Old TV Static 📺 • 12 hours • No mid-roll ads

This video captures the iconic static from the analog era caused by televisions interpreting random electromagnetic noise when no broadcast signal was available. This phenomenon manifests visually as a "snow" pattern (a chaotic mix of black and white dots) and auditorily as white noise (a sound comprising all audible frequencies equally) with slightly reduced frequencies below 1 kHz and more drastically reduced frequencies above 5 kHz. Enjoy, and rest well.

TV static, a staple of early television, was more than just a visual quirk: it arose from the technology underpinning these analog systems because they were susceptible to environmental electromagnetic disturbances, leading to the random noise patterns on screen when no broadcast signal was received. The sound was also due to these disturbances, as the TV's audio circuits amplified ambient electromagnetic noise. As digital broadcasting took over, this unique artifact of the analog era faded away, marking the end of an accidental yet familiar (and perhaps even nostalgic) aspect of early TV viewing experiences.