Could it not be both?
Comment on People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
It really isn’t though. It is thermal noise.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Comment on People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
It really isn’t though. It is thermal noise.
Could it not be both?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Random radio sources, but a small part of the signal is CMB. I wasn’t sure what you even meant by thermal noise but I believe you’re talking about flatscreens. I found something that said it was “similar to snow on analog TVs” - so I gather there’s a difference.
Funnily, Google AI says, “In the 1940s, people could detect the CMB at home by tuning their TVs to channel 03 and measuring the remaining static after removing other sources. This allowed them to prove the Big Bang before scientists did.” So they had that going for 'em, which is nice.
piecat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Thermal Noise” is a phenomenon where everything makes EM noise, just from thermal energy.
If you were to put such a TV in a faraday cage, with an RF termination, you would see something similar. Because noise is inherently part of the circuitry and amplifiers.