Meemaw walks in, holding a pirated Blu-ray of “Die Hard.” “Any of y’all know how to turn off the region lock? This one’s from Hong Kong.”
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The clerk laughs. “You’re nine.”
Mary Cooper has bought the Blu-ray player because the church’s new instructional video— “Pageant Poses with Pastor Jeff” —came on a shiny disc. But when she tries to play it, the screen flickers. Then it goes blue.
“No,” Sheldon counters, climbing behind the TV with a screwdriver he definitely wasn’t supposed to borrow. “The issue is interlacing artifacts and a lack of HDMI, which won’t be standardized for another thirteen years.” young sheldon s01e04 1080p bluray
Meanwhile, Missy Cooper has discovered that the Blu-ray player’s menu screen has a hidden golf game . She challenges Georgie to a match. Georgie, convinced he’s a prodigy after watching one PGA event, loses spectacularly when Missy figures out how to curve the ball using the directional pad.
Sheldon, holding a copy of “The Physics of Optical Storage Media,” pushes his glasses up. “Father, this is a 1080p Blu-ray player connected via composite cables to a standard-definition television. You’ve essentially strapped a rocket to a tricycle.” Meemaw walks in, holding a pirated Blu-ray of “Die Hard
The clerk, defeated, refunds the player.