test card. The image was like a promise: like some kind of foreplay. As you were waiting, you studied the colors, the shapes, the patterns, you started seeing things the way you see figures in clouds—and just then the show started.

Test patterns (including the infamous SMPTE color bars) from the THX WOW! Demonstration Laserdisc.

You can use these as a wallpaper for your computer or phone.

BONUS! The 5th test pattern, a mirrored version of the 4th:

MULTI-BONUS! The 12th/final test pattern, an alternate SMPTE color bars array with a red leak:

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