So with high def cameras and such. Do we still need different colored balls just for tv etc? Could you just use regular colored balls and be able to see them fine? I am assuming if this is the case we just use them because it is the way it has been done.
Do we still need different cue balls on tv?
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The balls need bigger numbers and/or distinguishing markings not chromatic calibration.
Then why are these balls colored this way?
4 and 12: purple (TV: pink)1
7 and 15: maroon (TV: tan)1
You'll have to ask the ball marketeers.
Purple and maroon have less rolling resistance..... :speechless::rotflmao:
What's wrong with everyone's tvs? Mine shows the regular colors just fine...never understood why the push for "tv balls". The measle ball was developed so people could see the spin put on different shots, which is fine by me.
Never needed a change. Marketing run amuk.
It wasn't always like that. Still to this day, unless it's something along the lines of a major tournament where they can use lights bright enough to be seen from space, it can be hard to gauge which dark ball is which.
I don't know why people (not you in particular) get so very upset at the TV colors which have been around for the last 30+ years. Is that unnerving to have a pink colored ball? Are people really that insecure?
I don't like the Cyclops TV colors but if I attend tournaments that use them I might as well be used to them. The "Black" set is the only one I am avoiding solely because of the purple 5. Eventually I might cave but that day is far from now as I won't be playing in the Mosconi Cup.
Seriously I could care less. If every ball was pink and said you are a girl when I hit the ball into the pocket I would not care. It would still be pool. I was asking on the technical side of things.Just doing what I always do trying to find out everything I can about whatever I am interested in. This means asking 50,000 questions. Some of them similar or the same but asked in different ways. In a few months I should have more knowledge than a majority of players.
I have to agree with you, my TV showed the old colors just fine.
As for the colors on those CYCLOPS things...grrr. The 1st tournament I played in I'm glad I showed up early to hit some balls. I had to look at the 6 and 7 to be sure which one I was shooting next. I'm pretty sure they were given to the BCAPL because of sponsorship, nothing else.
When you play pool for 5 to 8 hours per day and get used to certain colors, it will throw you off temporarily when they switch up the colors. I feel it is just marketing, how else can you keep inventing new sets of balls? JMHO
In the pool world, all that matters is if you can make the shot. It doesn't matter if you know everything about the history of the game. Making the shot is the equalizer. Its a great thing. The players in the pool hall are extremely diverse. From street bums to rocket scientist's and everything in between. Everyone generally gets along because everyone is on equal footing at the table, and all that matters is making the ball.
Damn straight. In the words of Ray Barboni (from Get Shorty) what a bunch of F*nckin' B.S. Just my $.02 …………..
I agree.
I've always been able to tell which ball is which on TV with the regular colors.
And, FWIW, I HATE that measle ball.
IMO the worst problem when watching on TV and not in person is the pink 4 ball. I have 4K Hi - Def large TV’s and good eyesight, yet most of the time I cannot tell the 4 ball and the 5 ball apart. Most of us like to play the “how would I run these balls” game, but that’s pretty hard to do without the ability to differentiate the 4 and 5. Yes, the purple 4 ball is dark, but most of the time I’m still able to distinguish which ball it is among the purple 4, blue2, and black 8.
No, we don't need TV color balls, but considering companies will never run out of new stuff to market, I don't see them going away.
I like traditional colors, but after playing with the Cyclop TV set (Zeus) at my poolhall, I broke down and got myself a set.
I like traditional colors, but after playing with the Cyclop TV set (Zeus) at my poolhall, I broke down and got myself a set.
You need a new, compatible tele-vision set
The expression is "I couldn't care less". You use it incorrectly because you hear it used incorrectly by the same crowd you are using to build your giant and superior knowledge collection. You started a thread about a topic that you insist you do not care about. Make up your mind.
Sent from the future.